Romance. Fantasy. Reader culture. Honest thoughts.
After reading Laura Brown's recent Telegraph article, "Gen Z's taste for fairy porn lays bare the MeToo generation's hypocrisy", I have thoughts. Quite a few, actually. Lets get into it. The Telegraph recently described romantasy as "fairy porn", reducing an entire genre to a lazy stereotype. Here's why that argument misses the point. I've been … Continue reading Romantasy Is More Than “Fairy Porn”: A Response to The Telegraph
Right now it seems like we are in the golden age of book to screen adaptations. The most recent example is Off Campus. A lot of plot changes were made compared to the book. I’m not deep diving everything here but there is one element that I keep seeing online that has got me thinking; … Continue reading What We Lose When Adaptations Remove Difficult Storylines
A weekly catch-up from my reading life — what I’m reading, buying, obsessing over, abandoning, annotating, and generally spiralling about. Think of it as part reading journal, part life update, part chaotic book club chat. This Week’s Goal: Getting back into a reading routine. 📖 Current Read: Our Secret Summer by R.S. Grey 🎧 Currently … Continue reading The Reading Diaries: My Latest Reads (#1)
To understand my journey I’m taking you back to 2024. I was taking a career break and blogging had started to lose its shine for me so I opened up instagram again (side note, I’ve had my bookstagram account since March 2017) and decided to go all in. I spent 9 months posting here and … Continue reading Why I Stepped Back From Bookstagram
Initial thoughts and feelings To note, my expectations were already pretty low after seeing the trailer, but I still tried to go in with an open mind. I’d also literally finished rereading The Deal the day before starting the show. The first couple of episodes were ok, but it went downhill fast imo. The last … Continue reading I watched Off Campus and I have thoughts…
When a brooding MMC comes along, we swoon and fall at their feet. We can’t get enough. There’s a reason shadow daddies dominate our shelves. But when a woman in literature is written with rough edges — when she has an attitude, makes selfish choices, or refuses to soften herself — suddenly she’s “unlikeable.” Cold. … Continue reading The Double Standard of Female Main Characters in Fantasy Romance Books
Summary This dark and thrilling vampire romance—set in the world of the New York Times bestselling Serpent & Dove series—is perfect for fans of Sarah J. Maas!Célie Tremblay has always been a good girl: kind and beautiful, a daughter of whom every parent would be proud. She surprises the entire kingdom when she defies tradition to become the first … Continue reading [Book Review] The Scarlet Veil
Summary She’s the virginal cheerleader, and he’s the tortured bad boy. Their worlds are different, but college life at Dickson University brings them together in a passionate, angsty, fiery collision.Finn Hayes is what girls my age would call “stupid hot.” He’s handsome, has brown eyes that remind me of warm chocolate chip cookies, and a … Continue reading [Book Review] Learning Curve by Max Monroe
I found Teaser Tuesday on the Purple Book Blog. These are the rules: Welcome to Teaser Tuesday, the weekly Meme that wants you to add books to your TBR! You can also just share what you are currently reading, it is as easy as 1, 2, 3! 1: Grab your current read 2: Open to a … Continue reading [#10] Teaser Tuesday
Summary Justin has a curse, and thanks to a Reddit thread, it's now all over the internet. Every woman he dates goes on to find their soul mate the second they break up. When a woman slides into his DMs with the same problem, they come up with a plan: They'll date each other and … Continue reading [Book Review] Just for the Summer by Abby Jimenez
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