While women read romance novels for all sorts of reasons, the escape they offer – particularly during these times – cannot be overstated. It still delivers the fun of falling in love.” ‘Seasoned romance’ is a term people use, but they also just call it romance because it is just romance. “If the heroine’s passed her childbearing years, that takes out all the accidental pregnancy plots and the pressure to get married and have a baby, especially in historical books. “It’s really awesome the way it changes the story,” says Maya Rodale, author and former romance reviewer for NPR Books, of an older female lead. Book protagonists are becoming more diverse, and now, there are finally more “mature” female characters. Thanks in large part to social media, the genre - much maligned in the ‘80s and ‘90s - is moving past its Fabio phase. Something interesting is going on in the world of romance novels.
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