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August 2, 2022

CONVERSATION: Marriage of Convenience Recommendations

JanineBook Reviews / Conversations / Need A Rec!marriage-of-convenience / recommendations / tropes36 Comments

Last Monday we had a conversation about the fake relationship and marriage of convenience tropes. When we were putting that post together, I asked DA contributors for recommendations and/or dis-recommendations of romances involving fake relationships and marriage of convenience. Friday’s post on recommendations for fake relationship books was published last ... more >

July 29, 2022

CONVERSATION: Recommendations for Fake Relationship Romances

JanineBook Reviews / Conversations / Need A Rec!fake relationship / recommendations / tropes14 Comments

On Monday we discussed the fake relationship and marriage of convenience tropes. In the same email conversation, I asked DA contributors for recommendations and/or dis-recommendations of romances involving fake relationships. Here is what came up. Layla: Some of my favorite fake relationship romances are Kylie Scott’s Lick (I think it ... more >

July 25, 2022

CONVERSATION: Fake Dating and Marriage of Convenience

JanineBook Reviews / Conversationsarranged-marriage / believability / fake relationship / forced proximity / high stakes / marriage-of-convenience / maturity / motive / tropes23 Comments

Janine: In our April open thread I lamented the omnipresence of fake relationships in contemporary romances so this seems like a good time to have a conversation about the trope. I’ve sometimes seen it discussed along with the marriage of convenience trope (readers compare them or group them under the ... more >

May 9, 2022

CONVERSATION: Exposition

JanineConversationsbad dialogue / dual-timeline / exposition / flashbacks / infodumps / nonlinear timeline / prologues11 Comments

Janine: Every book requires exposition (the conveying of background information) but sometimes it’s handled well and other times clumsily. Multiple techniques can be used and authors often employ more than one in the same book. I thought it might be fun to share our thoughts about them. For the sake ... more >

April 18, 2022

CONVERSATION: Time Travel, Part II — Thoughts on Outlander and Book Recommendations

SiriusBook Reviews / ConversationsOutlander / Romance genre / SFF / Time-Travel / tropes23 Comments

Our conversation on time travel continues with a question from Sirius about Outlander and our list of book recommendations and books to avoid. -Janine   Outlander   Sirius: Outlander (because I had to ask) – what are your takes on it and do you like how time travel was implemented ... more >

April 15, 2022

CONVERSATION: Time Travel Questions

SiriusConversationsbook discussion / book plots / Movies / Romance genre / SFF / Time-Travel / tropes31 Comments

Sirius had some questions for us—and you—about time travel stories. This discussion will run in two parts, with today’s focusing on the questions below and Monday’s reserved for discussing Outlander and for our book recommendations. -Janine Sirius: So this is one of my favorite topics in SFF. I have been ... more >

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