i read 11 romance books ||

[@zubaerchaudhari8267]

Riley Marie your commentary is gold

[@notsuohhannah]

From Lukov With Love is a spin-off from one of her other books, Dear Aaron. We meet Jasmine in Dear Aaron first/ If you read Dear Aaron the family and ethnicity are also mentioned.

[@RileyMarie_]

good to know

[@Chattermute]

Ohhhh I didn’t know that! Thanks. Maybe I should read Dear Aaron. Is it good?

[@pipi3520]

your account is so underrated. i wish more people knew about your youtube channel!

[@RileyMarie_]

aww thank you

[@rociohenriquez5552]

if you want to read some good historical romance novels, you have to read the books of Lisa Kleypas!!!!

[@RileyMarie_]

yes!! I really need to read something from her soon

[@MerrilyKristin]

You've gotten me so interested in books that I never would've checked out on my own! The Deal has been on my TBR forever and I'm determined to read it in early 2019. I also really want to read Birthday Girl (which I remember from your TBR video too).

[@blacklez]

Do you think you could make a video recommending good female-female books? I try to look for them, but they’re hard to find. Especially, like you said, that aren’t creepy or fetishy/purely for a male’s entertainment.

[@RileyMarie_]

YES I am already planning to do this soon hopefully!

[@readingwithshan]

“Tell me again how a crush should feel” would be a cute read for you 🤍

[@fahmidazeidan8382]

With regards to her being Filipino, you actually aware of it if you read the sister Ruby and Aaron story which was before that. I think it was called Dear Aaron.

[@SquareSpeaks]

I loved smutathon! I need to check out so many of the books you read. This readathon really energized me to read more after I started a full time job.

[@RileyMarie_]

yay I'm so glad!!

[@justvynexa]

my gosh, you are literally goals when it comes to reading. I wanted to participate so bad but I recently was able to read again without getting light headed. I want to read the last one you mentioned in about the royalty one and the queer novela. I can’t wait for the next one. I’ll be sure not to get an ear infection next time.

[@RileyMarie_]

love u!!!! hope you are feeling better

[@PagesandPens]

So many good recs in this video. Thanks for hosting and inspiring me to read more smut-I lived my best damn life. 💜

[@ejreads7638]

i love your vlogs sm and i always love getting good romance recs from you

[@kristenmcivor9401]

I know this is late, but I was watching this for romance recommendations & I decided to read Birthday Girl and... 🔥🔥🔥🔥 wow!

[@Channyreads]

Omg you need to read Birthday Girl! It’s amazing!!! Just finished it... 😍

[@lhill1302]

I didn't know Shay Savage wrote a follow up to Trancendence...Thanks, I just bought it!

[@c.d.6736]

Amazing vlog! I'm so happy you liked From Lukov With Love, and i'm definitely adding that royal romance to my TBR, i've been hearing only amazing things about it :)

[@CaseyCassidy]

I had so much fun participating in this readathon. I'd forgotten how much I really enjoy romance books, but they're just so much fun and kind of comforting? like you know how they're going to end soooo. I'll definitely be checking out A Nordic King, that sounds amazing, and probably a few others you mentioned.

[@RileyMarie_]

Yeah I like that they are usually predictable. it's nice to just read something without having to stress ya know.

[@CaseyCassidy]

@@RileyMarie_ exactly. i have enough stress/anxiety in life.

[@meltheravengirl]

I'm really glad you liked the Deal since its one of my favourite New Adult books. I would definitely recommend the rest of the series apart from the last book 'The Goal' as that's a 'accidental pregnancy' book and you definitely won't like it.

[@bookedonafeeling]

500% agree with this

[@RileyMarie_]

thanks for the heads up about the last book! I am definietly excited to read the others soon!

[@booklover466]

I love your vlogs ! I really enjoy watching them

[@RebeccaCoup86]

I ❤️ Lauren Blakeley books always a good time!!!!

[@GeekyC]

Yay !! Just what I needed a nice long reading Vlog with some romance and smut books :) I love your videos so much ! I often go back and watch them when I’m having a crappy day so thank you so much for your content ! It always seems to help me relax and gives me great book recommendations :)

[@RileyMarie_]

awww I'm so happy to hear that!

[@climbinguphill]

Have you read Outlander? It’s historical romance and has time travel. They are on the longer side, but I have heard nothing but amazing things and the TV show is fantastic.

[@leaforever4575]

Thank you for the recommending Killing Sarai and The Controversial Princess I loved them. thanks again

[@RileyMarie_]

YAY!

[@BexxBuckley]

Au pair was one of my favorite movie as a kid I used to watch it every time it was on. I’ve been wanting to watch it. I’ll have to read A Nordic King.

[@foxfire77blue]

I enjoyed From Lukov with love by Marina Zapata. I love this author, but there was one word that was used over and over that just felt weird. "Blinked" I felt like it had the feeling of a weird anime. he blinked she blinked. One chapter had 19 blinks.

[@ReadByAmanda]

I've been waiting for this vlog and omfg you KILLED IT

[@_herefortheplot]

Halle like Halle Barry. And yes, reeeeead the other two books. They can be read out of order and as a standalone. She's got loads of books and is about to put out another on December 28th.

[@RileyMarie_]

I'm totally going to be reading all of her books in the next couple of weeks

[@LauraAbbd]

I’ve been in an all things ice skating and gymnastics kick lately so From Lukov with Love sounds so appealing. Also I’m a sucker for a slow burn when it’s well done.

[@RileyMarie_]

do you have any recs for other skating or gymnastics books??!

[@LauraAbbd]

Riley Marie what I can tell you is that there aren’t nearly enough out there! I’m currently reading Spinning by Tillie Walden (graphic novel memoir) and am enjoying it. Jennifer Comeaux also wrote a bunch of figure skating romances, and I have Bittersweet by Sarah Ockler on my tbr! If I read any good ones I’ll make sure to tweet you about them

[@judepayton]

You should real Kulti by Mariana Zapata! It has similar tropes with from Lukov with love and it’s my fave book of hers!

[@erinsmith8074]

You should start reading Eloisa James historical romance, really good stuff. Also, you can’t go wrong with Julia Quinn. You should also read the Venice vampire series, I got it on the apple books app.

[@BeALadyAboutIt]

Teresa Medeiros and Christina Dodd (she created a story that basically the sound of music!!) are also a really amazing Historical Romance.

[@RileyMarie_]

historical vampires??? SOLD!

[@erinsmith8074]

Its by Tina Folsom

[@pengjia15]

You should try reading some Beverly Jenkins and Alyssa Cole Historical Romances they are amazing and both are black authors who feature diverse characters and settings people usually don’t see in historical romance they are definitely my favs when it comes to the genre ♥️

[@RileyMarie_]

I've read Alyssa Coles royalty romance series and loved it but I didn't know she wrote historical romance! I'm totally going to have to check those out

[@pengjia15]

Riley Marie yess I can’t wait to see what you think of her historical romances 😆

[@markiehicks6740]

I love going thought people’s bookshelves too just to see their lists and see all the books we have in common yeah Goodreads is my addition as much as reading so there’s that 😂.

[@RileyMarie_]

honestly same I spend way too much time on goodreads

[@BookwormsUnited]

I heard you say that you were having trouble finding good historical romance novels. One of the best is Lisa Kleypas. I love most of her historical--they are all good, but some are my favorite. Suddenly You was one of my favorites of hers. I love her Wallflower series--It Happened One Autumn and Devil in Winter were my favorite of those, and you could read them as stand alone's. The Hathaway series was great! And now I am liking the Ravenels, and it is nice to see her characters from previous series show up on the pages. Eloisa James is a good historical romance author, and I just discovered Joanna Shupe, and those are fun. (Vintage Julie Garwood--The Bride, Honor's Splendor, The Secret and The Prize were some of my favs. I did not like the historicals set in America that she did--The Roses one. And I liked Amanda Quick's historicals. Those are quirky and fun. Her early stuff in that was my favorite. After awhile, they become a lot a like, but she is a tried and true author for me. ) But Lisa Kleypas is my all-time favorite. (Like you, I like Sarah Maclean and Tessa Dare too.) Oh and Julia Quinn-Romancing Mister Bridgerton was my favorite. I liked most of that series. You probably know all these people. I just found your channel today and started watching, so I haven't watched you enough to know if you have mentioned these authors already.

[@elisan7587]

You should do a trope bingo card as challenge for the next smutathon. Loved the video.

[@RileyMarie_]

good idea!

[@hayleymarie630]

180+ vids in my watch later but I had to jump on this SO FAST. 2:24 that sweater/jacket things looks SO COZY. Aw, I'd love to see more Filipino rep in books, I haven't read that enough, especially being half myself. Kind of a bummer that she just threw that in! I'd love to see a queer smut rec video, that would be really really interesting and informative! "I was about to talk about foreplay and then my parents called me." LOL awkward I'm also terrible at putting off things I think I'm going to love YOU KILLED THE SMUT READING GAME

[@nailabe296]

Hi Riley! I discovered Tessa Dare recently and I really loved her girl meets duke series, it had been a while since I'd enjoyed a historical romance as much, I would recommend the Bedwyn saga by Mary Balogh it was really good too (I started with book 6 😛but it was the best) ❤

[@Gabrielathebook]

Royalty romances are my jam, I grew up obsessed with the Prince and Me

[@RileyMarie_]

SAME! that movie is so good

[@ShalomDove]

Have you read Courtney Milan? She has an excellent historical romance series. Alyssa Cole is also very popular. As for Birthday Girl... I read it early in the week and it was so good it kind of ruined me. Nothing I read after that quite lived up to it 💕

[@RileyMarie_]

I read the brother sinister prequel novella and really liked it but I haven't read the next book yet. I really want to though because I loved her writing!

[@christinelareads]

OMG YES THE AU PAIR MOVIE!!! I loved that SO MUCH! I wish I could find it online, but i've tried so many times and can never find it!

[@RileyMarie_]

i watched it here! kzbin.info/www/bejne/jabYmaGdoNOCars

[@BookLionQueen]

You are really gonna sit here and have me read Transcendence now... After that glowing recommendation I have to.

[@JayGTheAwkwardBookworm]

Dang! You kicked smutathons butt!

[@sierrapocic635]

Loved this video! Mariana Zapata has written some of my favorite books, she truly is the queen of slow burn! What was the hair tool you were using to dry your hair? ❤️

[@RileyMarie_]

it called revlon one step hair dryer and volumizer!

[@nikki7778]

Not sure if you read the Q series by pepper winters. It's twisted smut

[@glimpses15]

Dear Aaron introduces the Santos family and it's made clear that she's half Filipino in that book I guess.

[@alexandrabeatrice3304]

What book?

[@AnaCarolinaVanzetta]

Every time there's a new video form you, I get pen and paper and make lists of things you read i wanna read (love list making). I love The Borgias, how are you liking the direction they took with Cesare and Lucrezia, I mean, the sexual tension is amazing.

[@vaneg6382]

That was a great show that got cancelled way before its time

[@RileyMarie_]

I was so curious to see how they handled the relationship between Cesare and Lucrezia but honestly it's so hard not to love them

[@ByMadisonFox]

I have been WAITING for this vlog 😍 It was hilarious to see your thoughts on JJ Knight 😂 you are just super objective with romances and it really helps me decide what i want to read!! Also you should check out “his undercover princess”. It’s a BOMB royalty romance

[@RileyMarie_]

adding that to my tbr!!

[@han-qe8cx]

omg my gal if you like historical period dramas like the borgias ((which is also one of my fav shows)) you should watch spartacus which is a show i recommend to everyone who might be the slightest bit interested. its on netflix too and its about gladiators and everyone is super hot and its also very steamy so i feel like you would enjoy :)))

[@RileyMarie_]

yessss I love spartacus! I've only watched season 1 but i really want to watch the rest soon :)

[@ShadowRayne16]

OMG GIRL I AGREE SOOOO MUCH WITH THE ACCIDENTAL PREGNANCY THING! Or pregnancy in general sometimes. I was reading a series by Megan March and literally at the end all the couple's we're pregnant or about to be or had a baby and it was just "soooo romantic". NO.

[@RileyMarie_]

omg yes. every time a romance book ends with babies I'm like .....really.....?

[@SamanthaReading]

ugh so many romance recommendations now. I definitely need to participate in the next round of smutathon! also I see that you didn’t end up reading Dirty Girl 👀😂

[@RileyMarie_]

between you and Chelsea not liking Dirty Girl I think I'm gonna pass 😂

[@MyLittleBookShelf]

The fact that you wore a sweater, IN TEXAS, every single day except the first and last day is making me lol since you gave me so much shit for wearing them in Vegas where it was colder 😂

[@RileyMarie_]

stop trying to expose me i keep my house a nice 60 degrees 😂

[@SpinesAndSpoilers]

So many books!

[@Sophie_Milagros]

I think Sabrina Jeffries is a really good historical romance author !

[@armandolisboa7704]

Hi Riley! This is mine and my husband profile. My name is Bianca and I'm from Brazil. I just found you channel and am loving it so far! Have you ever read any Reverse Harem book? This is a genre that I've fallen in love with and I really think you'd love it!

[@keriloblanco1887]

Have you read tangled from Emma chase? If I remember correctly that is completely in the male POV

[@RileyMarie_]

No I haven't, is it good?

[@Totifry]

What styling tool did you use for your hair?

[@RileyMarie_]

revlon one step hair dryer and volumizer

[@Jennlikesfictionalworlds]

Any royalty romance recommendations?

[@RileyMarie_]

Alyssa Cole's Reluctant Royals series is my fave!

[@Jennlikesfictionalworlds]

@@RileyMarie_ thanks! I'll check it out 😁

[@oliviasherry7193]

i looked up J.J. Knight and yes he's a man and from pictures I can see why you would think your predictions about him lol

[@AGDMD]

Lisa Kleypas historical fiction is the best!!

[@RileyMarie_]

I really want to read her books!

[@jennahoyland4945]

What's the show you were watching ?X

[@RileyMarie_]

The Borgias!

[@RebeccaCoup86]

I love accidental pregnancy 😂

[@mymixedtape]

Love this vid, I'm determined to make you a list of all the actually good f/f smutty romance! ;)

[@RileyMarie_]

please do omg

[@mymixedtape]

@@RileyMarie_ I'm on it. You need some good hot lesfic in your life.

[@BookBFF]

Love this vlog! It was so chill and relaxing to watch. Also, I JUST got the innuendo for the title Big Rock when I was like wow that r looks like a c 😂😑

[@RileyMarie_]

hahaha yeah it took me a while too and then I was like OHHHHH

[@allysoncaldwell8492]

you are very pretty (just wanted to let you know in case you didn't know)

[@broadwaybound121492]

Are you saying “bourgeois”? Or something else? Bourgeois is pronounced like boo-JWA or bor-JWA jsyk ☺️

[@RileyMarie_]

Nope I am saying Borgias

[@broadwaybound121492]

Oh okay thanks for replying! I’ve never heard of that show. I was so confused 😅

[@alexandrareyes9430]

J.J. was D E F I N I T E L Y a dude

[@chelseadollingreads]

Did you know Karina Halle and Shay Savage are the same person? Someone told me on my tbr video and I was SHOOK lmao

[@chelseadollingreads]

PS great video u rock nvr change xoxo

[@RileyMarie_]

really?? I'm pretty sure thats not true but who knows, so many authors these days have a million pen names 😂

[@chelseadollingreads]

@@RileyMarie_ WOW I JUST LOOKED IT UP AND THEY'RE DEFINITELY NOT I HAVE BEEN LED ASTRAY AND FEEL THE MOST DUMB THIS IS COOL THIS IS CASUAL brb while I delete my entire channel lmfao

[@RileyMarie_]

omg it was nice knowing you