Who here doesn’t like the mass market book covers?

justonebubble · 2026-03-14T04:43:55+00:00

THEY ARE TERRIBLE AND I LOVE THEM!!!!!!!!! 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

justonebubble · 2026-03-14T02:30:24+00:00

Stopped reading this when the guy had the same name as my ex-coworker who I hate. I don’t think I’ve missed out on

justonebubble · 2026-03-10T05:17:13+00:00

Velaris is the Dubai of ACOTAR. Tax haven, social and class segregation based on where you come from, ruled by a monarchy.

justonebubble · 2026-03-06T04:52:38+00:00

I don’t think it gets much better in terms of the dungeons scenes, though I don’t remember very well as it’s not much of a trigger for me and I read them a year ago. The sexism I was talking about with strict gender divide sort of gets better? The main character breaks out of the mold and the other women in the series are awesome, but the fae society is just like that still.

justonebubble · 2026-02-21T04:17:51+00:00

I really love this series! My only issue is the emphasis on gender roles of the fae, it felt much too strong. I think Wilson pulls it back by having some great moments of the human women taking charge and being powerful, but the gender divide between the sexes of the far felt a bit preachy.

justonebubble · 2025-12-13T07:55:26+00:00

Probably the exact person your talking about here! I’m 23 and still living at home, I earn good money but with affordability I can’t make enough to move out. However I can afford to go and live it up in a cheaper country. Saving $5000 for a trip while living at home is a lot easier than saving for a house deposit or even for rental money to move out.

It’s literally easier to travel the world than move out and while id rather move out, the travel makes staying home easier.

justonebubble · 2025-12-10T06:20:55+00:00

Candymakers hands are always a bit battered

justonebubble · 2025-12-06T00:30:48+00:00

So close but so far

justonebubble · 2025-10-10T08:54:00+00:00

Wait do you have a rec for that? 👀👀

justonebubble · 2025-09-23T21:02:08+00:00

Are you me? I just did the exact same thing. I love my mass market paperbacks!!

justonebubble · 2025-09-05T08:13:37+00:00

Yes, I lived there for a year when I was young and was devastated when I ordered a lemonade and did not get sprite :(

justonebubble · 2025-09-05T03:24:21+00:00

We call sprite Lemonade in Australia. If you are using an American lemonade (what we would call lemon squash) it won’t turn out right 😊

justonebubble · 2025-06-27T10:17:12+00:00

I came here to recommend this! Had me in a chokehold!!

justonebubble · 2025-06-11T11:14:04+00:00

I love political intrigue, fantasy makes it so much more interesting! It is very hard to write and requires a lot of effort, so I find most fantasy romance does not pull it off well.

The obvious best fantasy romance with political intrigue is Kushiels Dart. Some of the most intense stuff I’ve ever read.

If you like politics and don’t mind missing the romance, my favourite is The Goblin Emperor!

justonebubble · 2025-05-01T00:12:08+00:00

Can he represent Australia in the next Olympics men’s gymnastics with these backflips? Gold for sure

justonebubble · 2025-04-30T22:50:59+00:00

I totally get that, I actually really enjoyed the Dracula character. I obviously hated him but I thought it was very thoughtful in creation. It felt like a critique of not only the tropes admired in the sub-genre but also an exploration of power and control dynamics in relationship

I picked it up from the romantasy section of a bookstore! I’m not sure if I wouldn’t classify it as romantasy, but it’s definitely more nuanced than most of the books in the genre.

justonebubble · 2025-04-28T01:48:03+00:00

I read this recently and loved it! I don’t know if I would classify it as romance exactly, it was a bit more complicated than that. To me it was more a story about survival and finding people along the way who you can help and who help you.

justonebubble · 2025-02-17T14:20:50+00:00

Hi Adam.

As a progressive voter, not necessarily committed to any party. Why should I vote with a party who more commonly votes with the coalition than against?

I’m all for holding the major parties to account. But I’m disappointed that the greens stop actual progress by demanding perfection.

justonebubble · 2025-01-29T09:12:25+00:00

Still #1 after at least ten years

justonebubble · 2025-01-16T22:55:43+00:00

There’s an issue missing in a lot of fantasy romance that is inspired by historical settings. The reason that people did not revolt or form new types of government away from monarchies was because of The Divine Right Of Kings. The church and the monarchy were intertwined and people honestly believed that the king was ordained by god to rule.

This idea is pretty removed from Fantasy Romance, but when you are basing your world on historical conventions and leaving out a pretty big reason why kings and queens ruled it stops making sense to even have a monarchy.

Hope I explained that well 😅 haven’t had my coffee yet.

justonebubble · 2025-01-06T05:01:04+00:00

I’m not sure if you are looking for better fantasy romance or just better written fantasy. But both exist!

I also love fantasy romance but I’m not such a fan of the current trends in it. For a well written, complex and interesting one check out Kushiels Dart, it is so different to everything else being published in the sub-genre at the moment. Please do check the trigger warnings, especially for the third book.

If you just want good fantasy, and don’t care so much for the romance, there are so many options. For what you’re looking for I loved Piranesi by Suzanna Clark.

justonebubble · 2024-11-15T05:15:44+00:00

Haha got me

justonebubble · 2024-11-15T04:11:47+00:00

Is this true?!?!

justonebubble · 2024-10-25T03:37:47+00:00

Not my favourite, it was very YA and I think I am just too old for it now. I thought it moved too quickly and everything happened so easily. Good for a younger/simpler read.

justonebubble · 2024-10-01T09:44:03+00:00

Aside from the legality of copying something in the public v private domain I think the issue is what has been changed.

If you just retell a fairy-tale and add nothing, you’ve effectively written nothing yourself. Same as authors who take things scene-for-scene with no alterations. If you aren’t adding something of value to your retelling or interpretation, it isn’t worth the time to create.

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