Some romances I enjoy once and set aside. Others I return to, again and again, not because I’ve forgotten the ending–although my aging brain certainly does that far more frequently than I’d like–but because knowing the denouement lets me read the story differently than I did at the first go. A reread shifts my focus—I’m no longer racing to find out if the couple makes it, I’m enjoying the smaller actions of the characters, the way their dialogue builds, the choices that make their HEA feel earned. 

This year, I’ve enjoyed rereading almost as many books as I have reading the newly published. I’ve worked my way through several historical romances by the much missed Meredith Duran–my current fave is Written on Your Skin. Her prose is just so good– every read offers me another discovery, something that I’d missed in previous reads. I also made my way, again, through Madeline Hunter’s Rarest Blooms. This series, one of Hunter’s best, is full of intelligence and intricacy–it continues to hold my attention (no small feat!). Juliana Keyes’s Bench Player is a contemporary I return to when I want heat that never cheapens the people at its center. Early SEP’s Stars books are also on my reread rotation. 

So what about you? Which romances do you reread, and what keeps you turning back to them? Are you a frequent rereader? Are you genre specific or anything goes?