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i ❤️ u ali

Coming out of hibernation just to say that Love, Theoretically was a good book. No, a great book. I like Ali Hazelwood's formula, I like her characters, I LOVE that she writes about women in STEM and uses her books to advocate for fairer practices in academia.

Modern romances are almost all written with the same general structure. I read a lot of them (and write some), and while some tell a really good story and create memorable characters, the majority are generic cookie cutter stories that I forget about as soon as I close the book.

Most romance characters are archetypes. Most plotlines are derivative. There is always miscommunication. Popular tropes are popular for a reason.

Ali's specific version of this genre has tall grumpy men who are misunderstood. It has academic collaborations that force proximity. It has quirky women trying to figure out how to human while unpacking trauma, fighting mysogeny, and dealing with inconvenient feelings they don't know how to navigate for men they don't realize are their biggest advocates. Then they have a happy ending where everyone gets what they deserve and progress has been made in the STEM world.

This is Ali's universe. I loved it the first time, I loved it the second time, I enjoyed it in her novellas, and to no one's surprise - I loved it this time. If she keeps creating complex characters that I can actually care about and root for (something many romances fail to do) then I will keep reading. Hell, if every single man in her books continued to be an Adam Driver clone I would never tire of it, because a well written romance is a well written romance.

If you do not enjoy Ali's formula, why are you still reading her books? Just stop. We all like different styles, tropes, character types, etc. and I'm not judging anyone for not enjoying her writing. But it feels to me like the big complaint is that she has written a romance... And it's familiar... And we'll, duh. So few romances stand out to me, I feel this way about most romance authors. It's all the same in some way or another. But Ali's writing speaks to me, her stories move me, her characters feel familiar and comfortable in a way I rarely find in other books, and in a world where 1000's of romances are published every year, I feel like we can all find our own version of that without shitting on a talented author who writes books that a lot of people love.

We all have the option to DNF and move on with our lives if something isn't our preference. Let people like things. That's all I wanted to say.

Thanks, Ali. Love, Theoretically was sublime.

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Sebastian Duke of Montgomery, literally marry me.

HOW IS HE SO HOT! AND RESPECTFUL!!!

#bringing down the duke #rogue of one’s own #book recommendations #evie dunmore #booklr

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rose and dimitri: we love each other and we’re so happy!

adrian: (in the background) hey siri play traitor by olivia rodrigo

adrian: IT TOOK YOU TWO WEEKS TO GO OFF AND DATE HER I GUESS YOU DIDNT CHEAT BUT YOURE STILL A TRAITOR *sobs*

#ya books #ya fantasy #va #vampire academy #adrian ivashkov #rose hathaway #dimitri belikov #romitri #booklr

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Rose: I learned some very valuable lessons from this.

Dimitri: I’m guessing they are all horrible distortions of the lessons you actually should’ve taken away.

Rose: Death isn’t real, and I’m basically God.

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saw a fan cast of tog on tik tok and can i just say that florence pugh would literally make the best aelin/celaena hands down no arguments like are u kidding me

#tog #throne of glass #sarah j maas #ya fantasy #ya books #booklr #acotar #queen aelin #aelin and rowan #celaena sardothien

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dimitri: i can’t be with you i’m pretty sure i suck (literally) and i’ve killed a ton of people and i’m not worthy of your love and we just can’t like i’m pretty sure i’d put you over literally everything else and that’s just not cool lissa is my priority

rose: does it look like i give a fuck?

dimitri:

rose: that’s what i thought bitch

#book recommendations #booklr #ya books #ya fantasy #va #vampire academy #rose hathaway #dimitri belikov

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literally so true

Rose would be doing Tik Tok dances and videos and Dimitri would be like, occasionally seen in the background wandering into the kitchen to get more coffee or ducking out of the shower and eventually he would become known among Rose's fans as Rose's abnormally tall mystery boyfriend and they'd try to grab sightings of him like he's a cryptid

THIIIIIIIISSSSSSSS!!!

he’d probably have his own fanbase as well and would be completely clueless 😂

#vampire academy #rose hathaway #romitri #va #dimitri belikov

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finished vampire academy. loved it. 10/10 would recommend. let me just say i would die for dimitri and adrian. i just got bloodlines and am abt to start reading it. lmk what you think!

#book recommendations #ya books #vampire academy #ya fantasy #booklr #dimitri belikov

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i’m on book 4 of the vampire academy series and i love it, definitely read it bc i need to chat about it!

#ya books #ya fantasy #book recommendations #booklr #vampire academy

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hey guys it’s been a while! am reading Vampire Academy as my beach read, reviews/thoughts? No spoiler pls (i actually don’t really care but you know)

#book recommendations #vampire academy #ya fantasy #ya books #booklr

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I just finished Obsidian, which is the first book in Jennifer L. Armentrout’s Lux series. It was pretty good, I give it an 8/10. If you’re looking for a good old enemies to lovers romance with some pretty great alien syfy bits, this is the book for you. I’m not normally into aliens, but this is a pretty good one!

#ya fantasy #ya science fiction #book recommendations #ya books #lux series #booklr #book rec list #acotar #sjmaas

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I just finished Crescent City and it was FUCKING FANTASTIC, I love Sarah J. Maas and all of her books, and this was great. It might be my new fav, if I’m being honest. Bryce is a badass I can get behind, and I loved the modern spin on everything that hasn’t been in her last few books. Anyway, I 10/10 recommend.

#book recommendations #ya books #sarah j maas #crescent city #throne of glass #acotar #the mortal instruments #six of crows #ya fantasy

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So I’m pretty new to Tumblr, but I love books and everything about them. I read a ton of stuff but mostly YA, and mostly fantasy. This account is basically so I can talk to other book lovers, give my thoughts on books, and post stuff I find amusing about the stuff I’m reading.

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