Holly read You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty for the TBR challenge this month if that book sounds interesting and you’re a huge nerd, here’s a really great analysis reading it through the lens of Audre Lorde’s essay “ The Uses of the Erotic: The Erotic as Power.” (Erin read Henry’s Beach Read and the actions of the characters made her hugely angry-but also noted that she liked Henry’s writing style, so your milage may vary.) Charles.)Ī profile on Vulture of Emily Henry.

(And here’s another, older, post about writing sex scenes by K.J. An updated page where you can browse books by authorįor those of you interested in romance writing, here’s a great blog post on writing sex scenes from Edits and Revisions.A general page for all things podcast related.We’ve also updated some of our static pages! For your general reference: TBR Challenge! This month’s theme was “baggage.”.Holly got yelly about anthology etiquette.Erin got yelly about jealousy, and how people react to its inclusion in romance novels.Erin also wrote a post about Facebook fan pages.Erin wrote a post about penetration in M/M romances.If you’re looking for more Woke Up Married books, we also made a list!.Podcast episode #2! This time, we talked about the Woke Up Married trope, which kicked off a week of reviews.She wrote in her review, “Between the story and the structure and the inclusion of ideas and how the problems were solved, this book was just amazing.” In fact, she was wowed by the whole thing.

Erin’s Choice: Bitter Medicine by Mia TsaiĮrin loved the dense mythology in the worldbuilding. Ingrid says that this book is a masterclass in building chemistry between characters without them being in the same room. Ingrid’s Choice: What Happens in Scotland by Jennifer McQuiston Holly was apprehensive about reading her first ever Mafia romance, but this book was absolutely delightfully bonkers. Holly’s Choice: The Black Diamond by Bella Barnes

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