Inspirational/Clean. Not a proper romance with too much trauma that I wasn't prepared for when I started this book. Not all Women’s Fiction with romance/marriage is a romance novel.

While an academic treatise on the femme outlook of "guilty pleasure," television, media, and books in the RomComs, and the ChickLit, RomCom, and Romance Genre (yes, they are all different). Mostly reflecting what was is considered "trash" in today's various forms of Media. I found this relatable. Caveat: If you don't have any academic reading and philosophy experience behind you, you are going to be spending some time googling terms - which is not a bad thing!

I got an ARC from Edelweiss and New York University Press.

While I enjoyed a few "Love Letters" to Pop Culture circa the 2000s, many of the writing/experiences were lost in translation because I didn't have the same upbringing or experiences, so it was hard to see past the "tackiness" of some things. The way she feels about Creed is the same way I feel about Nickelback (I wrote it for prosperity now). But most of the time, the "love letters" felt more like diatribes to air dirty laundry or come clean but throwing in pop culture to make it worthwhile. I don't know, but the author's voice bugged more from 50 percent on. I enjoyed the first half more than I enjoyed the second.

I received an ARC from Netgalley and Vintage.

Past, Present, and Future Autherian stories. Authors from all genres. Some surprising authors as well. I really liked the shorter ones, forced to tell the tale. The longer ones meander, and I tended to lose focus. But this is a great collection of retellings of Arthurian Legends.

I received an ARC from Netgalley and Vintage.

Elodie Parrish pines and waits for the boy next door who is sowing his oats. Ellie turns twenty-five -and becoming a spinster. While she is waiting during the current ton Season, she keeps running into (literally and figuratively) the elusive Lord Hullworth. He thinks all her running into him is a ploy. They don't trust each other, and they sure don't trust their rapid heartbeats.

Overall, it was fine. I tended to like Lord Hullworth/Hero more than the Heroine/Ellie Parrish. There was nothing new for the Romance Genre in this Historical Romance, but this series has been decent. I miss the humor and banter of the previous series Misadventures in Matchmaking; this was the series that hooked me to Vivienne Lorret.

I received an ARC from Avon and Netgalley for my honest opinion.