Romancing the Phone

Romancing the Phone

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Q1 Trend Report

Q1 Trend Report

How is it almost May though

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Apr 27, 2025
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this has nothing to do with anything except that I would like to do all of my reading here, please.

Hi friends (I always want to have a cute name to call you all but what could it even be? Romancers? Phonies?)!

Before we dive in, I wanted to note that I was the guest on an episode of the Reading Smut podcast and had a delightful time talking to Mallory and Brea about romance trends as a cultural barometer (timely and relevant to this post). Please give it a listen if you are so inclined. I’m also recording an episode of The Beautiful and the Banned podcast about ACOTAR next week and I CANNOT WAIT to go long on sexy faeries and book bans, so stay tuned for that one.

This month, we’re trying out a new post format with a trend report - please let me know what you think and what else would be interesting and useful to you. Definitely planning to do these quarterly - things change so quickly on BookTok, it can be hard to keep up with, but that’s why I’m here (and also why I’m limiting these posts to paid subscribers - they’re very time consuming to produce). I’m tracking emergent sub genres, new reading-focused apps coming for Goodreads’ crown, and the new titles that BookTok creators can’t stop talking about. Plus, a few of our usual monthly links. So let’s dive right in with my favorite question:

What is the next hockey for sports romance?

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