{"id":19607,"date":"2026-04-06T14:55:51","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T18:55:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/?p=19607"},"modified":"2026-04-02T15:07:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T19:07:19","slug":"rereads-from-2016-romance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/archives\/19607","title":{"rendered":"Rereads from 2016: Romance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Romances are perfect for comfort reads, since you know you&#8217;re going to get the HEA. They can have their issues, but most of my favorites tend to have external conflicts, rather than the third act break-up because the characters were too damned stupid to talk to each other.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Blank-Spaces-200x300.jpg?resize=200%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Blank Spaces\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" class=\"img-right\"  \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Loud and Clear<\/em> by <a href=\"https:\/\/klishis.com\/Books\/romance\/Wayne_Aidan.php\">Aidan Wayne<\/a> | Average Rating: 9.2 | Rereads: 7<\/li>\n<li><em>And Everything Nice<\/em> by <a href=\"https:\/\/klishis.com\/Books\/romance\/Soto_Ada.php\">Ada Maria Soto<\/a> | Average Rating: 8.6 | Rereads: 7<\/li>\n<li><em>Hottie Scotty and Mr. Porter<\/em> by <a href=\"https:\/\/klishis.com\/Books\/romance\/Cooper_R.php\">R. Cooper<\/a> | Average Rating: 8.2 | Rereads: 6<\/li>\n<li><em>Kneading You<\/em> by <a href=\"https:\/\/klishis.com\/Books\/mystery\/Poe_CS.php\">C.S. Poe<\/a> | Average Rating: 7.9 | Rereads: 6<\/li>\n<li><em>Blank Spaces<\/em> by <a href=\"http:\/\/klishis.com\/Books\/romance\/Lennox_Cass.php\">Cass Lennox<\/a> | Average Rating: 8.6 | Rereads: 5<\/li>\n<li><em>A Gift for Guile<\/em> by <a href=\"http:\/\/klishis.com\/Books\/romance\/Johnson_Alissa.php\">Alissa Johnson<\/a> | Average Rating: 8.4 | Rereads: 5<\/li>\n<li><em>Glass Tidings<\/em> by <a href=\"http:\/\/klishis.com\/Books\/romance\/Cousins_Amy_Jo.php\">Amy Jo Cousins<\/a> | Average Rating: 8.5 | Rereads: 3<\/li>\n<li><em>After the Scrum<\/em> by <a href=\"https:\/\/klishis.com\/Books\/authors\/OMalley_Daniel.php\">Dahlia Donovan<\/a> (Sin Bin) Average Rating: 8.0 | Rereads: 3<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Blank Spaces<\/em> and <em>A Gift for Guile<\/em> are mystery + romance, which made them prime comfort reads.<\/p>\n<p>Many of the others are shorter reads.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>And Everything Nice<\/em> &#8211; 44 pages<\/li>\n<li><em>Loud and Clear<\/em>\u00a0&#8211; 88 pages<\/li>\n<li><em>Hottie Scotty and Mr. Porter<\/em> &#8211; 108 pages<\/li>\n<li><em>Kneading You<\/em> &#8211; 44 pages<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Novellas are a perfect escape when my brain needs a reset. Usually less than 100 pages so I can gobble it down quickly, but enough of an emotional punch to get my head out of whatever rut its wallowing in.<\/p>\n<p><em>Hottie Scotty and Mr. Porter<\/em> is particularly interesting as it was 7.5 on first read, but every time I read it, I picked up little things that made me like it just a little bit more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Romances are perfect for comfort reads, since you know you&#8217;re going to get the HEA. They can have their issues, but most of my favorites tend to have external conflicts, rather than the third act break-up because the characters were too damned stupid to talk to each other. 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