My Kind of Romance

Okay, obligatory romance Valentine’s Day post time.

The thing is, I really like reading romance. The other thing is, it takes a lot to make me invested in a romance. I was thinking about why this was, and while there are many specific qualities I like in a romance, the one that encompasses all of them is that I need the characters to earn it. Like, I need them to go through some trials to develop and discover their feelings. No insta-love here.

So, to name a few books and series that have romances I’ve really enjoyed:

 

The Raven Cycle

I know I’ve raved about this series a million times, but truly, The Raven Cycle has the epitome of my kind of romance. Like, if one of the characters kisses her true love, he’ll die. What could get better than that? I believe Maggie Stiefvater said, “Nobody kisses anybody, which is weird because everybody loves everybody.” There’s lots of tension and pining and fighting each other and fighting together. This series seriously makes you earn the romance, and I LOVE it.

 

 

Book Review: Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta

Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta / My rating: ★★★★★

One sentence summary: There’s a boy in a tree in Taylor Markham’s dreams, she’s her school’s leader in the annual territory wars, and as she uncovers the mysteries of the kids who started them she begins to unravel her own past.

I ran away one day. He was running in the same direction.

September Reads

The books I read in the month of September! A lot of very, very good books, but my heart belongs with those Raven boys, so my favorite for the month had to be The Dream Thieves by Maggie Stiefvater.

♥‘s next to the ones I loved.

Paul: A Novel ♥ by Walter Wangerin • The Dream Thieves ♥ by Maggie Stiefvater • Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater • An Arrow’s Flight ♥ by Mark Merlis • On the Jellicoe Road ♥ by Melina Marchetta • Little Women by Louisa May Alcott • Agnes Grey ♥ by Anne Bronte • Station Eleven ♥ by Emily St. John Mandel • The Ocean at the End of the Lane ♥ by Neil Gaiman

Subject: Books I love

“She tells me about the time my father had a dream about me before I was born. How we were sitting in a tree and he asked me my name and I said it was Taylor.”

On the Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta

Currently reading…

On the Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta