spicy books with cartoon covers & the tiktok-ification of classics 🌶

why do smutty romance books look like they're marketed for children now?

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What does happily ever after look like? by Alice Laing: https://pudding.cool/2023/10/romance-...
itsdivyag: @itsdivyag
"Beauty in Search of Knowledge": Female Readership at the Eighteenth-Century Library by Isabelle Burrows: https://womensprinthistoryproject.com...
The Popularity of Illustrated Cartoon Covers in the Contemporary Romance Genre by Riley Dauber: https://washcollreview.com/2024/05/01...
Fabio Romance Novel Covers: By The Numbers by Book Riot: https://bookriot.com/fabio-romance-no...
How Lady Chatterley's Lover was banned by Nicola Kenny: https://www.bbc.co.uk/culture/article...
Why Does Every Romance Novel Have the Same Cartoon Cover Right Now? by Kayleigh Donaldson: https://www.pastemagazine.com/books/f...
Author colour-coded books to hide the naughty contents and there’s a different shade for each spice level by Alice Giddings: https://metro.co.uk/2022/09/23/author...

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