Just Plain Ridiculous
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“Like A Cat Up A Palm Tree Who’s Decided To Go Up A Palm Tree”: The Genius of Jamie Dornan in Barb and Star Go To Vista Del Mar
Friends, there are certainly things I enjoyed about Fifty Shades of Grey, but neither the book nor the film was earth-shattering for yours truly. As for the film, Jamie Dornan and Dakota Johnson did a good job of building that chemistry, I thought. But when it comes to Jamie Dornan, let me be clear about Continue reading
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Alas! Something Devastating Happened! She Made “A Woman’s Automatic Gesture”!
Friends, I’ll open this post with an irony warning! Prepare yourselves…. As a nonbinary person, I may need some help working out the following. It takes place in The Sicilian Marriage by Sandra Marton, which I enjoyed, during a sex scene when both characters are naked: “She made a woman’s automatic gesture of modesty and Continue reading
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Enemies-To-Lovers Tickles My Marble Bust. I’ll Show You Why, With Squirrels:
Yes, friends, it’s me, The Brit, and yes, it’s come to this! I enjoy a good enemies-to-lovers romance. Allow me to show, rather than tell, why that is, via some squirrels—both of whom were paid handsomely and are bone fide members of Equity. Squirrel One: Gosh, you seem awfully keen on that marble bust. You’re Continue reading
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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Recent Posts
- Why Characters Who Lie in Novels Make My Flippers Sad
- A Bowl of Self-Love Cereal (Quacker Pops Edition)
- Bridget Jones ‘Mad About The Boy’? Let’s Quack About Grief in Romance.
- Why My Fault Is Actually A Duck’s Fault
- Why I Still Haven’t Read Any Novels By Emily Henry (It’s To Do With Diversity. And Ducks.)
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