Episode 15: Romance Tropes
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Episode 15: In this show, we depart from our usual analysis of YA literature and instead discuss adult romance-novel tropes that persistently beguile and bedevil us.
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SHOW NOTES
Our Current Reads
Carrie:
Baader-Meinhof: The Inside Story of the Red Army Faction by Stephan Aust
Orleans by Sherrie L. Smith
Christa:
Luckiest Girl Alive by Jessica Knoll
The Smaller Evil by Stephanie Kuehn
“Translation: All this twaddle merely is saying, ‘Hi, I’m Andreas Baader, a sociopathic dick.'”
References
What the hell is a “manther” anyway?
The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
Roxane Gay’s Outlander recaps: here, here, & here
“I feel so objectified.”
Romance Trope: The Virgin Hero
Unclaimed by Courtney Milan
Off-Campus by Amy Jo Cousins
Taking Him by Jackie Ashenden
Romance Trope: The Indestructible Male
The Spymaster’s Lady by Joanna Bourne
The Master by Kresley Cole
Say Yes to the Marquess by Tessa Dare
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