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From beginning to middle to end, the human connection is what makes stories so addictive. Love stories. Heartbreak. Friendships. We grow to know their characters as our neighbors, every scene and page making us who we are.
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Romance is one of the fastest-growing genres in media today. From Taylor Jenkens Reed to Bridgerton to The Bachelorette, find the latest and greatest in all things romance media, all in one place.
Foreign (Love) Affairs: Red, White & Royal Blue (2023)
I’ll admit, I was very very very thrown off by the cast. I did not see any chemistry in the promo photos for this movie. But the range! I was wrong. When I tell you I was DYING to see this movie… it was about to go down.
Gen Ex: The Ultimatum: Queer Love, Netflix
Studios like Netflix have turned to reality tv as a way to keep viewers occupied in a noticeable content drought, with Season 2 of Netflix's “Love is Blind” cinematic universe spinoff, “The Ultimatum,” putting queer love and representation on everyone’s tv screens.
Truth or Jere: The Summer I Turned Pretty, Season 2
Jeremiah and Belly are so playful and passionate, and it feels right for Belly in the moment. That’s my take. Conrad girls can come for me. He has a lot of baggage to comb through, therapy to go to, and she wants to make out with a 2000s Justin Timberlake remake. Sue her!
The Wedding Planner’s Funeral: It Had to Be You by Georgia Clark
This book had some of the worst break-up stories and people, and yet the heart of this book is so addictive it can make anyone believe in love. It is the epitome of cheesy romance novels, yet I’m only leaving 3.5 stars. Let me explain.
The Set Up: Queen Charlotte, Netflix
Bridgerton is the romance that launched a thousand ships, the couples and Regency spice that brought a whole new generation into the times of Jane Austen—with more sex, that is. But the universe’s prequel, “Queen Charlotte,” has become the next favorite, shining a history behind the world you’ve already fallen for.
The Most Traumatic Season Ever: Bachelor, Finale
The most traumatic ending to the least dramatic season yet. Zach ended up with the woman we knew he would since Episode 2. Even the runner-up saw it coming…
Don’t Talk About Sex, Baby: Bachelor Fantasy Week
After the least dramatic season yet, Zach’s three final women are ready to see if their chemistry holds up when the cameras are off—without sex. Harder than it seems, I guess.
Second Draft at Love: The Roughest Draft by Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka
And while “The Roughest Draft” author Emily Wibberly did struggle at times to keep my attention in passages about writing passages, the book overall did an okay job at romance.
London Eyes Cry Too: The Bachelor, Week 5
The only drama this season seems to be women upset that they have to share Zach’s affections, that they can’t all have 1-on-1 dates every week. Do they know what show they signed up for?
Bahamas Baby!: Bachelor, Week 4
It’s official. My main qualm with this season is Zach. His black-and-white decision-making when it comes to women. It’s dull, predictable, and lacking nuance. Will he find love?
More Drama, Less Respect: Bachelor Week 3
Do I think Zach made the “wrong choice” by sending Christina home? No. If he liked her more, she would have stayed. But this rose ceremony gave me bad vibes about Zach, and Kaitlyn Bristow agrees.
Love and Other Hapsburgs: The Empress, Season 1
With an almost-coup, lavish parties, and a slow-burn love story, this quick foreign period drama instantly became one of my favorites this fall on Netflix. And season 2 is already announced!
February Favorite
One Day (2011)
This movie is in no way new, with A-List starlet Anne Hathaway of this year’s highly-anticipated “The Idea of You” opposite ‘00s British heartthrob Dexter Mayhew, but it will quickly become a winter favorite. A first-time fling that turns into a lifelong friends-to-lovers will-they-won’t-they, this movie will make you swoon and break your heart. Plus, the remake limited series arrives on Netflix February 8th.
Laugh-out-loud quotes
“The feeling I get from this book is that its more about the plot that the story, which neglects my favorite part of reading: not what happens but how and why. And she lists Kasteel Well as being in Amsterdam. Don't know why that bothered me so much.”
— on FRESH by Margot Wood
“It’s a bit more British than most books I read, and I know that sounds weird, but I absolutely found myself developing an accent after long periods of reading, thinking of each character’s voice so much when reading.”
— on The Flatshare by Beth O’Leary
“It’s all very Romeo and Juliet, if Romeo made a tally of every time Juliet wore a skirt to work and then crashed every almost-date or work meeting Juliet had because he was jealous, followed by telling sexual dreams from the night before.”
— on The Hating Game by Sally Thorne
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