The GENRE'D Edit

Hockey romance where she’s the fan, answering-machine slow burns, and a very enthusiastic Grease 2 detour. Jacquelyn Middleton joins us to talk Love Wants Us to Win, indie publishing, and writing for hopeful romantics.

What happens when you take the dystopian romances we were obsessed with in the 2010s, add a morally gray military man, a very inconvenient love triangle, and Tessa Bailey-level spice? You get Broken Rival. And we have things to say. This week on Genre'd, Elyse and Katy are diving into Tessa Bailey's first dystopian romance, a time-travel love story that feels like The Hunger Games met The Vampire Diaries, except everyone is allowed to do a lot more than kiss. We're talking br

Five books, seven courts, three Archeron sisters, approximately fourteen thousand years of emotional baggage, and a romantic situation so complicated it might actually require a spreadsheet. Welcome back to Prythian. With A Court of Splintered Harmony arriving October 27, 2026, we're preparing to return to the world of A Court of Thorns and Roses. And while you might remember the major plot points, keeping track of who's related, who's mated, who's secretly in love, and who's

Five years. Five books. Approximately one million complicated relationships, ancient magical objects, and reasons to question the Inner Circle's decision-making. And now Sarah J. Maas is finally taking us back to Prythian. A Court of Splintered Harmony, the sixth installment in the A Court of Thorns and Roses series and the beginning of The Valkyrie Cycle, arrives October 27, 2026. Its follow-up, A Court of Forgotten Melody, is scheduled for January 12, 2027. Which is excitin

What does it actually take to sell a book? The founders of The Book Launch Club join Genre'd to discuss BookTok, author marketing, romance recommendations, and a very specific appreciation for men in billowy shirts.

A wedding, an ex-fiancé, a time loop, and a completely different horror movie waiting every time Willa wakes up. We’re talking Kiss Slay Replay by Rachel Harrison, why “bubblegum horror” might be our new favorite genre, and whether repeatedly dying is actually an effective breakup recovery plan.

Author Elizabeth Richardson joins Genre’d to talk about giving Trad a second life on Substack, the strange world of tradwife content, when an online persona becomes a scam, and why she thinks “pop fiction” deserves to be its own genre.

What if another version of you became the person you always thought you’d be? We’re reviewing Emily St. John Mandel’s Exit Party, from its fractured America and parallel universes to its morally gray heroine and biggest questions about identity, freedom, and safety.

Our fall reading list is officially out of control. From twisty thrillers and sexy cowboy romance to ghosts, fantasy academies, book witches and ACOTAR 6, these are the books we’ve already read and the ones taking over our TBR next.

Debut romance author Katie Jung joins Genre’d to talk You’re the One That I Haunt, her road to publishing, paranormal romance, yearning, fanfiction, and why romance is so much more than smut.

A fake dating deal, a $50,000 roof problem, old-money New England, sailboats, and one third-act breakup that had us changing our ratings in real time. Here’s our review of Dolly All the Time by Annabel Monaghan.

Before ACOTAR, Fourth Wing, and today’s romantasy boom, fantasy authors were already writing magical bonds, dangerous courts, powerful heroines, dragons, and complicated romances. Here’s what we mean by pre-romantasy.

Before today’s romantasy boom, these fantasy series were already giving us dragon bonds, court intrigue, powerful heroines, dangerous men, and romance. Consider this required reading.

Debut author Michelle Eileen joins Genre’d to talk A Real Paige Turner, cowboy romance, romantic suspense, female friendship, formative fantasy reads, and her seven-layer-dip approach to reading.

A dead body in a Impala, a beginner pole dancing class, an amateur sleuth, and the world’s most helpful group of new friends. We’re reviewing Last Night Was Killer by Mary Pauline Lowry, including what worked, the biggest twists, and why this funny mystery earned four stars from both of us.

So you already know you like grumpy/sunshine. You want one person who has apparently been personally victimized by joy and another who refuses to be intimidated by all that glaring. Perfect. The problem is that grumpy/sunshine is not really one type of romance. Maybe you want a grumpy cowboy. Maybe you want a terrifying professor. Maybe you want an emotionally unavailable billionaire. Maybe you want a fantasy hero who has spent several hundred years developing trust issues. O

Romance author Kate Robb joins Genre’d to talk Solar Eclipse of the Heart, magical realism, comfort reads, Hallmark movies, romance’s reputation problem, and the books she thinks every romance reader should have on their TBR.

Curious about Omegaverse but have no idea where to begin? These beginner-friendly Omegaverse books are great starting points for romance readers new to the subgenre.

Confused by alphas, omegas, heats, ruts and packs? We’re breaking down what Omegaverse actually means, the terminology you need to know and where to start reading.

We really liked In the Veins of the Drowning, so when it came time to finish Kalie Cassidy’s Siren Mage duology with In the Wake of the Ruined, this should have been an easy sell. It’s a duology. There are sirens. There’s gothic romantasy. Theo is now getting his own POV and, more importantly, spending most of it yearning aggressively for Imogen. And yet. We have things to say. Because while neither of us thought In the Wake of the Ruined was a bad book, this was one of those