Hey Bibliophiles! Today we are breaking it down with Mandy aka theromancerolodex. Follow her on Instagram! And support Pettit Perspective on Instagram and Tiktok.
Today we discuss:
• Fifty Shades walked so the current romance genre could run.
• Dark romance 101. Mandy is here to discuss definitions, and brace yourself for a spoiler discussion of Hunting Adeline.
• "Clean romance" and what Mandy thinks about faith based judgements on the smut readers.
• Can you be a feminist and dark romance girlie? Mandy gives her take.
• Do romance books give women impossible standards? Or are they not looking at what truly makes the romance genre so likeable?
• THE. CAKE. ANALOGY. Mandy's answer to "Aren't all romance books the same?"
• Does romantasy always equal a slow burn?
• Can thrillers have happily ever afters too?
• Book banning, and how censorship is truly terrifying.
