#erik and sadie

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Loathe to Love You by Ali Hazelwood

Loathe to Love You

Ali Hazelwood is one of the authors who turned me into a romance lover. I love the absolute wittiness and comedy that is her writing style. As far as romance goes, I truly think she is a Jane Austen of our time.

Under One Roof

Man, even just with the prologue I RESONATED with Mara. I had developed a huge crush on my (now husband) when we were “just friends”. Her internal struggle and frustration with her heart hit a little (very) close to home.

When I look at him, all I can see are the creamer-less cups of coffee I’ve had every day since the day I moved in.

Enemies to lovers is obviously the superior romance trope, second solely to only one bed. Liam and Mara start chipping away at the metaphorical barrier between them, my heart started warming, slowly, gently, magically.

And when he spins me around the room, one single, perfect whirl of pure happiness, that’s when I realize it. How incredibly, utterly gone for this man I am. It’s been there for weeks. Months. Whispering in my ear, creeping at me, hitting me in the face like a train on an iron track.

Once again, Mara’s internal struggles are relatable af. Our girl is out here, living her best life, and suddenly realizes that this person is really truly important to her. Jane Austen would be proud. And the smut my GOD the smut in this book is *chef’s kiss*. Ali’s books do a fantastic job of quality over quantity. This is what smut should read like– earth shattering. Not distract from the story. Overall this story had me grinning from ear to ear. I did expect us to find a long lost note from Helena saying she set them up, but it was still perfect without it.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Stuck with You

 It’s 10:45 on a Friday night. And for the third time in less than ten minutes, my world crashes to an end.

forcedproximityforcedproximityforcedproximity This novella bounces back and forth between the past, the brooding awkward budding relationship between Corporate Thor Erik Nowak and Sadie, superduperstitious Italian green engineer, and the present, where the aforementioned two are trapped on an elevator in a building wide power outage. I do, truly, earnestly love forced proximity problem solving. And for the sake of forced proximity problem solving, I will allow the miscommunication trope to slide this one, single time.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Below Zero

 Caring what others think is a lot of work, and – with a handful of exceptions– I’m not a fan of work.

I ardently love Hannah so much. As a fellow RBF queen, I feel this. I’m also in love with the angst set up we have right from the get go– being trapped and your brooding rival comes to save you? ✨bless ✨. Watching Hannah flirt with the ever clueless Ian is magical. The aftermath is even more so.

Okay. This is no first kiss. This is a fucking masterpiece.

I live for angst. It is my absolute favorite. And this book has it in aces. I loved the mutual infatuation, and the absolute heroism in this book. The epilogue is my favorite of the three.

The following day, our kiss is on the front of the New York Times.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Bonus Chapter I absolutely adored this little bonus chapter insight to the boys :™:. It includes all of my favorite things in romance stories and I’m obsessed. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[jessread-s]

✩👩‍🔬🧬Ali Hazelwood Stack:

It is so surreal to me that I got to me THE Ali Hazelwood while she was on her US book tour for “Love, Theoretically” and y’all, she is just the sweetest human being!!! She gave me a friendship bracelet 😭 and during the signing, I had the chance to give her this Aliverse sweatshirt my sister and I made. 

Her books mean the absolute world to me because I feel more connected to my sister, who is studying neuroscience, through them. Ali writes in a way that makes the world of STEM easier for me to understand and for that, I will be forever grateful. 

I absolutely LOVED “Love, Theoretically,” so make sure to watch this space for my review later this week 👀 It might just be my favorite Ali Hazelwood book yet! What is your favorite book from the Aliverse? 

Cross-posted to: Instagram | Amazon | Goodreads | StoryGraph

@ever-so-ali @berkleypub-blog

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𝙎𝘼𝘿𝙄𝙀 𝙂𝙍𝘼𝙉𝙏𝙃𝘼𝙈: 𝘈𝘔𝘠 𝘋𝘖𝘞𝘋𝘓𝘌

𝙀𝙍𝙄𝙆 𝙉𝙊𝙒𝘼𝙆: 𝘔𝘈𝘛𝘏𝘐𝘈𝘚 𝘓𝘈𝘜𝘙𝘐𝘋𝘚𝘌𝘕

𝙂𝙄𝘼𝙉𝙉𝘼: 𝘔𝘐𝘚𝘚𝘠 𝘗𝘌𝘙𝘌𝘎𝘙𝘠𝘔

𝙁𝘼𝙔𝙀: 𝘕𝘌𝘊𝘈𝘙 𝘡𝘈𝘋𝘌𝘎𝘈𝘕

[spaceagebachelormann]

𝐫𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐞𝐬

!!REQUEST REQUIREMENTS!!

-> state the character, romantic or platonic, the format of the request, and a plot

-> do you have any specifics for the reader? blonde, poc, male, neurodivergent, etc? (please keep in mind i will write poc readers but i’m white so they may be a little difficult for me)

-> requests are preferred to be sent through inbox, but i can make dms work if needed

-> PLEASE ACTUALLY SPECIFY WHAT YOU WANT WITH YOUR REQUEST!! ITS VERY HARD FOR ME TO WRITE “____ x reader fluff” GIVE ME A PLOT LINE

!!WHAT I WILL WRITE!!

-> platonic

-> romantic

-> familial

-> any gender x any gender

-> headcanons

-> long fics

-> multi character

-> blurbs

-> poly relationships

-> x reader

-> i will only write cheating if it’s a character comforting r after being cheated on, not a character cheating on r

!!WHAT I WONT WRITE!!

-> smut (i’m 15)

-> yandere

-> most aus, ask about the specific au before requesting an au

-> incest

-> age gaps

-> canonical gay/lesbian character x a man (if lesbian) or a woman (if gay)

-> song fics

-> things about ocs

-> ships

-> sunshine x grumpy tropes, i’m horrible at this trope

character list

keeper of the lost cities

sophie foster, dex dizznee, fitz vacker, keefe sencen, biana vacker, marella redek, maruca chebota, tam song, linh song, wylie endal, jensi babblos, stina heks, elwin hesledge

chronicles of narnia

peter pevensie, edmund pevensie, susan pevensie, lucy pevensie, caspian

riordanverse

percy jackson, annabeth chase, grover underwood, jason grace, piper mclean, leo valdez, hazel levesque, frank zhang, nico di angelo, will solace, reyna arellano, rachel dare, travis stoll, connor stoll, thalia grace, magnus chase, alex fierro, carter kane, sadie kane

harry potter

harry potter, ron weasley, hermione granger, neville longbottom, luna lovegood, ginny weasley, fred weasley, george weasley, sirius black, james potter, remus lupin, mary macdonald, marlene mckinnon, lily evans, dorcas meadows, regulus black, barty crouch jr, narcissa black, andromeda black, bellatrix lestrange

ride the cyclone

ocean o’connell rosenberg, noel gruber, mischa bachinski, ricky potts, jane doe/penny lamb, constance blackwood

shadow and bone

alina starkov, malyen oretsev, genya safin, zoya nazyalensky, david kostyk, tamaar & tolya, nikolai lantsov

six of crows

kaz brekker, inej ghafa, jesper fahey, nina zenik, wylan van eck, matthias helvar

the outsiders

ponyboy curtis, johnny cade, sodapop curtis, darry curtis, steve randall, twobit matthews, dallas winston, cherry valance

the hunger games

katniss everdeen, peeta mellark, finnick odair, johanna mason, cinna, effie trinket

it (2017)

bill denbrough, eddie kaspbrak, richie tozier, stan uris, beverly marsh, ben hanscom, mike hanlon

the school for good and evil

agatha, sophie, tedros, hort, hester, anadil, dot, nicola, rhian mistral, rafal mistral, clarissa dovey, leonora lesso

the land of stories

connor bailey, alex bailey, red riding hood, jack, goldilocks

scooby doo

shaggy rogers, fred jones, daphne blake, velma dinkley, thorn, dusk, luna

little women

jo march, amy march, beth march, meg march, laurie

dracula

dracula, lucy westenra, arthur holmwood, john seward, mina harker, abraham van helsing, renfield, quincey morris, jonathan harker, the brides

frankenstein

victor frankenstein, elizabeth lavenza, henry clerval, adam frankenstein, justine mortiz, ernest frankenstein, the bride

dr jekyll and mr hyde

henry jekyll, edward hyde, richard enfield, gabriel utterson, hastie lanyon, lucy harris

phantom of the opera

christine daaé, erik destler, raoul de chagney, meg giry, carlotta giudicelli

a good girls guide to murder

pippa fitz-amobi, ravi singh, naomi ward, cara ward, connor reynolds, jamie reynolds, nat da silva

the mighty ducks

charlie conway, adam banks, lester averman, guy germaine, connie moreau, fulton reed, dean portman, julie gaffney, ken wu, luis mendoza, dwayne robertson

monster high

frankie stein, draculaura, clawdeen wolf, cleo de nile, abbey bominable, ghoulia yelps, operetta, rochelle goyle, spectra vondergeist, elissabat, clawd wolf, deuce gorgon, heath burns, jackson jekyll, holt hyde, kieran valentine

the powerpuff girls

blossom utonium, bubbles utonium, buttercup utonium, brick jojo, boomer jojo, butch jojo

david bowie

david bowie, ziggy stardust, jareth, thomas jerome newton, celliers

sweeney todd

sweeney todd, anthony hope, mrs lovett, johanna todd

the rosewood chronicles

lottie pumpkin, ellie wolf, jamie volk, ollie moreno, raphael wilcox, anastacia alcroft leblanc, saskia san martin, lola tomkins, mickey tomkins, binah fae

hairspray

corny collins, link larkin, amber von tussle, tracey turnblad, penny pingleton, seaweed j. stubbs

attack on titan

eren yeager, mikasa ackerman, armin arlert, jean kirstein, sasha braus, connie springer, annie leonhardt, bertholdt hoover, reiner braun, hange zoe, levi ackerman, erwin smith, colt grice, niccolo, yelena, onyakopon, zeke yeager

daisy jones and the six

daisy jones, billy dunne, graham dunne, karen sirko, warren rhodes, pete loving/roundtree, eddie loving/roundtree, camila dunne, simone jackson

doctor who bbc

ninth doctor, tenth doctor, rose tyler, jack harkness, mickey smith, donna noble, martha jones, clara oswald, river song, simm! master

miss peregrines home for peculiar children

jacob portman, emma bloom, millard nulling, enoch o’connor, olive elephanta, alma peregrine

miscellaneous characters

sarah williams, bernard the elf, rodrick heffley, varian, lisa frankenstein, the creature (lisa frankenstein)

UPCOMING FANDOMS : les miserables, what we do in the shadows

[lovandfear]

Sadie Sink photographed by Erik Carter for NME magazine, 2022

[riskyraiker]

Hello! I have decided to start posting my writings on to tumblr now aswell. I have an account on ao3 aswell. I'll have a list under of what i will/can or will not/can't write.

You can send any form of request: fluff, angst, smut

I will not write anything involving: non/con, assault, heavy abuse

My requests are open!

Hazbin hotel:

Lucifer

Vox

Alastor (no nsfw) he's ace you crazy people😧

Velvette

Angel dust

Husk

Anything else you request (no valentino)

Red dead redemption 2

-Arthur Morgan (high honor usually but might do low honor)

-John Marston

-Sadie Adler

-Dutch Van Der Linde

-Hosea Matthews

-Charles Smith

-And anyone else that there is!!! Go on and request

The Walking Dead (early seasons 1-3):

Rick grimes

Daryl Dixon

Glenn Rhee

Maggie Greene

Carol Peletier (mom material)

Carl Grimes (Platonic, he's a child fellers)

Shane Walsh (Not my choice my sister forced me :D)

Dale Horvath (Dad material!!!)

Any other you may request that come

Detroit become human:

The androids: Connor, Nines, Markus, Kara, Simon etc. (Might ignore Ralph, North and Luther :( sry)

Any human: Hank, Gavin, Carl (anyone else that there is?!?!?)

And others you remember!!

Marvel:

X-men characters (Erik, Mystique, Charles and Jean gray etc.)

Avengers (Thor, Steve Rogers, Tony stark, Natasha Romanoff etc.)

Insomniac Games (peter, miles, MJ, Felicia etc.)

Anything else you request

Transformers prime and RID15

Prime universe (optimus, ratchet, bumblebee, smokescreen, megatron, soundwave, knockout etc.)

RID15 (Bumblebee, Sideswipe, Strongarm)

Anything you request (no starscream)

Youtubers/Streamers

Jschlatt

Ted Nivison

Charlie slimesicle

Markiplier

Jacksepticeye/Séan Mcloughlin

Anything else you request (no dream, gnf and sapnap) i'm sorry DEFINITELY NO WILBUR

Here have spiderman goof off😋😋

[ashadeintheshade]

Thanks Sadie this is fun!!!! @sadeyedlady-writes

Rules: Post the names of all the files in your WIP folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. Let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them, and then post a little snippet or tell them something about it and then tag as many people as you have WIPs.

This is easy because I have relatively few 😂

1. Alaska AU

2. Angel Demon AU

3. LND canon divergent meg/erik fic

@flagbridge @battydings @shinyfire-0

[greenplumbboblover]

Tag game

Thanks @anamoon63 for the tag! :)

💓Favorite Three Ships

Ohh this one is tough. I guess I can do a Non-sims and sims one actually if that's okay.

Non-sims:

Travelers: Marcy and David

Crash Landing on You:  Yoon Se-ri and Ri Jeong-hyeok

X files: Mulder and Scully

Sims:

I know, I'm jumping the bandwagon lol @kimmiessimmies Sadie and James

@nocturnalazure (okay I have 2 :p) Erik and Laurie & Ivy and Nathaniel 

Bella and Mortimer (I know, boring lol)

🎧Last Song

🎬Last Movie

I think it was serenity (because if you rewatched Firefly, you gotta watch the movie ;))

📖 Currently Reading

Sims Stories for now! But otherwise I'm all audiobooks these days, last one was Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

🌶️ Craving

Being on a diet doesn't make this easy lol but it's always salty.

👯‍♀️Relationship status

Happily in a relationship

🪷Last thing I googled

"Custom Tarot cards"

💫Current Obsession

Nothing much actually. Honestly it's a really long while since I felt obsessed about something. Especially lately with my "feeling like a mental husk" these days that I can't get rid of. I guess if we mean interests, it would be bread baking :)

I know this tag thingy is pretty old and everyone I wanted to tag has already done it. So, with that said, whoever wants to! :)

[theresthesnitch]

Snitch's 2024 Reads

I'm not doing any reading goals this year, but I wanted to track what I've read. Feel free to ask me questions about any of these!

January Books

The Perfect Fit by Sadie Kincaid

Conventionally Yours by Annabeth Albert

The Place Between by Kit Oliver

All That's Left In The World by Erik J. Brown

Lose You to Find Me by Erik J. Brown

January Fics

Wild and Precious Life by @r33sespieces (with art by @lunarlivs!)

Crazy Ex-Boyfriend by @amethystheart2421 (with art by @sorenphelps!)

Idita-Ruff by @r33sespieces

Unbound by You by @tracingpatternswrites (with art by @tricksterdraws!)

To Trust a Wolf by @puuvillaa (with art by @pjxckson!)

And WIPs I've read a bit of this month:

A Bit of a Complex by @asterin-kelles

Nothing's Gonna Hurt You Baby by @demonbanisher (which is finished, but I'm not!)

Stay with Me by @charmstwit and PigeononaCloud (which will be on my list forever because it's long and I love it)

And then about 1.2 million unpublished words that I wrote (this number is an exageration, lol)

[nahimjustfeelingit-writes]

This update was so good! I love the drama too! Your writing is so detailed!

1. I love Sadie and Denver I think they’re so dope!

2. I love how you go into detail of Erik’s career.

3. I love how you point out the reality of their relationship, how there will be people that have opinions about it.

4. I love how Erik treats and respects Sienna! It’s so refreshing!

Thanks for reading!

1. Sadie and Denver were fun to write!

2. I feel like that’s a huge part of what makes the story so going into detail about his work day is so necessary

3. At the end of the day, people will have opinions whether good or bad about Sienna and Erik’s relationship. Gotta touch basis on that too

4. He’s so sweet and thoughtful and respectful of her!

[queenie-official]

✨⏳🍂About me🍂⏳✨

Masterlist Ao3 Wattpad

- 🍁 Hi! my name is Queenie🤭 my pronouns are she/her, i’m 19 years old and obsessed with fictional characters✨

- 🍁 Send in whatever you want in my asks, i love hearing from you huns Xx<3

- 🍁 i write fluff only (this might change later idk) since i have zero real life experience with smut and therefore i feel i would not do it justice when writing for it (but if you want to send in asks about certain opinions or thoughts that are smut related i 100% will respond so don’t worry🫶🏼)

- 🍁 i’ll write for any of the characters i listed below⬇️ i will not write for real people because it makes me uncomfy😭 but i’ll openly simp with you over a celebrity if you do send in something about that person

- 🍁 i am an ENFP (but for some reason my extroverted abilities seem to fail me when i’m online 😭)

- 🍁 i’m Pansexual and proud💋 i will not tolerate homophobia or any kind of discrimination against the LGBTQ+, you will be blocked immediately if i see any.

- 🍁 i am an August leo 💅✨ 2005 babies let’s goooo💪💪

- 🍁 UTTERLY OBSESSED with little mix🤭 those girls are my all time roman empire. i will talk about them for hours🌝

- 🍁i’m biracial, i’m like literally mixed with everything but i’m mostly Italian 🇮🇹, puerto Rican🇵🇷, Irish🇮🇪, and Cuban🇨🇺 (i am a no sabo kid😔, but that’s okay my fellow no sabo kids unite😌)

✨🤎here’s a list of all my fictional crushes (i will write for them if requested!)🤎✨:

-tasm!peter parker

-Logan Howlett

-Young!Charles Xavier (James McAvoy)

-Young!Erik Lehnsherr (Michael Fassbender)

-Steve Harrington

-Howard Stark (Dominic Cooper)

-Richard Grayson (Nightwing- Brenton Thwaites)

-Louis (TWDG)

-Henry Turner

-Poe Dameron

-Javi (TWDG)

-Will turner

-Luke (TWDG)

-Anakin Skywalker

-Sam monroe (life as a house)

-Padme Amidala

-Ahkmenrah

-James kelly (American heist)

-Barry Allen (the flash- Grant Gustin)

-AJ (Takers 2010)

-Carter Davis

-Clay Beresford

-Sherlock Holmes (henry cavill)

-Leo Campoli (little italy)

-Simon Aumar

-Yelena Belova

-Matt Murdock

-Michelle Jones

-stephen glass (shattered glass)

-Valkyrie

-Mike Schmidt

-Xenk Yendar

-Scott Barringer (higher ground)

-Tadashi Hamada

-Rachel Green

-Derek Saurez (our life)

-Doric

-Nightowl (blooming Panic)

-Vanessa Shelly

-Mammon (Obey!Me)

- Kenji Sato (ultraman)

(honorable mentions for more of my wives since these girlies are real people: Jade Thirlwall, Leigh-Anne Pinnock, Perrie Edwards, Maya Hawke, Sadie Sink, Jenna Ortega, Zendaya, Vanessa Hudgens, Margot Robbie, Halle Bailey)

(also as you can tell i’m obsessed and will write for pretty much all of hayden’s characters provided i’ve seen the movie or show 😭)

[buggykitty]

Loathe to Love You by Ali Hazelwood

Book Review ~ July 3, 2024

Under One Roof

Is it a masterpiece? No. Did I eat it up like the little love gremlin I am? Of course, I did. Being a novella, there are quite a few unanswered questions. Who is Emma? Did Liam change jobs? Why isn’t Mara close to her family? Plus, the spicy scene could’ve used a little more explicit consent, in my opinion. At the end of the day, it’s a good enemies to friends to lovers story! It was a quick, fun read that I thoroughly enjoyed :)

Stuck With You

I really liked the plot of this one! I’m sure it’s difficult to write a novella that has good plot AND good sex, but Ali Hazelwood never fails! The epilogue left a bit to be desired, but I loved this story overall! Sadie and Erik are a cute pair, and I loved the soccer banter.

Below Zero

It might just be the proximity bias, but I think Below Zero was my favorite of these three novellas. I liked how Ian didn’t want to have sex with Hannah without taking her to dinner first. However, I didn’t really think it was his place to veto her project without talking to her first. He could’ve easily explained himself before doing so! And Dr. Merel being evilly negligent wasn’t super plausible to me. I did love how Ian saved Hannah from the crevasse hehe

Final Thoughts

Best MC: Mara

Best Love Interest: Ian

Best Romance: Mara and Liam

Best Plot: Below Zero

Best Overall: Under One Roof

In the bonus chapter at the very end, I love how Mara, Sadie, Hannah, Liam, Erik, and Ian are all best friends, and everyone is happy in their respective relationships!

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

(4/5 stars)

find me on goodreads!

[sexcromancy]

Ali girls ranked.

Bee. my Woman. she and Levi are my only real AHU scoot over let me in. if I saw them on Austin-area tinder looking for a third I'd lose my mind. god. sorry lol anyway

Mallory. my baby girlllll

Hannah. I made a whole post yesterday

Rue. freaky avoidant woman with food issues and dog motif. god. so for me

Elsie. ribbon ropes queen of the AHU

Misery. comedienne and a freak. adore

Mara. not much for me here. but her incredibly vague "EPA job" does make me laugh

Olive. it's not her fault she's 23

Sadie. I'm sorry girl but it does nothing for me

Ali guys ranked.

Nolan. winner of the sweetie pie Olympics. I adore him I wish I could pinch his cheeks

Levi. ummmm . I said it all with bee. sexy Jewish man.

Eli. haha. well of course I know him he's me

Lowe. freak on a leash.

Jack. the scene where he gets mad at Elsie bc he thinks shes intentionally manipulating him, which she is, and it's working. wowza

Ian. turbovirgin sweetheart with han solo dad backstory. serve

Liam. in my professional opinion the platonic ideal of Aliguy. like absolute base model

Adam. go girl give us nothing

Erik. meet me in the pit blonde man

[spaceagebachelormann]

𝒓𝒆𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒓𝒖𝒍𝒆𝒔!

HOW TO REQUEST

— state the character, romantic or platonic, the format of the request, and what you want with it

— do you have any specifics for the reader? male, female, blonde, poc, etc?

— requests can be send through inbox or dms, but inbox is heavily encouraged!

— PLEASE ACTUALLY SPECIFY WHAT YOU WANT WITH YOUR REQUEST!! ITS VERY HARD FOT ME TO WRITE SOMETHING THAT JUST SAYS “_____ x reader fluff” WITH NO FURTHER EXPLANATION!! GIVE ME A PLOT LINE!!

WHAT I WILL WRITE:

platonic

romantic

familial

any gender x any gender

headcanons

poly relationships

sensitive topics

x reader

ships (canon or non-canon, so long as it’s not problematic)

i. i WILL write cheating, but not if a character is going it to the reader/another character. i’ll make someone comforting another person after being cheated on, but i won’t write finnick odair cheating on someone

same thing ^^ goes for homophobic, transphobic, ableist topics like that, and. well i guess the same goes for abuse?

WHAT I WONT WRITE:

smut (i’m 14)

yandere

incest

student x teacher

canonically gay character (ex: wylan van eck) x fem!reader for romantic requests

canonically lesbian character x male!reader for romantic requests

songfics (nothing against them, i just don’t know how!!)

things about ocs

ship fics

character list (more to come!)

❍ = easiest characters to write for

bolded — favourite characters to write for

KEEPER OF THE LOST CITIES

❍ sophie foster, ❍ dex dizznee, fitz vacker, ❍ keefe sencen, ❍ biana vacker, ❍ marellla redek, ❍ maruca chebota, tam song, linh song, ❍ wylie endal, ❍ jensi babblos, stina heks

CHRONICLES OF NARNIA

❍ peter pevensie, ❍ edmund pevensie, ❍ susan pevensie, ❍ lucy pevensie, mr tumnus, ❍ caspian, eustace scrubb, jill pole, shasta, aravis

RIORDANVERSE

❍ percy jackson, ❍ annabeth chase, ❍ grover underwood, ❍ jason grace, ❍ piper mclean, ❍ leo valdez, ❍ hazel levesque, ❍ frank zhang, nico di angelo, will solace, reyna arellano, rachel dare, ❍ travis stoll, ❍ connor stoll, thalia grace, magnus chase, ❍ alex fierro, carter kane, sadie kane, lester papadopolous, lavinia asimov

PHANTOM OF THE OPERA

❍ christine daaé, ❍ raoul de chagny, erik destler, ❍ meg giry

p.s. i’ll write for the movie, musical, book and 1990 miniseries versions!!

HARRY POTTER

harry potter, ❍ hermione granger, ❍ ron weasley, ❍ luna lovegood, ❍ neville longbottom, ginny weasley, fred weasley, george weasley, ❍ sirius black, remus lupin, ❍ james potter, ❍ marlene mckinnon, mary macdonald, dorcas meadowes, lily evans

RIDE THE CYCLONE

ocean o’connell rosenberg, ❍ noel gruber, ❍ mischa bachinski, ❍ ricky potts, jane doe, penny lamb, ❍ constance blackwood

SHADOW AND BONE

❍ alina starkov, malyen oretsev, ❍ genya safin, ❍ zoya nazyalensky, david kostyk, erm others i accidentally deleted remind me to update this

SIX OF CROWS

kaz brekker, inej ghafa, ❍ jesper fahey, ❍ wylan van eck, nina zenik, matthias helvar

THE OUTSIDERS

ponyboy curtis, ❍ johnny cade, sodapop curtis, darry curtis, steve randall, ❍ twobit matthews, ❍ dallas winston

THE HUNGER GAMES

katniss everdeen, peeta mellark, ❍ finnick odair, ❍ johanna mason, marvel sanford, clove kentwell, cato hadley, ❍ cinna

IT (2017)

bill denbrough, eddie kaspbrak, richie tozier, ❍ stan uris, beverly marsh, ben hanscom, ❍ mike hanlon

THE SCHOOL FOR GOOD AND EVIL

❍ agatha of woods beyond, ❍ sophie of woods beyond, tedros of camelot, ❍ hort of bloodbrook, ❍ hester of ravenswood, ❍ anadil, ❍ dot, nicola, aric, rhian mistral, rafal mistral, leonora lesso, clarissa dovey

THE LAND OF STORIES

❍ alex bailey, ❍ connor bailey, ❍ red riding hood, ❍ jack, ❍ goldilocks, ❍ bree campbell

SCOOBY DOO

daphne blake, ❍ fred jones, shaggy rogers, velma dinkley

LITTLE WOMEN

❍ jo march, amy march, beth march, meg march, ❍ laurie

A GOOD GIRLS GUIDE TO MURDER

pippa fitz-amobi, ❍ ravi singh, naomi ward, ❍ cara ward, connor reynolds, ❍ jamie reynolds, nat da silva

THE MIGHTY DUCKS

❍ charlie conway, adam banks, ❍ lester averman, guy germaine, ❍ connie moreau, julie gaffney, ❍ ken wu, dean portman, luis mendoza, dwayne robertson, ❍ fulton reed

DRACULA

dracula, ❍ lucy westenra, mina harker, arthur holmwood, ❍ renfield, dr seward, abraham van helsing, ❍ quincey morris

FRANKENSTEIN

victor frankenstein, ❍ adam frankenstein, elizabeth lavenza, justine moritz, ernest frankenstein, henry clerval, the bride

DR JEKYLL AND MR HYDE

henry jekyll, ❍ edward hyde, ❍ richard enfield, gabriel utterson, hastie lanyon, lucy harris

MONSTER HIGH

gotta update this one guys,,,

THE BREAKFAST CLUB

john bender , ❍ claire standish, allison reynolds, brian johnson, andrew clark

THE POWERPUFF GIRLS

❍ blossom utonium, bubbles utonium, buttercup utonium , ❍ brick jojo, boomer jojo, butch jojo

DAVID BOWIE

❍ jareth, thomas jerome newton, david bowie

SWEENEY TODD

❍ sweeney, anthony hope, ❍ mrs lovett, johanna

THE ROSEWOOD CHRONICLES

lottie pumpkin, ellie wolf, ❍ jamie volk, ❍ ollie moreno, ❍ raphael wilcox, ❍ anastacia alcroft leblanc, saskia san martin, lola tomkins, mickey tomkins, binah fae

HAIRSPRAY

❍ corny collins, ❍ seaweed j stubbs, amber von tussle, tracy turnblad, penny pingleton, link larkin

MISC. CHARACTERS

sarah williams, ❍ bernard the elf, ❍ rodrick heffley, ❍ varian

[ancientphantom]

I'm a regular reader of historical romance and I was reading your review of Anne Stuart's take on POTO (and giggling along, bc it's bad even by my standards even if I indulge in trash from time to time). That did make me curious though, are there any other fiction books with Meg (or a Meg/Christine combo) be the Phantom's love interest? I remember hearing about Sadie Montgomery's books a few years back but I was wondering if it was an outlier and that everything else had Christine or an OC.

I'm glad you enjoyed the review!

While the majority of Phantom lit is E/C, with R/C in second place, there is more than a little E/M kicking around out there! Here are a few off the top of my head:

The Phoenix of the Opera Series by Sadie Montgomery - you mentioned this, but it's a big one! There are seven books in this series - The Phoenix of the Opera, Out of the Darkness, The Phantom's Opera, Phantom Death, Phantom Madness, and Phantom Nightmare, all of which cover Erik's and Meg's burgeoning romantic relationship and ensuing adventures. I've only got a review of the first one (I didn't love it, but you might!), but the whole series is pretty much the top-tier E/M option out there.

The Guardian of the Opera series by Cheryl Mahoney - this is another purely E/M series, and much newer than the Montgomery ones, which came out about 20 years prior. While the first book follows the events of Leroux's novel fairly closely, just from Meg's point of view, the following two develop a romance between the Phantom and the ballet dancer.

The Angels of Music series by Louise Ann Bateman - another much newer option that starts with Leroux's story but then moves on to developing an E/M plot afterward. There are only two books in this series so far, but there may be more in the future!

Night's Melody by Drake LaMarque is an erotica that features a gender-flipped Meg named Mathieu as its main character, who is very into Christine/Christophe even before the mysterious masked man gets sexily involved (amusingly, you'd think that the infamous Unmasqued by Colette Gale would have something with all the orgies and BDSM, but while the older Giry is definitely up to sexy shenanigans, her daughter doesn't feature as prominently).

Honorable mentions:

Love Never Dies - Yes, they don't get together, but this is an example of Meg being heavily in love with the Phantom and that having a sharp effect on the plot.

The Phantom of the Opera (1990 David Staller musical) - While not in most of the plot, this musical ends with the Phantom giving up on the rescued Christine and deciding to start mentoring a young ballet dancer instead, which a lot of E/M shippers see as a call out to Meg.

In addition, there are also a LOT of books that use the Phantom story but have him target a ballerina instead of a singer; usually, the ballerina is just Christine (probably because Sarah Brightman is a ballet dancer, so the Lloyd Webber musical made Christine one, too), but some of them are ambiguous and might scratch that itch! Off the top of my head:

The Ballet of Dr. Caligari and Madder Mysteries by Reggie Oliver - this is a short story collection, but the title story is about a man who, when his ballet dancer obsession can no longer perform, becomes more and more dangerously obsessed with getting her back onstage no matter what the cost.

The Cursed Ballet by Megan Atwood - a dancer at a ballet academy is deetermined to excel in the so-called "cursed show", but the mysterious dancer boy who she meets at night seems to have something to do with it.

A Dance with Danger by Marisa Wright - a mainstream romance novel featuring a ballet dancer who loses his legs but falls in love with another ballet dancer and decides to help her.

Night Child by Ann Majors - another mainstream romance novel featuring a ballerina who was kidnapped as a child and the man who has been protecting her for her entire life.

There are definitely more, so folks who have read them, feel free to chime in down in the replies and tags!