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Two Tickets to Paradise reviewed by Duck T.

Friends, flippers up for a movie where the characters actually sort things out! Is it just me, your goldfish-guzzling friend, who finds it irritating when things just “fall into place” between the romantic heroes without any quacking (or other communication) about everyone’s mistakes? Well, welcome to paradise because in Two Tickets to Paradise, the main characters (played by Ashley Williams and Ryan Paevey), who are both jilted at separate ducking altars on the same ducking day—typical human behavior—are mature enough to discuss their issues not only with each other but also with the jilters in question. Does this make things beak-droolingly boring? Quite the opposite!

The leads did a super-ducking awesome job of both comedy and connection, and this duck was genuinely moved by the end of the film. Even the exes didn’t seem so outrageous by the time the movie was done. That “honeymoon” that the leads take—two separate rooms, same hotel—really does turn things the duck around. What’s more, I actually believe it—from beak to flippers.

Watch Two Tickets To Paradise here:

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About US

Welcome! I’m Star Tavares. I am queer and nonbinary, and I use they/them pronouns. My hubby Jake is LGBTQIA+ too. Our plush duck is called Duck and is super-ducking awesome. He likes to call himself an award-winning duck because we wrote a screenplay about him that won some awards, and who are we to argue?

The thing is, we used to publish in the romance genres, but after we came out, we thought romance didn’t want us anymore. But you know what, toots? We were wrong.

Now we’ve rebuilt our confidence and are back to living our Romancey Pants life, writing, reviewing romance movies, reading romance novels, and doing a whole lot of stretching. (Did I mention we’re getting older?)

Want to know more about Star’s writing credits? Under another name, Star has published romance stories, novels, and novellas with presses like Harper Collins and Cleis, and has won awards for their shorter works from the likes of Glimmer Train, Screencraft, and Narrative, where they also worked as an editor. More recently, Star’s nonfiction about gender identity has appeared in The New York Times and at Huffington Post Personal.

Since Jake, who is also a romance author, is starting to add more reviews here (along with Duck’s best frenemy Sir Mallard Jones) watch this space for more about him and his career.

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