Post from the The Sacred Space Between forum
"A Spell. Women have that sometimes. Hysteria."
Oh great. Writing off what happened because she is a woman.

LanieBun commented on a post from the Pagebound Club forum
I watched this Tiktok video (link at the end of post) by an author named Nicole McKeon and it has made me realise that maybe it's not romance as a genre I don't like and choose not read, but it's because there is no yearning in the way she has described it in Pride and Prejudice (there are spoilers if you're reading this).
For those that are more well versed in romance, historical romance, I would love some recommendations to add to my TBR because I have honestly brushed off any romance recommendations because I felt that I was just not a "romantic" person or I find "romantic grand gestures" and "enemies to lovers" tropes too cheesy to be enjoyable. Maybe I'm just not reading the kinds of romance that I like.
For example, I like Rin and Nezha's relationship across the Poppy War trilogy, and Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy in Pride and Prejudice, and Aragorn and Arwen in LOTR, and Elphaba and Fiyero in Wicked.
I'll link the video below, but know that you can click on the link and I've removed all tracking from the url, so you won't know my username and I won't know yours (X has watched your video). You can also find her directly her handle on Tiktok is: @nicolemckeon_author and as of today (9/12/26) it's the 1st video next to her pinned one.
Link:https://www.tiktok.com/@nicolemckeon_author/video/7581555898410159374
Edit: Thank you all for commenting and making recommendations! I will get around to responding to your engaging and well thought out comments soon. For those interested, I have created a public shelf for all the recommendations, so you can add them to you own collection.
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I have loved the Diviners Series. I enjoyed the characters, the setting, and the social commentary. So it pains me to say that the final book fell flat. I feel like it lost a lot of what made the Diviners so good. There was so much time where our characters were traveling separately. I got bored quite often while reading. I would think that these moments would have rounded out their character arc, but many of the characters (Jericho, Sam, and Henry, especially felt lacking.) The ending felt rushed. I would have loved more time spent with our characters after the King of Crows was defeated.
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