u/Background-Savings38

Hey yall! I'm an avid romance reader who especially likes historical romance. Unfortunately, this means tolerating a LOT of babies-ever-after endings.

Off the top of my head, I can name 3 romance books with explicitly childfree-by-choice characters: Book Lovers by Emily Henry, Overdue by Stephanie Perkins, and the wonderful Manic Pixie Dream Earl by Jenny Holiday (which hit ALL the right buttons for me.)

Can anyone help me find others? Even if they aren't historical recs I'll take them! I just want the couple to be explicitly childfree by choice. I am not looking for YA.

I love queer romance especially but am also totally happy with M/F romance, so whatever is fine on that front!

What ATL song do you most want the chance to hear live? As in, the top of your wish list?

Somewhere in Neverland is My Song(tm) and I would probably literally burst into tears if they played it at one of my shows.

Curious if anyone's similar to me! Please comment instead of making your own posts as to not clog up the subreddit

1. Tell Me I'm Alive 10/10 (literally everything to me I front-to-back it at least once a day. Great sounds, lyrical masterpiece, and a cohesive and compelling character study.)

2. Don't Panic 10/10 (I know others below it are better albums on a technical level, but this record holds such deep emotional significance to me that I can't untangle myself from it.)

3. Wake Up, Sunshine 10/10 (the ultimate feel-good album, I adore it. Great pop punk sound, ideal for screaming along to on long drives with the windows down, a perfect celebration of life and friendship. Also, JackandAlex bestieism shines through the cowritten lyrics and their friendship never fails to make me smile.)

4. Everyone's Talking 10/10 (I had this at the #2 spot when it first came out, but decency bias has worn off and I think it goes here. I absolutely love most of the songs, but I also have like 6 ATL skips and 2 are on this album. Still would give it a 10/10 though, just like all of the ones above it)

5. The Party Scene & Put Up or Shut Up 9/10 (counting them as one because of how much overlap there is between the songs. Coffeeshop Soundtrack is top 5 songs ever for me (all of those 5 are ATL too lolll) but overall TPS hits more with Circles and We Say Summer. So it's a wash)

6. So Wrong It's Right 9/10 (A classic that never goes out of style, helped to establish ATL's sound, gave us Dear Maria and Remembering Sunday so I call it a W)

7. Nothing Personal 8.5/10 (Another classic, beloved to me, but doesnt hit as hard as SWIR)

8. Future Hearts 8.5/10 (Probably would have flopped this and DW a month ago but I've recently been front-to-backing it a lot and 10 years after its release it is finally hitting, and HARD. I always liked it well enough but I've suddenly seen the light with it and become enraptured. I can easily see it overtaking NP eventually.)

9. Dirty Work 8/10 (justice for this album it doesn't deserve the hate it gets. It is FUN it is CATCHY it is WELL WRITTEN and I will fight for it)

10. Last Young Renegade 5/10 (not bad, no hate, but it's meh for me personally. None of the songs hit for me and I'm not super into the electronic sounds)