absolutely cannot fault Stephanie Meyer's choice in music. woman sat down like "here is my Muse playlist that i listened to while writing book 3" and every one is a banger. ty for living the dream to the fullest
i'm kinda coming to the conclusion that there's Something a lot of books sold under the "romance" category are doing that is just not for me... it's weird in that i can name romcom movies i've enjoyed, and certainly there are romantic plots in things-that-are-not-marketed-as-romance that i've really enjoyed, but e.g. i picked up four different reasonably-well-reviewed paperback romances last year b/c i was aiming to steal tricks i'd been told they did well, and, while none of them drove me as crazy as Fourth Wing, everyone one of them was a DNF, just felt very blah and boring!
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Date: 2026-02-05 02:10 am (UTC)i'm kinda coming to the conclusion that there's Something a lot of books sold under the "romance" category are doing that is just not for me... it's weird in that i can name romcom movies i've enjoyed, and certainly there are romantic plots in things-that-are-not-marketed-as-romance that i've really enjoyed, but e.g. i picked up four different reasonably-well-reviewed paperback romances last year b/c i was aiming to steal tricks i'd been told they did well, and, while none of them drove me as crazy as Fourth Wing, everyone one of them was a DNF, just felt very blah and boring!