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Tiffany
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@willaful @romancelandia @romancebooks I’m halfway through a bunch, but the most recent that I finished was Fake It Til You Bake It by Jamie Wesley, which I found underwhelming. The third act separation was pretty ridiculous. Before that I read Malka Older’s The Imposition of Unnecessary Obstacles, which is a romance adjacent cozy sapphic mystery, and I loved it. Very sweet and gentle to read, even with the murder storyline.

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Tiffanyreply
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@willaful Yes, exactly! I don’t mind a breakup that’s justified by the story and the characters. But it’s not necessary! I really enjoyed Rebekah Weatherspoon’s Cowboys of California series and I had a moment in the second book when I was bracing for the unnecessary obligatory break up and then instead, the book smoothly followed the path it had set, and I felt so relieved. Still had conflict and tension, just in its own way.

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Guin Kelly
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@willaful @romancelandia @romancebooks Currently reading Sword Crossed. I'm only 20% in. I like it, but my brain bandwidth is not great right now, so not finding it as compelling as I need at the moment. In any case will have to give it back in 11 days to the library whether I'm finished or not (there's a hold line for it).

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Sandra Schwab
romancelandia.club

@willaful I'm still reading Golden Terrace by Chinese author Cang Wun Bin Bai. I love Chinese costume dramas, so it stands to reason that I also enjoy the novels these dramas are based on. :blobcatread: And as I said in another toot, this novel is so well translated; it's such a delight.

It's a slow-burn m/m historical romance that combines the trope of forced marriage (between our two main leads) with a big dash of mystery and court intrigues.

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