You Again Review: Reylo Fanfic Done Well (ish)

you again review

πŸ“– Genre Romance, Contemporary, Adult πŸ“ƒ Number of Pages 448 pages πŸͺ΄ Average Goodreads Rating 3.67 ⭐ 🌻 My Rating 3.50 ⭐ I’m back at it again with more fanfics turned published novels. Can you sense a pattern here? To be completely honest though, I didn’t know this was fanfic. I went into it because … Read more

How to Build a Writing Routine: Tips and Inspiration

How to Build a Writing Routine

While I like to imagine that one day, I’ll write my book in one go, spend feverish hours typing away, too inspired to eat or drink (you know, like they do in movies), the reality is that it’s never going to happen. Writing is a craft like any other: it needs to be practiced daily, … Read more

How to Choose the Right Software and Device for Writing Your Book

How to Choose the Right Software and Device for Writing

I’ll be honest, I’ve tried it all. From a simple Word doc to mobile apps and those online writing apps where everything else is blocked. If it was something related to writing, I’ve tried it (and promptly discarded it a few days later). There are so many tools for writers online and offline that it’s … Read more

Plotting vs Pantsing: The Great Writing Debate

plotting vs pantsing

You can tell a lot about a person by knowing whether they like to plot or pants (or, alternatively, nothing at all). Me, I’m still undecided. Sometimes I feel like plotting. It doesn’t always go well, but I do it. Plus, one of my astrologist friends told me that I need to start planning things … Read more

Useful Files For Writing Your Novel (With Templates You Can Copy)

useful files for writing

Writing a novel is an experience I both wish everyone could have and one I wouldn’t wish on my worst enemy. It’s exciting, it’s exhausting, you’ll love it, you’ll hate it. But there are some things I found to make the journey easier. 1. Master Brain Dump(s) So, there are a few types of Master … Read more

7 Bad Romance Tropes That Just Don’t Work Anymore

bad romance tropes

Romance novels are one of the big pleasures of my life. Not guilty pleasures β€” because I don’t feel guilty about something that makes me happy β€” but truly luxurious pleasures. There’s nothing quite like the feeling when you open a romance novel and realize that you will love it. Or when they hold hands … Read more

Review of One for My Enemy by Olivie Blake

review of one for my enemy

πŸ“– Genre Fantasy, Romance, Retelling πŸ“ƒ Number of Pages 427 pages πŸͺ΄ Average Goodreads Rating 3.82 ⭐ 🌻 My Rating 2.5 ⭐ I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: I really, truly wanted to love One for My Enemy. I ordered the prettiest edition on Waterstones as soon as it came out (it’s … Read more

Review of People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry

review of people we meet on vacation

πŸ“– Genre Romance, Contemporary, Adult πŸ“ƒ Number of Pages 364 pages πŸͺ΄ Average Goodreads Rating 3.89 ⭐ 🌻 My Rating 2.5 ⭐ This book was fun and I read it within a day, mostly because I lack boundaries when it comes to reading but also because I wanted to know how it all happens. But … Read more

Review of Love and Other Words: Suspend Your Disbelief

review of love and other words

πŸ“– Genre Romance, Contemporary, Adult πŸ“ƒ Number of Pages 432 pages πŸͺ΄ Average Goodreads Rating 4.28 ⭐ 🌻 My Rating 3 ⭐ Love and Other Words by Christina Lauren was a very sweet story. I laughed, I cried, it was fun. But even so, I noticed several things that just weren’t that great (spoilers galore). … Read more

A Review of Kulti by Mariana Zapata: Poop and Big Girl Socks

a review of kulti by mariana zapata

πŸ“– Genre Romance, Contemporary, Adult πŸ“ƒ Number of Pages 570 pages πŸͺ΄ Average Goodreads Rating 4.27 ⭐ 🌻 My Rating 2 ⭐ I was in a mood for a good, tastefully done age-gap romance Birthday Girl by Penelope Douglas so I was really excited to read this one. Unfortunately, Kulti by Mariana Zapata was a … Read more