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A review by crispycritter
Fan Service by Rosie Danan
4.0
I feel like as a Romance reader I’ve been living under a repressive totalitarian regime run by Swifties. Taylor Swift references have become about as ubiquitous in Romance books as microplastics have become in the ocean. Resistance is met with immediate clapbacks of INTERNALIZED MISOGYNY! Thou shalt not take our patron saint’s name in vain.
So what a relief it was to finally find a book that referenced those pockets of pop culture I deeply identify with: the cult of Dean Winchester, Supernatural, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
This book was full of heart, campy, and beautifully written, as all of Danan’s books are. She is such an excellent character writer. Alex and Devin were both such complex characters that Danan made sure were beautifully understood.
We got that signature supernatural spiciness a la Do Your Worst. BUT but we also got a bit cringey, preachy, and included the weird third-act nonsense of The Intimacy Experiment, which is why I took off one star. Nearly perfect. Still a banger of a read.
So what a relief it was to finally find a book that referenced those pockets of pop culture I deeply identify with: the cult of Dean Winchester, Supernatural, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
This book was full of heart, campy, and beautifully written, as all of Danan’s books are. She is such an excellent character writer. Alex and Devin were both such complex characters that Danan made sure were beautifully understood.
We got that signature supernatural spiciness a la Do Your Worst. BUT but we also got a bit cringey, preachy, and included the weird third-act nonsense of The Intimacy Experiment, which is why I took off one star. Nearly perfect. Still a banger of a read.