Okay, after already wanting to write a blog post on squicky gender stuff and then reading the one you already made, I am doubly sure that I should make one!
Because you're right: It is troubling what kind of message these books are sending about gender and "what is romantic?".
(And, unlike you, the quality of the prose IS a huge reason of why I don't like these books as well).
(As a librarian I feel some obligation to read all the popular teen books. They paid me enough to start Eclipse, but not enough to finish it...)
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Okay, after already wanting to write a blog post on squicky gender stuff and then reading the one you already made, I am doubly sure that I should make one!
Because you're right: It is troubling what kind of message these books are sending about gender and "what is romantic?".
(And, unlike you, the quality of the prose IS a huge reason of why I don't like these books as well).
(As a librarian I feel some obligation to read all the popular teen books. They paid me enough to start Eclipse, but not enough to finish it...)
LOL!