the ask@AAR: What’s the best/most interesting thing you’ve ever learned from a romance novel?

November 29, 2019

Yesterday, in the States, many of us joined friends and family for Thanksgiving. I host my large family every year and am usually too frenetic to be thankful for much…

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the ask@AAR: What review did we get utterly wrong?

November 22, 2019

AAR readers routinely tell us they disagree with our takes on books. Over the years we’ve been told: I don’t agree with how critical and one sided you were of…

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Why Disabled Romance Is Important: A Guest Post by Brooke Winters

November 18, 2019

I started reading romance novels when I was 12 or 13. I remember reading them and thinking they were enjoyable but they weren’t about people like me. Nearly all of…

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the ask@AAR: Can we discuss the term “clean” romances?

November 15, 2019

What should we call books with no sex in them? AAR has a sensuality ratings system but that’s not helpful when you want a single descriptor. (It has five levels…

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Jeannie Lin explains why her latest book isn’t on Amazon. Plus, a giveway.

November 13, 2019

I’ve been pretty much sick to my stomach for the last two weeks. I spent over a year writing a collection of steampunk novellas, Tales from the Gunpowder Chronicles and…

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the ask@AAR: What is your favorite romance written this year?

November 8, 2019

Here at AAR, the staff is beginning to make our favorite Best of 2019 lists. Earlier this week, we asked what your favorite non-romances of the year are. Now we’d…

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The best non-romances I’ve read this year

November 6, 2019

It was bound to happen. After ten years of primarily reading romance, in 2019, I found myself gravitating away from HEAs. According to Goodreads, thus far this year I’ve only…

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Book A Magical Trip by Maida Malby

November 4, 2019

“A book is a magical thing that lets you travel to far-away places without ever leaving your chair.” Katrina Mayer I grew up in the Philippines and coming from a…

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the ask@AAR: What romance novels show consent beautifully?

November 1, 2019

This week I read a historical romance novella with a love scene that did consent perfectly. Romance novels routinely show–and now more so than ever which is the best–that sex…

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Win a copy of The Modern Break-Up from Daniel Chidiac!

October 30, 2019

Almost everyone has lived through a break-up and, whew, it’s hard. Daniel Chidiac has written a book about modern break-ups and he’s giving one away to a lucky AAR reader….

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Twitter said AAR is the worst. Is it true?

October 28, 2019

Last Thursday, October 26th, was not a good day for AAR. By the day’s end, many on Twitter—romance authors among them—had tweeted and retweeted accusations that AAR and its readers…

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the ask@AAR: What are your favorite non-traditional historical romances?

October 25, 2019

In last week’s the ask@AAR, many of you longed for historicals featuring untraditional stories. So we want your recs. What historical romances with non-wealthy, non-aristocrat, non-white, non-heteronormative leads–or any other…

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