• Bookish Talk

    Three Things I Wish to See More in (Contemporary Romance) Books

    For most of the past semester, I went through a reading slump of sorts. I didn’t necessarily stop reading, but everything I found myself reading was as a result of stress, and they were all fluffy, contemporary romances. You know, the kind of story where Person A meets Person B, sparks fly, conflict happens, and they live happily ever after. During my stress-induced romance binge, I noticed some things that got me thinking. So, here are three things I wish to see more in romance books. Characters with STDs. I went right to the heavy stuff, didn’t I? But don’t you wonder about the characters that go through “ho phases”,…