Rom-Com Archives

Book Review of LOCKDOWN ON LONDON LANE

Posted on June 13, 2023June 20, 2023 by CJ | A Well-Read Tart

If you're a fan of the movie Love Actually (umm, who isn't???), you’re going to adore Lockdown on London Lane. Is it too early for a COVID-themed book? I know that most of my fellow readers and writers prefer to pretend that the past few disease-ridden years never happened, at least when it comes to escaping into literature. Ordinarily, I’d be with you. But, Lockdown on London Lane navigates this sensitive topic with such ease, humor, and...

Book Review of RED, WHITE, AND ROYAL BLUE

Posted on April 23, 2021June 5, 2023 by CJ | A Well-Read Tart

Unpopular opinion alert: I did not finish (DNF) Red, White, and Royal Blue. SO many people have raved about this book by Casey McQuiston, readers and bloggers alike. It was all over bookstagram when it published in 2019, and I'm still seeing it appear in bookstack photos of beloved books. As a lover of rom-coms, I was eager to read this relatively new member to the genre: a queer rom-com in which two gay men fall in love. And one of them...