Most noticeably:the romantasy genre, where books combine the elements of romance and fantasy in equal measure.
To some, these kinds of books are the reason they decided to pick up on reading again.
On TikTok, it absolutely dominates in terms of engagement, with over 243 billion views under #booktok.
For many, romantasy books are seen as their safe spaces.
These worlds are a fabulous escape as said by Christina Scott, a social psychology professor at Whittier College.
I love that I can truly escape reality.
Im entering a new world with its own rules and beings, she said.
More so, Im not really a subtle person so I love the extremes that come with this genre.
And while other contemporaries, thrillers, etc.
have these out-of-pocket moments like grand, questionable gestures, thesefantastical worldsarent limited to any norms were used to.
Indeed, logic is a foreign concept.
With romantasy, this might be even more heightened given the sex scenes that may be present.
Mind your business it is really not that hard.
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