Previously released as a bonus episode on Patreon, Emma and Beth discuss the books they loved and hated from 2024:

Raves

The Hidden Moon by Jeannie Lin

One Burning Heart by Elizabeth Kingston

The Secret Pearl by Mary Balogh (related article by Emma “why now? why this duke?”)

A Splendid Defiance by Stella Riley

Fast Women by Jennifer Crusie

Medievals series by Madeline Hunter

Rants

Reading the Romance by Janice Radway (Longer rant by Beth “Is this 1984 romance scholarship the root of all the arguments I hate?”)

Don’t Forget to Smile by Kathleen Gilles Seidel

The Earl Takes All by Lorraine Heath

Seducing Mr. Knightly by Maya Rodale

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