Happy Memorial Day, y’all! (Or for our non-US-based readers…happy Monday!) With summer just around the corner, now sounds like the perfect time to pick up a romance. Here are our favs for this month:
Erin’s Choice: Rebel Hard by Nalini Singh
Look, Erin has loved every Singh book she’s read, and Rebel Hard is no exception. (She’s trying to convince Holly and Ingrid to read all of the Guild Hunters series with her, but 13 books is a commitment.) She says that the everyday romance of Rebel Hard is amazing. (Here’s her full review.)
Ingrid’s Choice: The Leveling Up series by K.F. Breene
When she was reading these books, Ingrid continuously texted Holly and Erin about a) how funny they were and b) why weren’t we reading them already? The heroine is a GARGOYLE SHIFTER for crying out loud. (Here’s her full review.)
Holly’s Choice: Serving Sin by Angelina M. Lopez
Look, this book might seem like it’s *just* a bodyguard romance—and it is definitely an excellent bodyguard romance. But it’s also a really smart portrayal of a powerful woman in a deeply misogynistic space. Also also, this is your periodic reminder that Lopez writes some of the hottest sex around. (Here’s her full review.)
Other fun stuff!
- We’ve been participating in #RomBkLove2021 over on the Twitter, and it’s been super fun and also really really bad for our TBRs. Here’s a full list of all the prompts and recs from Romancelandia.
- As part of RomBkLove, we put together a list of six of our favorite romance retellings.
- Did you know that May is Asian American / Pacific Islander Heritage Month? If you’re interested in reading a romance by an Asian author, we put together two lists: romance about identity and soapy tropey goodness.
- We had a discussion about 40+ protagonists in romance.
- We hosted Sara Ohlin and KT Samois in our My First Smut series.
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