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woo-hoo!

yay! glad to hear it :)

This is a great list- I’d add Meredith Duran and Elizabeth Hoyt as well (and Sherry Thomas, as someone else suggested on this thread!) All angsty, all very big on plot

this is so interesting! do you know who her favorite authors were in the 80s/90s?

It's literally why I read the genre!

It's time for an angst renaissance

(to be clear, I have nothing against any individual romcom, it's just that the romance genre has been evolving AWAY from so much of what make Heated Rivalry good, for so many years, and I am ready for a reversal)

This is incredible!!

Same!

aahhhh I wish Bridgerton had worked better for me!

I'm not ready for the post-Christmas comedown and the post-Ilya-Rozanov comedown at the same time, please send help

Not gonna think too hard about how this is basically my current haircut 😂

Honestly, it’s half the reason I practice so much!!

I haven't seen too many sapphic recs in your replies yet SO I am going to say that Camille Kellogg's Just As You Are and The Next Chapter feel like they've got major Gen Z appeal to me, tho may not be widely known enough for a used book store. Also Honey Girl by Morgan Rogers!

If you watch it, please let me know! I have thoughts! (Mostly but not all positive, I’d say)