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Yes, There Are A.I. Audiobooks, But Are They Any Good and Can They Pronounce “Eclair”?
Duck: Fortunately, A.I. narrators seldom have a problem pronouncing “duck.” I mean, “duck” is a salt-of-the-earth word that’s ducking easy to master—unless, like my pal Sir Mallard Jones, you’ve had too much pondweed champagne. Star: But from listening to Harlequin audiobooks, I’d say crying salt tears is more of an issue for AI. After all,… Continue reading
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Triple Sec by TJ Alexander – Reviewed by a Duck and a Human
Triple Sec by TJ Alexander? I’ve got to tell you, Star, this queer, polyamorous romance novel, which we listened to as an audiobook, gave me flipper tingles. First, the premise: Bartender Mel has never had a relationship with a married person before, but duck it all because she’s so attracted to Bebe. The pair’s dates… Continue reading
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Christmas At The Chalet (Lifetime) – A Review By A Duck and a Human
Christmas at the Chalet was a duck of a fun movie! The premise? Lex Riley (Teri Hatcher) went from TV fame to being a full-time parent, and is now returning to the public eye with her duck-worthy Insta reels. When she decides to join her adult son and ex-husband on a skiing vacation at a… Continue reading
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The Dancing Detective: A Deadly Tango (Hallmark) — A Review by a Duck and a Human
Duck: Folks, this silly romantic mystery really smoked my kipper! Here’s the premise of The Dancing Detective: A Deadly Tango: Detective Bailey (Lacey Chabert), who prefers to work alone, is sent undercover at a ballroom dancing contest to solve a murder. In order to dance convincingly, she must partner up with dancer “husband” Sebastian Moore Continue reading
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Coupling (UK TV Series) – Reviewed by a Duck and a Human
Duck: Whatever else Coupling is, it’s flipper-ticklingly funny! This old Brit show about six folks who become friends when two of them start to date quacks me up every time. Star: It’s true! I can’t NOT quacker-laugh at Coupling. Especially the three series that include Jeff (played by Richard Coyle). Coyle appears as Jeff in Continue reading
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Hit Man (Netflix) – A Review by a Duck and a Human
Duck: Hit Man was a duck of a lot of fun, Star! The plot: A fake hit man (played by Glen Powell) who lures criminals for the police falls for a woman (played by Adria Arjona) who almost “hires” him to take someone out (meaning murder, not a pizza date). She believes he’s a real Continue reading
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A Novel Romance (Hallmark) — A Movie Review by A Duck and A Human
Jake: [sounding a bit overtired] We watch a lot of Hallmark Channel, don’t we. Sir Mallard Jones: Was that a question or…? Jake: Just a comment, really. SMJ: [admonishingly] Not the best way to start off a movie review, dear boy! “We watch this channel a lot. Here’s what we think about this production”! Jake:… Continue reading
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A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder (BBC, Netflix) — A Duck-Shaped Review by Star and Duck
Duck: Good duck in gravy, Star! A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder was a duck of a riveting show! Star: Word! Our beak-holes were pressed to the screen at every turn! And not just because of the compelling mystery. The growing attraction between main characters Emma Myers (Pippa Fitz-Amobi) and Ravi Singh (Zain Iqbal) was… Continue reading
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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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Recent Posts
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