#71 Breaking Romantic Tropes

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Today we welcome author Abigail Mann to the pod, to discuss the romance genre. Abi shares her honest thoughts on 1 star reviews and how not fitting into a specific genre makes those 1 star reviews unavoidable. Jenny and Abi discuss romantic tropes and then share our favourite books that break them.
Books mentioned
The Lonely Fajita by Abigail Mann
The Sister Surprise by Abigail Mann
The Wedding Crasher by Abigail Mann
Idol by Louise O'Neill
Everyone in This Room Will Someday be Dead by Emily Austin
Who's that Girl? by Mhairi McFarlane
Everything I Know About Love by Dolly Alderton
First Time for Everything by Henry Fry
Animals by Emma Jane Unsworth
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Carmilla by J. Sheridan Le Fanu

Other stuff mentioned

Single White Female (film)
Waitress (film)

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