Can turning to book reviews help you improve as an author? Ehhh, probably not--and here's why they shouldn't be your go-to for critique.

Available now! Flirting with the Zodiac Book 6
Available now! Flirting with the Zodiac Book 6
Can turning to book reviews help you improve as an author? Ehhh, probably not--and here's why they shouldn't be your go-to for critique.
Look up omegaverse, and you're bound to trip over "omega male" characters. It's much harder to find their counterpart, the alpha females. Why?
Does an HEA always have to mean marriage and kids? Probably not, which is just one of the reasons the level-up romance is a problem.
Some people say they have a hard time believing queer or BIPOC characters could get to the HEA required in historical romance. That's silly.
I've been having a hard time reading m/f romance lately. While there are some good ones out there, there are a few reasons I'm struggling.
What's clean romance? What's with the pepper emojis? This guide will walk you through the different ways we talk about romance heat levels.
What should children call their omega parent in omegaverse stories? There were quite a few different answers.
Consent is curiously absent from a lot of romance novels. But a/b/o stories tend to play with this in a more intentional way. A lot of stories featuring a/b/o dynamics feature dubious consent—but does it have to be that way?
Whether you're new to the omegaverse or just digging deeper, you have questions. The omegaverse FAQ has answers.
You got clicking around on AO3 or maybe tumblr, and now you're scarred for life. You're also asking, "What is mpreg?" The short answer--and the long answer--are here.