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I dunno, its really not much better than erotica, if the alternative was cock I guess so but penis isn't bad. Better than 'shaft'. I wonder if they have it in their heads that women like that kind of flowery talk?
I think I started a thread last year about romance novels and what I hate about them, so I'm probably repeating myself again but I think the worst thing is the trope where the woman is a virigin but the man is much older and sexually experienced, and the whole thing kinda reads like the man is teaching her what the hell sex is. I found an old book in my aunt's attic once, don't remember the name but it was about this cowboy screwing a native chick and she didn't even know what a kiss was, apparently. In Dark Hunter she wasn't a virgin but apparently that was an issue. What a charmer!
Anyway, I really recommend Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson if you're reading YA novels, it was my absolute favourite in high school. I've been meaning to buy it again, lent it to someone and they never gave it back, story of my life. I didn't like her other novels much, not particularly bad but not as good as Speak.
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