Modern “Romance”
I’ll admit it, I never liked Sex and the City. Its premise to me always seemed amazingly depressing, and the idea that women can take on men’s vices and then get old-fashioned fairy tale endings seemed…
Bad Boys – How Bad is too Bad?
So, apparently Chris Brown has a new album out. What? The fact that he isn’t in jail somewhere is hard enough to reconcile, but that his career is still viable? I’m truly shocked. Worse yet, prior…
The Plan B Taboo
When I’m reading a contemporary romance of the non-paranormal variety, I read with the expectation that the characters in the book are living in the same world that readers live in. With many books this isn’t…
The Unequal Relationship
WARNING: This article contains spoilers below the cut for Someone Like Her by Janice Kay Johnson. Last weekend, I wrote a review for Janice Kay Johnson’s contemporary romance Someone Like Her. While I liked many aspects…