My Favorite Unhinged Things Readers Have Told Me

One of the greatest perks of being a romance author is the absolute chaos that arrives in my inbox. Readers are passionate, hilarious, occasionally unhinged in the most endearing way, and never afraid to share their thoughts. Honestly, their messages could fuel a whole spinoff series.

So today, for your entertainment and my own joy, I am sharing some of my all-time favorite unhinged reader moments. Names have been removed to protect the enthusiastic and the deeply feral.

1. “I threw your book across the room, then picked it up and hugged it.”

Peak romance reader behavior. The emotional whiplash is so real.

And the best part? They clarified they did not throw it out of anger. They threw it because they “felt too many feelings at once and the book needed to go on a small journey.”

Honestly, same.

2. “I yelled at your hero like he could hear me.”

This reader sent me a full paragraph explaining the exact moment they paused mid-chapter to scold my fictional man. Out loud. In public. At a dentist’s office.

Truly the highest compliment an author can receive.

3. “Your book made me late to work and I regret nothing.”

Not advocating lateness, but I respect the devotion.

Apparently the reader reached a high-tension chapter, realized they should leave for their job, and instead decided their boss could wait because “the couple was THIS close to finally communicating.”

Fair.

4. “I was blushing so hard my husband asked if I needed medical attention.”

This is the exact review quote that made me snort my drink.

Her husband, unaware of romance-reader biology, apparently thought excessive blushing was a circulatory emergency.

No sir. She just got to chapter twenty-one.

5. “Please tell the characters I forgive them, but only barely.”

This one nearly ended me.

They wrote it like I was the intermediary messenger between them and my fictional idiots.And the tone? Pure exhausted parent: “I am willing to move forward, but they KNOW what they did.”

6. “I had to stand up and pace during the kiss scene.”

Not sit up. Not wiggle a little.

Stand. Up. And walk. Apparently the tension was so thick it triggered a full-body reset like they were buffering.

7. “I stopped reading because I needed to go scream into a pillow.”

This came with no further explanation. None.

Just a single line followed by a picture of a very rumpled pillow.

Iconic.

Why I Treasure Every Wild, Chaotic Message

I love these because they remind me that stories are alive.

They matter.

They hit people in weird, wonderful ways that I could never predict.

So please. Keep the unhinged energy coming.

Yell at fictional men. Throw books softly and lovingly. Pace during the kiss scenes. Text your spouse that you need medical attention because the romantic tension went too hard too fast.

Every chaotic message makes my entire week.

Love,

Eve x