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#WhatchaReading? I finished It Takes a Thief by Anne Stuart and even though it needed a good editing, -- far too much repetitious internal dialogue -- I still enjoy her storytelling. Some great (romancelandia.club)
 

#WhatchaReading? I finished It Takes a Thief by Anne Stuart and even though it needed a good editing, -- far too much repetitious internal dialogue -- I still enjoy her storytelling. Some great pining.

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#TopicOfTheDay What's the most recent romance or romance-adjacent book you read and what did you think? in c/[email protected]
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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago (2 children)

@Tiffany I enjoyed that one very much also. Planning to read the second book soon.

Third act breakups have gotten kind of terrible, haven't they? Sometimes they just seem so forced and obligatory.

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#TopicOfTheDay What's the most recent romance or romance-adjacent book you read and what did you think? (romancelandia.club)
 

#TopicOfTheDay What's the most recent romance or romance-adjacent book you read and what did you think?

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#WhatchaReading ? I'm in another recent Anne Stuart, It Takes a Thief. Liking this historical much more than Return to Mariposa, but both have the same continuity issue. ๐Ÿค” in c/[email protected]
[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

@lenoreo It's just driving me up the wall! Don't we get enough of entitled people in real life?

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#WhatchaReading ? I'm in another recent Anne Stuart, It Takes a Thief. Liking this historical much more than Return to Mariposa, but both have the same continuity issue. ๐Ÿค” (romancelandia.club)
 

#WhatchaReading ? I'm in another recent Anne Stuart, It Takes a Thief. Liking this historical much more than Return to Mariposa, but both have the same continuity issue. ๐Ÿค”

Also listening to Better Left Unsent by Lia Louis, which is a bit of a downer but in awesome British accents. ;-) Really tired of contemporary romance characters who have no concept of personal responsibility though.

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#WhatchaReading ? It's damn hard to enjoy billionaire romance these days, but Most Eligible Billionaire by Annika Martin is so engaging, I got through. And he is a very good billionaire, who likes to (romancelandia.club)
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#WhatchaReading ? It's damn hard to enjoy billionaire romance these days, but Most Eligible Billionaire by Annika Martin is so engaging, I got through. And he is a very good billionaire, who likes to craft and treats everyone like family and uses reclaimed wood, which I guess makes up for all the private jets? Anyway, in the realm of fantasy it was a fun read, with lively, sparkling characters and believable relationship development.

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#WhatchaReading? I DNF'd Return to Mariposa by Anne Stuart. It's highly implausible, there's a huge continuity error, and it just felt... disconnected from itself, like nothing flowed in a reasonable in c/[email protected]
[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

@subtext I haven't tried her yet but I'm happy for you!

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#WhatchaReading? I DNF'd Return to Mariposa by Anne Stuart. It's highly implausible, there's a huge continuity error, and it just felt... disconnected from itself, like nothing flowed in a reasonable (romancelandia.club)
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#WhatchaReading? I DNF'd Return to Mariposa by Anne Stuart. It's highly implausible, there's a huge continuity error, and it just felt... disconnected from itself, like nothing flowed in a reasonable way. A lot of the reviews say the book gets really stupid in the *second* half, so I decided to cut my losses.

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ooo! I just found out Mhari McFarlane pulished a follow up to Who's That Girl in 2024! Does it answer the all important question about the secondary characters?! We wanna know! (romancelandia.club)
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ooo! I just found out Mhari McFarlane pulished a follow up to Who's That Girl in 2024! Does it answer the all important question about the secondary characters?! We wanna know!

My review of Who's That Girl: https://willaful.wordpress.com/2022/10/05/whos-that-girl-by-mhairi-mcfarlane/

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#AmReading Cate C. Wells' latest, The Wild Wolf's Rejected Mate, and admiring how she comes up with new stories for the same trope. (I suspect current events may also be influencing her view of (romancelandia.club)
 

#AmReading Cate C. Wells' latest, The Wild Wolf's Rejected Mate, and admiring how she comes up with new stories for the same trope. (I suspect current events may also be influencing her view of shifter politics, and I appreciate it.)

The level of PTSD and anxiety felt by the heroine, who calls herself "a half-dozen coping mechanism in a trench coat," is a LOT, be warned.

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#WhatchaReading ? I found Cruel Winter With You sweet, but with a constant edge of creepy. The MMC persists in sounding like a little boy -- when he talks about all he wants to give her, I'm imagining (romancelandia.club)
 

#WhatchaReading ? I found Cruel Winter With You sweet, but with a constant edge of creepy. The MMC persists in sounding like a little boy -- when he talks about all he wants to give her, I'm imagining a Barbie dream house. The FMC has commitment issues deeply rooted in... almost nothing, as far as I can tell. Most of the main relationships in her life seem remarkably stable.

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#AmReading The Nightmare Before Kissmas, and though the writing is engaging, I find the premise -- heartless corporate holiday families controlling their kids lives -- very alienating. Just makes me (romancelandia.club)
 

#AmReading The Nightmare Before Kissmas, and though the writing is engaging, I find the premise -- heartless corporate holiday families controlling their kids lives -- very alienating. Just makes me want to rewatch "Arthur Christmas." Keep going or not?

Had a similar issue with The Friend Zone Experiment but K.J. Charles' review convinced me to keep reading.

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#WhatchaReading ? I've managed to finish two very good contemporary romances: Canadian Boyfriend and Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry (YA.) Both had themes of betrayal, and were masterclasses in owning your in c/[email protected]
[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

@notTheAudience I tried her historical and didn't care for it at all so I'm glad I gave her another shot.

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#WhatchaReading ? I've managed to finish two very good contemporary romances: Canadian Boyfriend and Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry (YA.) Both had themes of betrayal, and were masterclasses in owning your (romancelandia.club)
 

#WhatchaReading ? I've managed to finish two very good contemporary romances: Canadian Boyfriend and Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry (YA.) Both had themes of betrayal, and were masterclasses in owning your mistakes and moving on from them. The kind of books that instead of making me say, "they don't write them like that any more," make me say, "I'm glad they write them like this now."

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No, no, it's too cruel! in c/[email protected]
[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

@wendypalmer It doesn't necessarily have one, but I'm not that far in yet. The similarity is more meta.

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No, no, it's too cruel! (romancelandia.club)
 

No, no, it's too cruel!

(And really goes with what I #AmReading right now, Long Live Evil.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a%5C_w98hZjZK0

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#WhatchaReading ? I enjoyed The Forgotten Dead by Jordan Hawk in a terrified kind of way. ๐Ÿ˜‚ Seriously scary! Also very casually queer, and with a delightful, light on steam m/m romance between a in c/[email protected]
[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

@notTheAudience I also liked Wildfire better than Icebreaker. And was really interested in the main character of this.

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#WhatchaReading ? I enjoyed The Forgotten Dead by Jordan Hawk in a terrified kind of way. ๐Ÿ˜‚ Seriously scary! Also very casually queer, and with a delightful, light on steam m/m romance between a in c/[email protected]
[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (2 children)

@notTheAudience Oh dear. I've been looking forward to it but you're not the first I've heard say it was disappointing.

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#WhatchaReading ? I enjoyed The Forgotten Dead by Jordan Hawk in a terrified kind of way. ๐Ÿ˜‚ Seriously scary! Also very casually queer, and with a delightful, light on steam m/m romance between a (romancelandia.club)
 

#WhatchaReading ? I enjoyed The Forgotten Dead by Jordan Hawk in a terrified kind of way. ๐Ÿ˜‚ Seriously scary! Also very casually queer, and with a delightful, light on steam m/m romance between a trans Professor of Paranormal Studies (or some such) and a paranormal investigator who's suppressing his own powers. Made me cry a lil once I was done shrieking. (I am extremely wimpy so YMMV.)

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#WhatchaReading ? I enjoyed The Art of Scandal by Regina Black, an older woman/young man romance about a Black woman who gave up her art and interests to help her white politician husband, and has to in c/[email protected]
#WhatchaReading ? I enjoyed Come As You Are by Jess K. Hardy, a romance with middle-aged characters! (Though still in great shape.) FMC is trying to save her father's ski hill, which her evil in c/[email protected]
[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

@ScribblingSandy Oh, I have read at least one - Scorpio Summer. TV setting. Gonna try a few more I found at Open Library. @romancebooks

#WhatchaReading ? I enjoyed Come As You Are by Jess K. Hardy, a romance with middle-aged characters! (Though still in great shape.) FMC is trying to save her father's ski hill, which her evil in c/[email protected]
[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (2 children)

@ScribblingSandy I don't think I've ever read her. Theatre book sound cool!

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Anyone managing to read? If so, #WhatchaReading ? After many a yawning DNF, I was so relieved to be engaged by New Adult romance A Guy Like Him by Amanda Gambill. (On KU.) Could've used some editing, in c/[email protected]
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