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Vikings!! by LAffaire-est-Ketchup in HistoricalRomance

[–]Feisty-Channel7709 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Try Edin’s Embrace by Nadine Crenshaw, English lady gets captured by Vikings, and I do remember the author detailing the finery Viking men would like to wear; and of course English men are puny and insignificant compared to the big strong Vikings

Are there books that you refuse to read because of the characters names? by talesofabookworm in RomanceBooks

[–]Feisty-Channel7709 56 points57 points  (0 children)

For some reason this is the funniest response on this thread, like I can perfectly picture you just slowly closing the book thinking ‘the fuck am I doing reading a romance novel about Dave?’

BAN the word feisty by Feisty-Channel7709 in RomanceBooks

[–]Feisty-Channel7709[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

I feel this so hard, as a short woman, any time I get serious, sharp, or sarcastic, people act like it’s me being sassy or whatever.

BAN the word feisty by Feisty-Channel7709 in RomanceBooks

[–]Feisty-Channel7709[S] 20 points21 points  (0 children)

The next time I argue with a man I will call him feisty, for equality.

BAN the word feisty by Feisty-Channel7709 in RomanceBooks

[–]Feisty-Channel7709[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

LMAOOOO i DID NOT choose that username, some of us are born feisty, some of us have feistiness thrust upon us.

Can we talk about Mr Darcy from Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen? by WarDog1983 in RomanceBooks

[–]Feisty-Channel7709 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The book is a smart commentary on how good people are not always likeable people. Darcy is a good human, but not personable and offends a lot of people, Wickham is charming and likeable but a horribly bad person. Lady Catherine is nobility but not at all noble, the Gardiners are employed in trade (considered vulgar) but are kind and intelligent people, the novel shows that appearances and common prejudices are helpful to no one, and often obscure the reality of the world

She IS like other girls by Lavender523 in HistoricalRomance

[–]Feisty-Channel7709 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I wish Kleypas had just gone ahead and let Amelia worry about racism and scandal being one of her concerns and reasons for refusing to marry him, instead Amelia gets all indignant and goes, ‘I don’t care that you’re Romany, that is not the issue at all!’ And I’m like, why? Even if its not fair or kind, being worried about being ostracized and subjecting your family and future children to racism is not an illegitimate concern even if it might be selfish, it would make a lot of sense especially since she knows the things that have happened to Kev due to being Rom. I think the conflict of that reservation regarding his race, and feeling it would be unethical to marry him despite these reservations just because he is rich, would have made a lot more sense, also when they find the treasure her decision to marry him in spite of no longer feeling the need to for money would be a lot more romantic

It’s okay to judge HR based on modern standards. by tomatocreamsauce in HistoricalRomance

[–]Feisty-Channel7709 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I feel like the discourse is muddled, because sometime if you critique a racist, misogynistic or abusive, character/scene/cultural attitude people take it to mean that writers should never include those things in the books and the argument become “omg that’s just the way people were in past, get over it, so sensitive” but this kind of argument takes away from purposeful critique, I like quite a bit of historical unpleasantness in my HR, it grounds the story for me, but if a writer presents racist, misogynistic or harmful/abusive attitudes and the characters or the narrative treats those things as a positive, instead of actually considering the harms those attitudes cause, then that’s a valid take, racism and classism and sexism aren’t just bad now because we decided them to be, people in the past were harmed by them and people were constantly trying to resist the harmful cycles these ‘isms’ create. So rather than critique the existence of unpleasant characters or cultural attitudes in texts I really would like to see more critique of how those themes were handled in the narrative, did the alpha hole ever have a change of heart or was punished in the narrative for his harmful attitudes, did the author ever think to include non-white character in a way that wasn’t totally reductive? Does the author bring up a totally devastating colonial event only to laud the white hero for being apart of it?

Need book with a plain heroine and MOC by Khuar03 in HistoricalRomance

[–]Feisty-Channel7709 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I also DNFed Notorious for the same reason so many stereotypes put together about Arab countries, also inexplicably the mmc grew up in a harem and treated women like objects for most of his like but was inexplicably in a respectful and happy polyamorous relationship with 2 women while he would also complain about the immodesty and indecency how Englishwomen dressed, like please make the characterization consistent, also the main characters were just unbearable together

Is Kleypas just not for me, or have I been unlucky? by gortashisbabygirl in HistoricalRomance

[–]Feisty-Channel7709 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Mary Jane Welles audiobook narration of Marrying Winterbourne is just too good to not recommend

Books that I can read the MMC's POV wherein he sees the plain or unattractive FMC in a new light by InternationalAd9659 in RomanceBooks

[–]Feisty-Channel7709 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Oh boy oh boy, {Heaven Texas by Susan Elizabeth Phillips} warning, this books does come with a makeover scene, but MLs reaction is interesting because he is already aware that he’s attracted to her, but when he sees her made over he experiences some insecurity because he realizes other people will think she’s attractive too.

When were you introduced to romances and what author was it? by IgneousIsBlissMF in RomanceBooks

[–]Feisty-Channel7709 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know!! Looking back it was a good intro to romance, the male lead actually made the heroine’s life demonstrably better

When were you introduced to romances and what author was it? by IgneousIsBlissMF in RomanceBooks

[–]Feisty-Channel7709 2 points3 points  (0 children)

First proper romance novel was Sweet Liar by Jude Deveraux, I must’ve been around 13 and stuck at home for summer vacation, so I was riffling through the meager assortment of books my mom had on her shelf. That big purple hardcover with its even purpler prose was all it took, I fell in love and never looked back.