Juliet Marillier and a whole host of other female romantic fantasy writers who fell under the umbrella of 'Celtic-inflected historical fantasy', and who am I to say that they were any less damaging to my ideas about romance and relationships than Twilight?

HDU BRAN/LIADAN FOREVAH!!11!!

(I always find the mention of Sara Douglass inexplicably hilarious, becuase when I was a tweener and just getting into the adult fantasy/sci-fi section, her blurb was on every single book. So whenever I saw her recommending something, I'd be like "OH LOOK, SARA DOUGLASS LIKES IT.")