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Why My Fault Is Actually A Duck’s Fault
Star: Friends, I’ve been enjoying the audiobook of My Fault by Mercedes Ron, which is beautifully narrated by Hugo Locke and Hannah Carmona. This Wattpad sensation became a sweeping bestseller, and has sold more than three million copies. But Duck can’t stand My Fault, and I’m determined to find out why. Continue reading
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The Joyful Power of Rainbow Ducks: A Queer Story To Give You A Quacker-Laugh
The Rainbow Duck didn’t understand why the Pond would banish rainbow ducks. Bewildered, they sat on the bank and stared down at their flippers, which, granted, weren’t rainbow-colored like their feathers but were nonetheless vital parts of a rainbow duck. “I just don’t understand,” the Rainbow Duck told the white duck and the tawny duck.… Continue reading
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Our Haunted Bedroom: A Romantic Affair? Or a Flipper-Chilling Spook-a-thon?
Star: We live in a home that has a lot of spirit activity. But I think my mum’s spirit is the most active of all. Mum passed over a year ago, but she’s always around. In fact, in a romantic-yet-ghostly way, she proves she is. Duck: If you, like me, are ducking freaked out by… Continue reading
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Book Boyfriend by Kris Ripper Will Brighten Up A Duck of a Dark Time
Duck: Star, was that not a duck of a week? All that political pond-slop gave me beak-sag. Star: We urgently need romance right now. Like we need air. Duck: And to add some duck news—because we’ll have NO HUMAN POLITICS HERE, thank you—ducks have apparently been “executively ordered” to no longer enter fast food restaurants.… 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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Three Gorgeously Voicey Queer Romance Reads Recommended by a Duck
Friends, when a duck like me digs a narrative voice, he quacks about it for days. We love the music of words, and where do they tickle our beak-holes more than in romance novels? So, for those of you who are done with cold-fish narrative voices, here are three SUPER-DUCKING AWESOME romance reads that sound… Continue reading
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Sense8: A Super-Ducking Romantic Activist Romance Reviewed by Star and Duck
Friends, it’s been a while, mostly because Star’s been busy writing. But every time Star needs to take a break from tapping away at their highly romantic keyboard, we’ve been rewatching Sense8. And, as usual when I watch Sense8, my MIND IS DUCKING BLOWN! Star: Mine too! Now, those of you who are thinking, “Wait… Continue reading
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The Love Study (Carina Adores) by Kris Ripper – A Novel Review by Duck and Star
Duck: For a novel that contains VERY few ducks, I admit to being a BEAK-TO-FLIPPERS fan of The Love Study. Author Kris Ripper does a super-ducking awesome job! Star: Duck, I agree. My flippers were fondly tickled by main character Declan’s warmth, wit, and heart. I also love this original take on the matchmaker trope.… 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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- 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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