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New anthology alert: Pawfect For You!

Friends and lovers, listen up! #RomanceClass is back with another charity anthology, and this year, we are helping cats and dogs in need!

On National Pet Day (April 11), we did a cover reveal+ pre-order link drop for Pawfect For You: Tropetastic Kindness Bundle 3. It’s a collection of six all-new nakakakilig stories where the main characters are pet owners/pet lovers falling in love. Check out the wonderful cover below, illustrated by Liza S. dela Cruz.

We met Liza last year when she wo...

What If We Fall In Love: A Short Story Collection

In case you missed the announcements on my social media accounts (and newsletter), my latest #romanceclass book What If We Fall In Love? is coming out on Saturday, December 31st—and yes, you may pre-order it now!

What If We Fall In Love? is a collection of three short stories, two of which are new, and one previously published as part of #romanceclass’ NomCom: A Foodie Romance Anthology, published in February of this year.

Story #1 is Do Me A Favor, a fake-dating romance short featuring work c...

Tara’s Thoughts On: Glitch

Ah, how do I even begin this review?

Sci-fi isn’t really my cup of tea, I admit. I rarely watch sci-fi films or dramas, and even though I subscribe to the belief that we are not alone in the universe, I’m not easily lured into watching alien-related stuff. I did pick up Glitch, however, because I liked both lead actresses Jeon Yeobeen and Nana’s works I’ve recently watched (Vincenzo and Into the Ring, respectively), and I was curious about how they’d play off of each other’s energies.

But while ...

Tara’s Thoughts On: Tomorrow

Okay, listen: I am instantly drawn to anything that presents stories of life and death, especially ones that create worlds and hypotheses about the afterlife. Tomorrow fits the bill, and I quickly put it on my Netflix watch list even if it took me months to actually be in the right headspace to consume it.

The short review: I loved it.

An afterlife with Reapers that fulfill various roles? Not only that, but Reapers who have broken the mold and created a Risk Management Department that rescues ...

Tara’s Thoughts On: Flip the Script by Lyla Lee

I really wanted to like this.

Honestly, anything KDrama and KPop would be a huge draw for me, and Flip The Script looked like a promising queer romance between two young KDrama actresses who were supposed to be rivals in a TV show. What’s not to get excited about?

My initial problem came with the setup. I had to suspend my disbelief and accept that a) a TV producer would ask his two drama leads to fake date each other for ratings after the pilot episode’s ratings tanked, causing a sponsor to ba...

[ Cover Reveal ] What If We Fall In Love?

I love cover reveals. I do. Especially when I know the author doing it and I trust them to “deliver the goods,” so to speak. And also when I’m the one doing the reveal.

In the #romanceclass community, we have a project called #romanceclasscovers where we (or actually, our resident photographer, Chi Yu Rodriguez) takes photos of Filipino models (sometimes they’re actors, sometimes they’re friends of friends!) and we put these photos on the covers of our books. It doesn’t sound quite revolutionary...

Tara’s Thoughts On: Kaith C. Cimafranca’s TAKE TWO

Reading Kaith C. Cimafranca’s Take Two reminded me of those cozy Star Cinema rom-coms in the 90s where stakes weren’t as high, but you still root for the main characters really hard. In Take Two, now-Canadian resident VJ meets her TOTGA (she will deny this if you call him that, btw) at a party 19 years after she left the Philippines to start anew. Marco instantly feels how aloof VJ is, but he doesn’t seem to mind, and we understand this little dynamic of theirs as the story brings us back and fo...

Another Tres Launches book launch is happening tonight!

I had a lot of fun hosting last week’s back-to-back-to-back book launch featuring books by #romanceclass authors Angel C. Aquino, Ines Bautista-Yao, and Mina V. Esguerra, and tonight I’m doing it again!~

This week, we are launching three other #romanceclass books by authors Carla de Guzman, Jay E. Tria, and Kaith C. Cimafranca:

Some Bali to LoveLove to Meet YouTake Two

The stream is tonight (Saturday, October 15) at 8PM PHT, and if you want to tune in and watch, you can stream the video bel...

Tres Launches Book Launch with Angel, Ines, and Mina this Saturday!

So excited to be hosting this book launch on Saturday! We will be having Angel C. Aquino, Ines Bautista-Yao, and Mina V. Esguerra talk about their books that were released (or, re-released) this year, namely:

Feels Like Home (Flicker #4)My Quarantine DiaryScambitious: The Complete Series

You can watch the stream below—stream starts on Saturday, October 8 at 5:00 pm PHT. Or you can subscribe to the #romanceclass YouTube channel to be notified of our streams!

#FeelsFest2022 is here!

Finally, after two years of virtual-only events, #RomanceClass is doing #FeelsFest2022 LIVE!

Yes, my friends—we are back doing live events, which means we will all be causing bookish chaos once again (lol)! This year’s Feels Fest will be on Saturday, October 22 at Ayala Malls the 30th from 1:00 – 6:00 pm. It’s a FREE event and everyone’s invite to come and celebrate kilig with us!

By the way, there’s an optional dress code: Come as your favorite bookish love interest, or an interpretation of yo...