Rants and Raves
Previously released as a bonus episode on Patreon, Emma and Beth discuss the books they loved and hated from 2024: Raves The Hidden Moon by Jeannie Lin One Burning Heart by Elizabeth Kingston The Secret Pearl by Mary Balogh (related article by Emma “why now? why this duke?”) A Splendid Defiance by Stella Riley Fast Women by Jennifer Crusie Medievals series by Madeline Hunter Rants Reading the Romance by Janice Radway (Longer rant by Beth “Is this 1984 romance scholarship the root of all the arguments I hate?”) Don’t Forget to Smile by Kathleen Gilles Seidel The Earl Takes All by Lorraine Heath Seducing Mr. Knightly by Maya Rodale