tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8473568881173830055.post7465601731749577979..comments2024-03-26T10:21:47.095-05:00Comments on WhiskeyintheJar Romance: Review: Ride HardWhiskeyinthejarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07732905501896356961noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8473568881173830055.post-70344868748643403402017-01-08T12:04:38.292-06:002017-01-08T12:04:38.292-06:00Yes! It completely jars me out of the story. I tho...Yes! It completely jars me out of the story. I thought the whole manic pixie girl craze was over and had addressed this "she's not like all the other women" gross tropes.<br /><br />I say I'm a hero centric reader but I'm still going to stick up and expect my heroine be afforded the respect to be a fully fleshed out characterWhiskeyinthejarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07732905501896356961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8473568881173830055.post-36498728641485224402017-01-07T15:00:37.696-06:002017-01-07T15:00:37.696-06:00I'm with you. I read romance because typicall...I'm with you. I read romance because typically it is written by women for women, and targets to what women are looking for in a romance. When you can clearly tell that the heroine was written to target what men want in a woman, it becomes a less enjoyable experience for me. <br /><br />In fact, this is one of the reasons I'm not as infatuated with romance in a lot of YA books, because the heroines always seem to carry this special "All the men love me because this is what they want in a girl" type of personality trait.<br /><br />It's just really jarring when the female heroine isn't written in a way you can relate with.anicheunghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04354599944470683233noreply@blogger.com