Comments on: Fuck you, The Flame and the Flower https://readingtheend.com/2013/01/30/fuck-you-the-flame-and-the-flower/ before I read the middle Wed, 22 Nov 2017 05:57:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 By: Donna in Virginia https://readingtheend.com/2013/01/30/fuck-you-the-flame-and-the-flower/#comment-32506 Wed, 22 Nov 2017 05:57:00 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=4070#comment-32506 I laughed out loud reading this! I love Historical Romance Novels, but this review really had me giggling out loud!

]]> By: Alice P Jones https://readingtheend.com/2013/01/30/fuck-you-the-flame-and-the-flower/#comment-32290 Sun, 17 Sep 2017 12:51:00 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=4070#comment-32290 In reply to Ela.

You are confusing the snobs here with facts.

]]> By: Alice P Jones https://readingtheend.com/2013/01/30/fuck-you-the-flame-and-the-flower/#comment-32289 Sun, 17 Sep 2017 12:49:00 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=4070#comment-32289 So much snobbery here.

]]> By: barenaked https://readingtheend.com/2013/01/30/fuck-you-the-flame-and-the-flower/#comment-32066 Sun, 02 Jul 2017 16:14:00 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=4070#comment-32066 Everyone seems to be patting each other on the back in this comment section. Rare to see.

]]> By: Nishita https://readingtheend.com/2013/01/30/fuck-you-the-flame-and-the-flower/#comment-31081 Mon, 02 Jan 2017 12:02:00 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=4070#comment-31081 In reply to Jenny.

Do you read Georgette Heyer? They are very English regency, but they are quite good. Very Jane Austen-esque.

]]> By: Nishita https://readingtheend.com/2013/01/30/fuck-you-the-flame-and-the-flower/#comment-31080 Mon, 02 Jan 2017 12:00:00 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=4070#comment-31080 Haha! Loved this rant. I actually see a lot of Kathleen Woodiwiss books in my local library, but have never gone near them. I did read a couple of Rosemary Rogers books though. And they were awful too although Sweet Savage Love (Ack! the tacky title) wasn’t too bad at all. I guess because it was set in Mexico and all.

]]> By: NPR BOOK CONCIERGE TIIIIIIIIME: A Totally Chill Links Round-Up - Reading the End https://readingtheend.com/2013/01/30/fuck-you-the-flame-and-the-flower/#comment-31020 Fri, 16 Dec 2016 13:55:42 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=4070#comment-31020 […] rise of the romance novel (including the genuinely fucking awful The Flame and the Flower, dear God I want those hours of my life back). This article notably includes a picture of romance […]

]]> By: sarafist https://readingtheend.com/2013/01/30/fuck-you-the-flame-and-the-flower/#comment-405 Fri, 22 Feb 2013 08:16:02 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=4070#comment-405 Oh, I’ve missed reading here! I’m just a big jerk.

I’ve been meaning to read this one for ages for the very reason you read it. I had Woodiwiss confused in my head with Valerie Sherwood till um, just now. My sister lent me THIS TOWERING PASSION and HER SHINING SPLENDOR (which can only be written in caps because of how EPIC they are), which are pretty terrible. Down to the heroine being raped by her brother-in-law (I think?) and feeling her body “naturally respond.” Ugh. Same time period as Forever Amber, from what I recall but so NOT Forever Amber. (I love Forever Amber 4eva.)

]]> By: Charlotte https://readingtheend.com/2013/01/30/fuck-you-the-flame-and-the-flower/#comment-404 Mon, 04 Feb 2013 12:39:02 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=4070#comment-404 In reply to Jenny.

Have you ever read any D.E. Stevenson? Old and English and out of print, but perhaps still in your library…she wrote very undemanding but quite entertaining romancy books in the mid 20th century, some of which make for very fine comfort reading indeed! Such as Miss Buncle’s Book.

]]> By: Jenny https://readingtheend.com/2013/01/30/fuck-you-the-flame-and-the-flower/#comment-403 Sun, 03 Feb 2013 00:09:44 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=4070#comment-403 In reply to brideofthebookgod.

It’s a lot of fun! Not every moment of it is golden, but I enjoyed reading it a very lot.

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