#unromance

[fully-embracing-my-autopsy]

Merthur: two sides of a single coin

Destiny intertwined

Servant and king

And best friends for eternity

[alialqahtani]

fav books i read in 2025: unromance — erin connor;

it's about showing up and risking it all with no guarantee you'll get what you want. it's about trying. that's why i'm here. to try.

[ash-and-books]

Rating: 4.5/5

Book Blurb:

A recently dumped TV heartthrob enlists a jaded romance novelist to ruin romance for him—one rom-com trope at a time—so he never gets swept off his feet again . . .

Sawyer Greene knows romance. She’s a bestselling author of the genre—or she was, until her ex left her with nothing but writer’s block and a broken heart. But when she gets stuck in the elevator with a handsome stranger, she sees their meet cute for what it is: just a one-night stand. It might have worked, too, if they could stop running into each other.

Actor Mason West sees Sawyer’s reappearance in his life as a sign. Obviously, they’re meant to cure each other. Him of the hopeless romanticism that only ends in heartbreak—and tabloid trainwrecks—and Sawyer of her writer’s block. Their agreement is simple: 1. No (more) sex, and 2. No matter how swoony the circumstances, absolutely no falling in love. 

It’s a foolproof plan–until Sawyer and Mason find that, once set in motion, some plots can't be stopped—and that they might be hurtling towards a happy ending...

Review:

She's a romance author who doesn't believe in love after a terrible breakup and is facing a writer's block for her fourth book and he's a famous actor and an incurable romantic who has a reputation as a playboy who wants nothing more than to learn to stop falling in love so easily, yet what started off as a one night stand turns into something more as they keep running into each other and when they agree to help each other... they just might be perfect for each other. Sawyer Greene is a romance author, she's a best selling author but ever since her big breakup with her ex, she's now dealing with a broken heart and writer's block because she just can't think of anything to write about. Mason West is a famous actor who is an incurable romantic but has had a bad reputation from the press as being a playboy, and after his recent breakup he's determined to stop falling for people so easily and find a way to just find "the one". When Sawyer and Mason meet on an elevator and have a one night stand the last thing they expect is to keep running into each other. They come up with a plan: Mason will help Sawyer come up with romance scenarios for her book and let her see through his rose tinted glasses while Sawyer will help Mason temper down his tendencies to fall in love easily and prove to him that love isn't all that it's cracked up to be. Yet the more time they spend together, the more their feelings for each other are beginning to grow... but can they really separate their pact from their feelings and can Sawyer finally get over her fear of opening her heart after what happened with her ex and open herself up to Mason? This was just a sweet and charming read. The romance was cute and Mason was an adorable love interest for Sawyer. I had a fun time reading it and it was definitely a quick and easy book to read. It's cute, it's funny, and the romance is really adorable. I would absolutely recommend it!

Release Date: January 14,2025

Publication/Blog: Ash and Books (ash-and-books.tumblr.com)

*Thanks Netgalley and Forever (Grand Central Publishing) | Forever for sending me an arc in exchange for an honest review*

[beyond-mogai-pride-flags]

Romanceless Pride Flag

Romancelessness: Devoid of romance; romantic lovelessness, unromantic.

Not necessarily aromantic as someone can lack romantic aspects while being alloromantic. It could be tied to any traits, such as astral, psychical, actional, etc.

[ID.: 9 stripes of dusty red, dark/pale azure, grey, pale black, soft darkened turquoise green, pale black, grey, dark/pake azure, and dusty red. End ID.]

[aceadmiral]

I get swept up in the idealism and the big emotions probably too easily, and so this Romantic scene from Shortland Street, the exception that proves the rule of my experience, has yet to be eclipse…

I get swept up in the idealism and the big emotions probably too easily, and so this Romantic scene from Shortland Street, the exception that proves the rule of my experience, has yet to be eclipsed as a single, discrete, quotable particle. But if I were to pick a favorite story... Well, the UnRomances would win out any day.

A meditation on the ace stories we have.

[mariakureads]

Book Review: Unromance by Erin Conner

★★★★✩

This was fun for me.

Right from the meet cute at the elevator and the dialogue between the two MC's, I was smitten.

I had placed a hold for this at the end of last year on a whim and it didn't disappoint which is a nice change compared to some other newer reads I've read of late.

I enjoyed the premise of a romance writer suffering writer's block while a romantic upcoming actor who's dealing with another breakup under the media/public eye keeps running into each other after their "one night stand" and decide to help each other out. He helps her writer's block by reigniting romance for her and she in turn will ruin romance for him, one trope at a time.

I enjoyed how Conner incorporated the tropes within her premise. It was a smart way to do it, even if I knew the outcome, the journey was fun especially since both MC's, I feel, were given equal moments in the book that gave them backstories, a life and personality away from each other which made them feel more grounded and personable and lead for some great moments throughout the book. I laughed out loud at different moments, fell in love at others, and wanted to slap the characters while also just putting them into a room together.

All in all, a fun read.

[bookishbethanyerin]

• unromance •

When I heard about Unromance – a cheeky romp of subverted tropes and elder Millennial references – I immediately added it to my 2025 tbr.

The story follows Sawyer Greene, a successful romance author struggling to finish a draft while grappling with her own heartbreak and loneliness who finds herself in the midst of a classic elevator meet-cute with a man who turns out to be Mason West, a mildly famous actor known for dating his costars and simping hard. After a (very hot) one-night stand, they decide they can help each other during the holiday season: he can inspire her to finish a new holiday romance while she’ll ruin romance for him.

There is much to admire in Erin Connor’s debut. I adored the humor and banter, and was often delighted by the amusing “definitions” of classic tropes that began each chapter. But as tongue-in-cheek and witty as this book often was, as much as I liked the main characters, as much as the tension sizzled (the tights scene!!!), and as much as I enjoyed that many of the scenarios felt very grounded and realistic, I wanted a little bit more from the emotional beats.

Still, I did enjoy the exploration of Sawyer’s writing process in how they relate both to her work and relationships, and overall I really liked Erin’s voice and sensibilities. I will look forward to more books from her in the future!

3.75🌟

💋A very hearty thank you to the publisher for the opportunity to read abs review an advanced copy! Unromance is available now.❤️

[handmeatowel]

Un jour j'aimerais écrire une liste de toutes les choses sexy que l'on rencontre et qui nous font frisonner furtivement, sans qu'on s'y attende vraiment.

Je commencerais par ce déhanché repéré hier soir sous une cascade de cheveux noirs au fond d'un bar jusqu'alors inconnu, dans une ville jusqu'alors inconnue. Des fesses parfaites glissant dans l'air moite et enfumé, deux perles rondes se désaxant régulièrement d'un colonne vertébrale fluide. Indescriptiblement sexy.

Promis demain j'essayerai d'être un peu plus romantique, de parler d'amour sans parler de cul.