Avast me hearties! This week the gals are the gang when @chels_ebooks of TikTok fame shares one of their favorite romances - THE WINDFLOWER by LAURA LONDON a.k.a. Sharon and Tom Curtis.
Merry is a sheltered lil’ patriot who gets in over her head when she’s kidnapped by pirates. The least pirate-y pirate, Devon, takes a shine to her….and so do all the other dreamy, fatherly, omnipotent, mysterious types that populate the ship.
Is a bodice ripper a bodice ripper if the bodice remains unripped? When is purple prose, you know, good? Sky rockets and roses or gears and pulleys?
Tangled feelings ahoy!
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Episode 138: WEIRD SOUP - The Windflower by Laura London w/ @chels_ebooks pt. 1

Yr grls return to discuss everybody's favorite pandemic baby - A COURT OF THORNS AND ROSES BY SARAH J. MAAS!
Feyre thought things couldn't get much worse while she was desperately hunting a mysterious wolf to feed her starving family. She was right! Because things actually get pretty groovy once she's kidnapped by Tamlin the Beast/Fae King of the Spring Court (whatever that means!). But then they do actually get worse when she chases her new love under the mountain and has to face a buncha magical trials.
How can a text subvert the dread Mary-Sue? Can we identify genre fiction by its references? IS this a romance?
Order a third El Presidente Margarita - this one is for the Maasholes and greenhorns alike! Spoilers ahead.￼

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Episode 138: WEIRD SOUP - The Windflower by Laura London w/ @chels_ebooks pt. 1

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