What Is Swooon?

Do you love romance? We’re at the heart of it.

Our mission is to celebrate love across pop culture, with a focus on TV, film, music, and books. In this era of endless entertainment coverage, Swooon will be the first of its kind exclusively dedicated to romance.

Swooon will be a leader for romance enthusiasts as we chronicle the evolution of book to screen adaptations ahead of traditional entertainment news sites. We will be celebrating and analyzing your beloved TV and film romances (and sometimes even the ones you hate to love) through breaking news coverage, insightful and creative features, relationship deep-dives, and video content.

We recognize the romance renaissance happening in pop culture, and Swooon is shining the spotlight on the current MVPs with our Rom-Com Royalty power ranking.

Readers, we’re your go-to destination. If you’re looking for a new book to add to your library, explore our Book Pages. You can read reviews of romance novels and rate them using our signature Spice Meter.

You can also discover new books to fall in love with by perusing our tropes pages. Are you only an enemies-to-lovers fan? We’ve got you covered. Are you looking for a cozy small town love story? Look no further. We have what you love.

Here at Swooon, romance is the main character.

Romance is personal to every individual, and we want to hear your thoughts on the many facets of love within pop culture. Drop us a comment and let us know your juiciest hot take or even write a love letter to your favorite fictional couple. Swooon is listening.

Avery Thompson

Avery Thompson

Managing Editor

Favorite Rom-Com: Morning Glory

Favorite TV Couple: Rupert and Taggie in Rivals

Romantic Hot Take: Trey MacDougal was not that bad.

Alyssa Norwin

Alyssa Norwin

Senior Writer/Editor

Favorite Rom-Com: Forgetting Sarah Marshall

Favorite Couple: Seth and Summer in The O.C.

Romantic Hot Take: Nathan and Haley aren’t couple goals.

Rebecca Perlmutter

Rebecca Perlmutter

Writer/Producer

Favorite Rom-Com: The Wedding Singer

Favorite Couple: Charlie and Claire in Lost

Romantic Hot Take: Belly should just move on.

Leah Williams

Leah Williams

Social & Video

Favorite Rom-Com: When Harry Met Sally

Favorite Couple: Albert and Armand in The Birdcage

Romantic Hot Take: “I Wanna Grow Old With You” by Adam Sandler is the most romantic song of all time.

Isabel Begun

Isabel Begun

Social

Favorite Rom-Com: Sleeping With Other People

Favorite Couple: Amy and Jonah in Superstore

Romantic Hot Take: The West Wing is the height of television romance.

Morgan Pryor

Morgan Pryor

Romance Writer

Favorite Rom-Com: When Harry Met Sally

Favorite Couple: Nadja and Laszlo in What We Do in the Shadows

Romantic Hot Take: Nesta is a better FMC than Feyre in the A Court of Thorns and Roses series (and A Court of Silver Flames is the best book so far).

Damian Holbrook

Contributor

Favorite Rom-Com: Playing By Heart

Favorite Couple: Brenda and Dylan in Beverly Hills, 90210

Romantic Hot Take: Happy Endings would have run six seasons if they’d gotten Dave and Penny together in Season 2.

Hunter Ingram

Contributor

Favorite Rom-Com: Never Been Kissed

Favorite Couple: Leslie and Ben in Parks & Recreation

Romantic Hot Take: Ryan Atwood and Taylor Townsend are actually pretty great!

Megan Vick

Contributor

Favorite Rom-Com: Penelope

Favorite Couple: Pacey and Joey in Dawson’s Creek

Romantic Hot Take: A Court of Silver Flames ruined Rhysand.

Meredith Jacobs

Contributor

Favorite Rom-Com: You’ve Got Mail

Favorite Couple: Crowley and Aziraphale in Good Omens

Romantic Hot Take: Meredith and Derek were never anything that special.

Meaghan Darwish

Contributor

Favorite Rom-Com: Notting Hill

Favorite Couple: Jamie and Claire in Outlander

Romantic Hot Take: Schmidt and Cece are New Girl’s best couple.

Kelli Boyle

Contributor

Favorite Rom-Com: Singin’ in the Rain

Favorite Couple: Louis and Lestat in AMC’s Interview With the Vampire

Romantic Hot Take: Absolutely nothing in The Bear is hinting at a Carmy-Sydney romance.

Samantha Westfall

Advisor

Favorite Rom-Com: When Harry Met Sally

Favorite Couple: Veronica and Logan in Veronica Mars

Romantic Hot Take: Team Olake in Scandal.