Allure by Melissa Andrea7/7/2023 A well-written sex scene can explore pleasure, consent, emotional intimacy, and the dynamics of attraction. "TikTok, in particular, really brought the genre to the mainstream and allowed non-romance readers to realize that there is a lot more to the genre than bare-chested men on the covers," she says.īeyond carnal pleasure, there's more power in the sex scenes depicted in these books. Kennedy acknowledges the app's power when it comes to attracting new readers. Caroline now shares weekly "coffee chat" videos, in which she reviews her week in reading by analyzing each book's themes or literary elements. Caroline Green of turned to TikTok because "none of friends were really big readers" and #BookTok and #BookTok gave her a chance to discover new-to-her romance reads like Sarah MacLean's historical romance series Love by Numbers. Now, her content includes romance book reviews and academic discussions about sex and intimacy in literature, and she says TikTok has given her "a really great place to find community" among fellow romance readers. Like many creators, Sanjana Basker's BookTok following "started out as an accident." At one point, Basker devoured 500 romance novels in the span of four months. Readers are more vocal than ever about reading - and enjoying - sexually explicit novels. Gill isn't the only one: Social media creators are leading the spicy romance renaissance right now.
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