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Originally Posted by maddz
In general, most romance leaves me cold - I do read some, mostly older Regency romances (blame it on my liking for Jane Austen) from the 60s to the 80s, and more modern urban fantasies that aren't paranormal romances (necrophilia and bestiality are far too pervy for my taste).
I also find most romance plots coercive at best and borderline rape fantasy at worst, and most are badly written.
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I've tried rereading some of the romances I loved as a teenager in the 80s, and they've aged even worse than the SF I loved at that time. They really were horribly rapey.
Romance has changed a lot in the last forty years, though. If you like regency romances and are interested in seeing where the genre is now, I suggest checking out
"The Governess Affair" by Courtney Milan, it's a free novella, so it won't require a huge investment of time or money.