In Defense of the Fluffy Romance Novels

Okay, I think this may turn into a series of blog posts. There are many things I need to address in my writings to defend the "fluffy romance." I myself am an avid reader of fluffy romance novels. I have read more than I care to count and I want no longer to be one of those people who shamefully hang their heads when asked what they read.

Why is it that so many people say that Pride and Prejudice is their favourite book? I'll tell you why, be cause it is an acceptable response (it is also quite a good book). It's a response that people won't scoff at. Sure you can love any contemporary indie novel that you like, but if you happen to enjoy a light funny romance book, then you're shallow and have no taste? I'm sorry but that's bullshit.

So I'm going to address some of the main arguments that people have against romance novels.

The first thing I want to talk about is when people say that romance books are predictable. OF BLOODY COURSE they are predictable. Life is predicable. I am a person and I can guess at how life will work out in certain situations. People are confusing predictable with realistic of the situation. Also they always say they can tell what's going to happen with the plot and how they are going to end up together, the whole point of a romance novel is that they end up together... just saying.

Now, I want to move on to the polar opposite: that romance books are completely unrealistic, that this doesn't happen to anyone in normal life. Again, you are reading fiction. If you dislike situations that arn't about to occur in real life then don't read fictional novels. These are romance novels and their target audiences are people who enjoy romance and love the utter impossibility and confidence that this type of love can exist... even if only in an authors imagination.

There are millions of types of books out there and just a moment ago (literally just a moment ago) my friend asked me what her favourite books were and I said Spellbound, (by Cara Lynn Shultz, REALLY good teenage romance book) and she said no, "that looks lame" I know for a fact that she loved that book, that we fangirled over that book for weeks... but she can't even post it on Facebook that she likes it because it's lame and everyone is posting "adult books."

Screw that for a joke, I strongly dislike those literary snobs who judge people on what novels they read, well at least they read! Unlike so many my age.....

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So really got on a rant there, anyway I'll post more in defense of the fluffy romance later, have a nice week,
M xx

Book Review, To All the Boys I've Loved Before

Title: To All the Boys I've Loved Before.
Author: Jenny Hann.

I didn't know what to expect when I first started reading this book. I had heard a basic plot outline from the person who recomended it to me. So I was curious.
To All the Boys I've Loved Before is about a 17 year old girl, who in order to get over somebody writes them a very deeply felt love letter, which she never sends and keeps in a box below her bed. Predictably you can guess what happens... all the letters get sent, and plot line ensues.
I found this book unpredictable, I did not guess the ending from the reading the first couple of pages (as you can do with most fluffy romance novels... not that I'm complaining) and as the book progressed I fell more and more deeply in love with the characters.
This book seems to check all of my boxes, it has:

• A squeal-worthy romance.
• a sexy bad-boy guy, with a cocky attitude (does it get any hotter?)
• Bad driving.
• love triangles.
• Korean food.
• and, a great family dynamic.

And the last one is what really impressed me about this book, I find stories which include families much better and more relatable than those who seem to leave the family almost completely out. There is many a scene, where the banter between the three sisters leaves you giggling either at the book, or the memories it evokes of your own siblings.

The only downfall I found in this book was that the begining was rather slow. Although, apart from that, I found this book to be a great, fun read. Perfect for a lazy day when you just want a laugh. 

Click here for Goodreads link.

Book Review, The Fault in Our Stars

Title: The Fault in Our Stars

Author: John Green.

       I have a disease. I have an unhealthy addiction to chick-flicks, it is incurable, I am ashamed... and yet: I cannot stop, and worse yet: I don't want to. In my many wasted days spent crying over a character in a movie dying of cancer (see: Keith, A Walk to Remember, Restless etc.) I have never cried as much, not even whilst reading The Book Thief, as I did when I read this book. 

       Although you'd be terribly, fatally wrong if you thought that that put me off the book. No, I pushed through my clouded eyes in order to fully absorb every beautiful word. I always hear about a book that changes a person's life. I hear about a book that makes you think about the world in a different way; that is what The Fault in Our Stars did for me. I now look at phrases and poems and literature and try and see it through Augustus Waters of Hazel Grace's point of view. 

       I not only fell in love with the words used in this book, I fell deeply in love with the characters and their witty, funny and nerdy views on the world. 

      The Fault in Our Stars is brilliant and I commend John Green on spending a decade writing it, this book is worth a decade. This is the first book I ever read where the main character is dying, cancer is commonly written or viewed from the point of a healthy person, perhaps because how do you put into words the thoughts and feelings of a girl who is achingly aware that she is going to die young. Green tackled this challenge and came through a worthy victor. 

      This hauntingly beautiful book is an epic romance of star crossed lovers, it shows the reader a unique view of the world. It will make you think, it will resonate within the recesses of your mind for a long time. This is a book that compels you to want more and re-absorb everything again and again despite the inevitable tears and perhaps why I cried for seventy-nine pages straight, this book reels you in, this book demands to be felt.

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