Nothing brings a smile to my face like unpacking a box of my old books and finding one of my Nana’s favorite romances amidst the Nancy Drews and Baby Sitters Clubs. She’s the person who fostered my love of reading and introduced me to these bodice rippers when I spent summers with her as a kid. Those days spent on the sofa devouring these puppies with Nana is the reason I’m a romance author today. #romancenovels #lovestories #BodiceRippers

The first part of what looks to be an amazing and incisive series on the complicated history of what we call bodice rippers in the context of laws against marital rape in the late 20th/early 21st century. Not a light essay, but wide-ranging and compelling.

https://restorativeromance.substack.com/p/ripper-restoration-part-1

#RomanceNovels #BodiceRippers #RomanceCritique #LitCrit #CloseReading