Time for a positivity break (although stick with us, we couldn't help going on a little rant). This one is all about the things that get us straight in the heart and make our knees weak: our romance kryptonites. There are spoilers within the episode, don't say that we haven't warned you.

Books mentioned in this episode (in alphabetical order by author):
Brooklyn Ann, "With Vengeance"
Jane Austen, "Persuasion"
Kristy Boyce, "Dating and Dragons"
Cassandra Clare, "Infernal Devices"
Laurie Gilmore, "The Strawberry Patch Pancake House"
Mona Kasten, "Scarlet Luck Series": Lonely Heart" and "Fragile Heart"
Susan King, "Taming the Heiress"
Sarah J. Maas, "A Court of Mist and Fury"
Sarah J. Maas, "House of Earth and Blood"
Tania Modleski, "Loving with a Vengeance: Mass-produced fantasies for women," 1988 (originally published 1982), Routledge, London 
Lucy Maud Montgomery, "Anne of Green Gables," "Anne of Avonlea," and "Anne of the Island"
Stacy Reid, "My Darling Duke" 
Margit Sandemo, "The Legend of the Ice People"

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