Ah, Valentine's Day. I have such a complicated relationship with Valentine's Day. On the one hand, I totally resent all the shops I walk past trying to bully me into believing my love can only be expressed through sparkly things and dropping my life savings on whatever's under the "For Him" sign this week.
On the other hand... I really really like sparkly things, you guys. And everywhere is covered in hearts, and there's chocolate. Lord, there's so much chocolate. I'm a hopeless romantic sucker, which is why for your reading pleasure here are my five recommendations/micro-reviews for hopeless romanticism this week. Are you single? Who cares, fictional people sure don't! Are you taken? Doesn't matter, books are great anyway. Read on!