15 reasons why you should read love stories.

Actually several reasons, but I read them for two primary reasons.

• First, they are simple, breezy, uncomplicated, and so, light read for my brain to relax and enjoy.
• Second, I like the happy, bright, good feelings at the end of reading one. Don’t you?

But for readers who need more persuasive arguments or are yet on the threshold and need a stronger push to take the plunge, here’s more.

• The apparent reason - To read about an ideal and true love. We don’t get flowers and chocolates and gifts every day. Everyday life is boring, so why not spark it up by reading about romantic love.
• Read romance because it’s predictable – happily ever after. It’s a powerful ending, and please remember that.
• Read romance for the banter and humor between the leads. I love it, and it’s so lively.
• To read about sex. Please don’t shy away, it’s a part of our life, so why not read about it. Don’t we read about finance and cooking and parenting?
• For the ideal men portrayed in them. Tall, dark, and handsome, along with honest, respectful, kind, loving, and romantic. They make us hopeful.
• To want to compare our relationship with the books.
• To those who are as yet single, be hopeful of finding ideal and true love someday.
• To read about superhuman female power.
• To learn from mistakes, the characters make in love and their relationships.
• To let our imagination run wild. Fiction, as a genre, enhances imagination. That is the reason book lovers end up discontent with movie adaptations of books because this is not how you imagined it.
• Romance helps grow our understanding of other people. It encourages empathy.
• Because it’s the most popular genre worldwide, that’s why.
• Because they’re written for women by women (it’s right 90% of the time), everything centered on a woman. And I am a woman.
• Because e-readers are here, and so are audiobooks, and I read the Fifty Shades trilogy on my Kindle. You don’t have to be ashamed of reading erotic romance in public now.
• Because they came in so many flavors, you’ll be amazed at the sub-genres you’ll find. Read on for details.

These reasons enough for you? Well, I love romantic books and don’t shy away from admitting it.

Am I a book lover only if I read books that need dictionaries or a stiff drink to make me understand their depth? Of course not.

So let me further into the romance journey and help you find your next read by telling you what to look for in a good romance novel.

What makes a good romance novel?

In my opinion, just two things:

• First, the Plot – the whole love story. It has to be unique in some way. Maybe the era it is set I or the landscape it is built on or the whacked up character couples it is based.
• Second the ending. Whatever the struggle, the hesitation, and the challenges, the end needs to be happy and satisfying. That’s the whole point.

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What are the different types of romance novels?

Contemporary/classic – 1950 to current. It focuses on the relationship.

Historical – Stories set before 1950-Wartime love stories.

Erotic – strong explicit sexual interaction is a significant part of the story. It includes detailed graphic sex scenes.

Paranormal – fantasy world romances. Vampires, Werewolves, Ghosts, demons, magical beings, and futuristic beings are all part of the loving couples.

Suspense – romances with an underlying plot of a crime or thrill or suspense.

Young Adult – the lives of teenagers and their issues are explored as an integral part of the love story.