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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] Checked some of the recommendations and I can’t get passed the cheesy book covers :([/quote]

Do you mean old school [url=https://bookriot.com/clinch-covers-on-romance-novels/]clinch covers[/url] or do you mean the new illustrated covers? There's a lot of discussion in the bookish community about clinch vs illustrated vs discreate (no people) covers. Some say that women have always preferred discrete covers and men were the original buyers of books with clinch covers.

This is an interesting article...
https://bookriot.com/illustrated-romance-book-covers/
[QUOTE]Romance is a genre written by women that, while not exclusively, offers a space where women are the heroines, where women are given power and autonomy, and where women find romantic and/or sexual satisfaction. Women have agency in romance.

But given the cute-factor of the covers and the ease with which those cute covers can push those books onto lists and recommendations as “YA,” women’s agency is seen as part of the cute-factor itself. Sure, romantic comedies are meant to be fun and lighthearted and there’s power in seeing such inclusive rom coms on book shelves. But, the illustrated covers lend themselves to easy miscategorization by readers, speaking to the ease at which the aspects of agency and empowerment are but costumes and performances by women, as opposed to part and parcel of who they are at heart.[/QUOTE][/quote]

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