For Your Own Good
Beyond Heaving Bosoms by the Smart Bitches
Last night I was rereading the Smart Bitches‘ BEYOND HEAVING BOSOMS because I was in the mood for nonfiction and a few laughs. I cannot recommend this book enough to people for their interesting and well-read insights on the genre, as well as their snarky-yet-intelligent examination of romance, feminism, and fiction.
The other reason I reread was to reassure myself I wasn’t alone.
Alone in what, you ask? You don’t even read romance! True, but tropes that occur in romance novels also occur in romantic storylines and I just wanted to make sure other women found the overbearing alpha male just as obnoxious as I do. Okay, so maybe no one else finds the alpha as obnoxious as I do, but it’s gratifying to know that THERE ARE OTHER PEOPLE who find this hero problematic.
