I first came across the “Smart Bitches’, Trashy Books” website when I was doing some initial research into paranormal romance as a part of a project that culminated in a paper on the Twilight Saga.
There is a serious side to their project, however, which is that while romance fiction should not be condemned merely because of its genre, nor should it be exempt from thorough and honest critical scrutiny. I snorted and chortled my way through this volume, enjoying the ‘salty’ prose and irreverent love of romance novels. It was a gift from a very good friend who knows of my long-standing interest in the discourse of romance, even if I don’t qualify as an aficionado of the romance novels Wendell and Tan are expert in.
I often had it to hand on the kitchen table and would snatch it up for a brief moment of ‘headspace time’ amid the usual domestic chaos. Based on Wendell and Tan’s website that deals with all things romance fiction, this volume was a great read in those spare moments between trips to the supermarket and marking piles of papers – much like the best of the genre fiction they cover.
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