🥒 We read a Harlequin romance novel and we have THOUGHTS. 🥒

This week, we're paying tribute to the genre that built the foundation for romantasy: classic romance novels. We picked up a Harlequin, read it cover to cover, and now we're breaking it down and the history of romance novels.

In this episode:

✨ Our full review - the plot, the tropes, the steam

✨ What surprised us, what made us laugh, what made us swoon

✨ The history of romance novels and how they changed publishing

✨ How Harlequin revolutionized the industry

✨ The tropes that started in romance and live on in romantasy

✨ Why romance novels matter and what they gave us

We're diving into:

💚 The evolution of romance from bodice rippers to modern love stories

💚 How romance novels fought stigma and became a powerhouse genre

💚 The alpha heroes, the meet-cutes, the happily-ever-afters

💚 What romance taught us about consent, passion, and happy endings

This is our love letter to the books that came before romantasy. The books that proved love stories deserve to be taken seriously. The books that gave generations of readers escapism, hope, and the guarantee of a satisfying ending.

Without romance novels, there would be no romantasy. This is where it all started. 💚

Have YOU read a classic romance novel? What did you think?

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