Posts tagged romance

The Song of Achilles

The bodice-ripper gets a gay makeover in Madeline Miller’s The Song of Achilles and, for the most part, the transformation works. The bulk of the novel coasts on the slow-to-consummate attraction between Patroclus, an exiled…

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Kushiel’s Dart

Let it be known that I am NOT the person who usually reads romance novels. However, this science fiction romance novel is not your typical hot-blooded, summer romance. Unless your idea of a summer romance…

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A Fine Romance

I'll say this for Audrey Niffenegger; she's got courage. The Time Traveler's Wife, Niffenegger's novel about the relationship between a mortal woman and an involuntary time traveler, goes so far beyond clich? it circles back…

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Playing with your food

Bella Swan, the new girl in school, is brave — albeit clumsy — a misfit who smells like freesia and has the high school boys in a drooling tizzy. Especially Edward Cullen, who sits at…

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