The Kingmaker Duet by Kennedy Ryan!

Show Notes:

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We Read:

The Kingmaker Duet by Kennedy Ryan (also includes The Rebel King)

Kennedy Ryan joined Shelf Love on the following episodes:

• 028. Emergency Contact by Mary HK Choi
• 024. Body Image in romance
• 018. Kennedy Ryan on the RITAs

Myth: Feminists don’t read romance

Rhoda Baxter provided thoughts on this myth.

Awesome intersectional feminists you should read:

• Audre Lorde
• Patricia Hill Collins
• Gloria Anzaldua
• Angela Davis
• bell hooks
• Kimberle Crenshaw

Modern Romance Canon Nominations

• Forbidden by Beverly Jenkins: Conversation around a white-passing hero
• The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang: neurodiverse MC, Vietnamese culture
• A Seditious Affair by KJ Charles: Amazing class conversation

Books:

• Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz (YA M/M)
• Queen Move by Kennedy Ryan (Available May 26, 2020 - same universe as The Kingmaker)
• Girls and Sex and Boys and Sex by Peggy Orenstein
• Unhooked by Laura Sessions Stepp
• Long Shot by Kennedy Ryan (won a RITA)

Dear Prudie Column that inspired Adriana’s latest story in He’s Come Undone!

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