#maydecembers

[honeybeeshepherd]

Happy tenth anniversary to one of my favourite novels of all time!!!

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7 Book Covers in 7 Days Challenge | Day Four

Rules: Each day, post the cover of a book that you love and nominate someone new to join the challenge. No explanation, no discussion, just post the cover and by doing so spread some literary love!

Big thank you to every one who nominated me, including the lovely @mariaslozak with Wildfire At Midnight by Mary Stewart, the fabulous @overwhelmsion with The Small House At Allington by Anthony Trollope, and the amazing @bespectacled-phoenix with Because of Miss Bridgerton by Julia Quinn.

Today I’m tagging @thecrankyagnes (no pressure though, you only need participate if you wish to)

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7 Book Covers in 7 Days Challenge | Day Seven

Rules: Each day, post the cover of a book that you love and nominate someone new to join the challenge. No explanation, no discussion, just post the cover and by doing so spread some literary love!

Big thank you to every one who nominated me, including the lovely @mariaslozak​ with Wildfire At Midnight by Mary Stewart, the fabulous @overwhelmsion​ with The Small House At Allington by Anthony Trollope, and the amazing @bespectacled-phoenix​ with Because of Miss Bridgerton by Julia Quinn.

Today I’m tagging @angelacolsin (as always though, no pressure, you only need participate if you wish to)

[honeybeeshepherd]

Actually, the reason why I love angsty May-December romance novels is because when I was 19 I gave one of my OCs an older love interest and they had an initially platonic paternal/mentor-ish relationship that dragged on for years in a tragic unrequited love kind of situation (because of their ages and working relationship) and over ten years later watching Victoria is almost like watching a victorian era AU fic of them.

[honeybeeshepherd]

I am a simple girl of simple pleasures and all I ask of a May/December romance novel is for the May to at least be in their 20s and the December to at least be in their late 30s, yet I am still constantly disrespected by romance authors whom only bring me novels where the heroine is 18 and the hero isn’t even 30 yet.

[honeybeeshepherd]

I have decided that (at least part of) the appeal of May/December romance novels is that unique Millenial Mess™ feel where you don’t really feel like a Real Adult™ and you just want an actual Real Adult™ to take you under their wing and show you how it’s done and (despite all evidence to the contrary) affirm you as an adult. Also you get to have sex with them.