Blog Archive
Twitter said AAR is the worst. Is it true?
Last Thursday, October 26th, was not a good day for AAR. By the day’s end, many on Twitter—romance authors among them—had tweeted and retweeted accusations that AAR and its readers are racist, sexist, and ablest.
the ask@AAR: What are your favorite non-traditional historical romances?
In last week’s the ask@AAR, many of you longed for historicals featuring untraditional stories. So we want your recs. What historical romances with non-wealthy, non-aristocrat, non-white, non-heteronormative leads–or any other nontraditional aspects–do you love?
Anticipating Matilda – Mary Balogh’s next heroine
When I read Mary Balogh’s Only Beloved, the seventh and final book in Mary Balogh’s Survivor’s Club series which took as its heroine Dora Debbins, a thirty-nine-year-old spinster, who had “lost all hope of marriage,” I…
Coming Soon – The Romances We’re Looking Forward to Reading in November 2019
Hard as it is to believe, we’re heading into the last couple of months of 2019, and it’s time to have a look at the books the AAR team is most excited about reading over the…
the ask@AAR: Does Historical Romance have a quality problem?
We listen to you, we really do. And we’ve noticed that you, along with several of our reviewers, aren’t all that happy with most – not all, but most – of the historical romance that’s been…
October TBR Challenge – Paranormal or Romantic Suspense
This month’s TBR prompt, Paranormal or Romantic Suspense, is always fun. Both subgenres cover a lot of ground, so there can be an embarrassment of riches when it comes to picking out something to read. This…
Hazard and Somerset: A LOVE story
I’ve known for a while that of all the reviewers at AAR, my opinions of books most closely align with fellow reviewer (and my editor) Caz Owens. In fact, her reviews are one of the ways…
