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Yet, looking closer, those romantic subplots keep drawing me in. Perhaps I’ve got a heart after all. Is there a type of novel that particularly benefits from having romance sewn into the weave?
Romance makes the darkness a little lighter
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Romance renders a speculative setting more credible
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What do you think?
Where does romance fit in your reading and writing and are there some types of fiction where it matters more than most?