#Plus Size Heroine

[myplussizebookshelf]

Need alternatives for Romancing Mr Bridgerton?

My top 3:

3. Flame and Ember by MA Nichols

2. How to start a scandal by Madeline Martin (18+)

1. Nine rules to break when romancing a rake by Sarah MacLean (18+)

[lyracrowe]

Looking for something carefree and spicy this holiday season? Need to escape this world into another?

What a coincidence, the cute and curvy Lottie, heroine of A WICKED WYVERN CHRISTMAS, feels the same way! If you enjoy campy holiday movies, especially the trope of “inanimate object comes to life and is sexy”, you will absolutely love this book!

[sarah-maclean-completist]

Always fun when there is something I didn’t anticipate in a book, especially in romance.

[suzannerogers]

Cover Reveal - Baby Cakes: The Complete Bite Series!

S.J. Tilly has revealed the gorgeous cover and tropes for Baby Cakes: The Complete Bite Series! Releasing: December 10, 2024 Cover Design: Lori Jackson Design Photographer & Model: Wander Aguiar When a holiday baking competition goes incredibly wrong. Or right… Michael – I’m starting to think I’ve been doing this for too long. The screaming fans. The constant media attention. The fat…

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Hint: a new review is coming out in time for Valentine’s Day. My review of Take a Hint, Dani Brown is coming out tomorrow at 4PM EST.

[mothman-milk]

I have the honor of receiving Rebecca F Kenney's newest book ahead of release! The Nameless Trickster is a Rumplestiltskin reimagining, with lots of spice and a plus size heroine!

As a fan of OUAT, this was sooo up my alley. It's out TODAY, so be sure to get your copy!

[formulaorange]

2024 Summer Anime

Sorry I'm late on this - I'm going back to school for a second degree this fall so it's been chaos Lots to look forward to for this season!!

Oshi No Ko - Season 2 Such a killer series that I think a lot of people have been looking forward to the second season. They did a great job giving us something to look forward to in the story. Must Watch Noteworthy On-Going Shows: Tensura - Season 3 MHA - Season 7 New Seasons:

Fairy Tail: 100 Year Quest This series was one of my first "longer" shows and I still love the original series. I know it really fell off with the 2014 reboot and the ecchi scenes were ramped up but I think 100 Year Quest gives it a nice fresh start now that people kind of know what to expect.

Additional New Seasons: Kimi ni Todoke: Season 3 A romance drama that my friend has tried to get me to watch for over a decade now. Tower of God - Season 2 I never finished season 1, but I've heard that this series is supposed to be highly reviewed and anticipated. Will go back and watch season 1 to catch up. Shy - Season 2 After letting this series sit for a minute, I'm not entirely sure I'll go back and watch the second season. I think there's definitely an audience for it, but I've got my list full of other priority shows at the moment.

New Noteworthy Shows: There's lots here for everyone this season.

Dead Dead Demon's Dededede Destruction This is a big one I didn't realize was getting an anime adaptation. This is one of the highest rated manga series, I'd say of all time. I'm hyped to watch it. Done by a new studio called Production +h, the style looks perfect.

The Elusive Samurai This is a fairly new shonen jump series that has gained a lot of traction in the manga community. I haven't had a chance to check it out yet, but I've heard good things.

Rick and Morty (Anime) I have so many mixed feelings about this one. I love Rick and Morty but man, and I don't know if I want see them in Japanese/Anime since it's literally already an animations series - but then I realized, because it's produced by the same studio this could be a legitimate "version" of the series that's just a part of the canon Rick and Morty Universe which is kind of cool. Will just have to wait and see I guess.

Suicide Squad Isekai I'm completely on board with this one for some reason. Really not sure why, but it makes perfect sense to me. Honestly pretty stoked to watch it. (+ it's by studio WIT) Wistoria: Wand and Sword A kid enters magic school, although he can't use magic, he's particularly good with a sword. Almost like if Mashle were more serious and less out there? Read the first few chapters of the manga and enjoyed it quite a bit. The Magical Girl and the Evil Lieutenant Used to Be Archenemies I think this looks really cute, will give it a few episodes. (Also because it's done by studio bones) Senpai is an Otokonoko A story about a highschool boy who cross-dresses, friendships between him, another female classmate and his childhood friend who's very protective of him. I'm curious to see how the story progresses and what kind of representation will actually be show-cased in the series. (Looks wholesome) Makeine: Too Many Losing Heroines Amazingly animated slice of life of a group of girls who get rejected by the guys they like. (A1 Pictures) Plus-Sized Elf An elf that came to the human realm falls in love with junk food and now needs help and motivation to lost it. Ecchi series that I saw in manga format a few years ago that I wasn't really expecting to see an animated version for. Mayonaka Punch Has a super unique style that I'm interested to see if the story is actually worth watching at all. Delico's Nursery Same style as Mars Red - group of Vampires taking care of kids and murder mystery solving on the side. Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin - Anime Anime adaptation of the game, animations and character design look great.

Lots to check out this season, seems like a good bunch that are actually worth watching too. Enjoy!!

[eerna]

I agree with you. Her finding friendship outside of Penelope was refreshing to see. I also liked that the other girls started to find her interesting, smart and funny when she allowed herself to know them and be around them. She became less judgy and while she’s still questioning the standards of the time she could emphasize with them.

Anonymous asked: I understand why people call Eloise a bad friend and sometimes a “pick me” that being said I still find her character enjoyable and one of my favorite of the series. They could never make me hate her. Those are her flaws as a character and that’s what makes her more interesting.

These two asks are sort of tied with my reply so I am putting them together!

I feel like Eloise is the furthest thing from a pick me ahahahahah... She honestly despises marriage and her goal in putting other women down isn't attracting a man at all!! But also, I feel like the flaws the audience complains about aren't exactly intentional? The writers want her to be an awesome feminist who defies social norms, and I don't think we are meant to read her as judgy and unjust and ahistorically opinionated, but brave and forward thinking. That's why I appreciated when she changed her appearance to be more in line with the other women in s3, because I thought her friendship with Cressida opened her word a little and the writers were conscious of that... But then Cressida disappointed her and she decided to skip town and give up and I realized it was just prepping her for her Bridgerton Glowup TM for when her season arrives.

That's what I mean when I say I can't discuss Bridgerton characters like proper characters, because in the end every aspect of the show - the dialogue, the characterization, the story - is secondary to the end goal, which is to make that character as conventional as possible so they can be wish fulfilment for the widest range of viewers. I'm not saying you should all give up on liking characters or discussing them, but my answer will always be that I can't discuss anyone seriously bc the show won't let me.

[sarahmaclean]

🔥 Imogen 🔥 is 🔥 coming 🔥 August 2023

New York Times bestselling author Sarah MacLean returns with the next Hell’s Belles novel about a chaotic bluestocking and the buttoned-up detective enlisted to keep her out of trouble (spoiler: She is the trouble).  

With her headful of wild curls and wilder ideas and an unabashed love of experiments and explosives, society has labeled Lady Imogen Loveless peculiar…and doesn’t know she’s one of the Hell’s Belles—a group of vigilantes operating outside the notice of most of London.

Thomas Peck is not most of London. The brilliant detective fought his way off the streets and into a promising career through sheer force of will and a keen ability to see things others miss, like the fact that Imogen isn’t peculiar…she’s pandemonium. If you ask him, she requires a keeper. When her powerful family discovers her late-night activities, they couldn’t agree more…and they know just the man for the task.

Thomas wants nothing to do with guarding Imogen. He is a grown man with a proper job and no time for the lady’s incendiary chaos, no matter how lushly it is packaged. But some assignments are too explosive to pass up, and the gruff detective is soon caught up in Imogen’s world, full of her bold smiles and burning secrets…and a fiery passion that threatens to consume them both.

Once more: thoughts and prayers for Tommy Peck.

[hybridreviews]

ANIME DISCOVERY - Time of the Season Summer 2024 Wrap-up

Summer's over.... and it was a 6/10.

Well, a lot has happened the past few months. The biggest one happening right now is the whole capture of one Sean Combs aka the man known as either Puff Daddy, P. Diddy, Diddy, Brother Love, whatever the hell name he goes by and yeah, folks want his ass under the jail and well, he deserves it. Also, you order 1,000 bottles of baby oil? Like, for real? Did no one question this when he was…

[myplussizebookshelf]

A happy plus size readathon!

May it with old and new faves and a lot of comfort!

[lyracrowe]

Treat yourself this weekend and read my sexy monstrous shorts on Kindle Unlimited! I love curvy babes, am a curvy babe myself, and love pairing hot plus-size people with hot monsters, some of whom are thicc bois themselves.

[featherymainffins]

Wait...are only XS and S considered straight sizes??? Hello?? What happened that M and L are now considered "between straight and plus sizes."??? Medium??? Medium is not straight and close to plus size?? Medium??? The size most women are??? That one??

[anazen333]

No healing for this curvy girl in Bridgerton season 3 (slight spoilers)

I was so looking forward to this season and seeing a woman with curves get honest to goodness romantic sex scenes.

For so long the sex scenes with curvy girls in film have been shown with a tone of humor or disgust or pity.

And Bridgerton season 3 was supposed to change all of that. Except it didn’t. Not for me, anyway.

Because while other Bridgerton heroines have been stripped clean of their clothes, with their entire body on full display, Penelope was not.

In all her scenes she was never completely undressed save for one brief moment that isn’t even shown fully. We get one quick glimpse of her glorious bosom and then she delegated to being covered up with a blanket. Colin goes so far as to pull the blanket to cover her up more at one point!

We don’t get to see her beautiful curves. They’re continuously hidden like it’s a shameful thing to show a woman whose waist isn’t small, with a stomach that jiggles, thighs that don’t fit neatly in a man’s hands, and breasts that aren’t small and perky.

What I got out of Bridgerton season 3 is that yes, you curvy girls can have a love interest who isn’t also plus size, but only because he thinks you’re interesting, not because you’re beautiful. And yes, being interesting is going to last longer than beauty, but is it too much to ask to be both?

It seems even today on a super progressive show, the answer is still “yes”.

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Apropos of nothing, look at the wedding dresses I DIDN’T choose