Can Men write Romance? Three Novels Reviewed

Photo by Suhendro Winarso, Indonesia 2021. Creative Commons.

Forgive me for being a little skeptical about a man’s ability to write a satisfying romance novel. I mean, it takes two to tango, so why shouldn’t a man be able to understand what makes for a truly satisfying ending to a love story? Men fall in love with women just as much as women fall in love with men, so why not?

It’s just that my favourite love stories are written by women- the Brontë sisters, Jane Austen, Dodie Smith (I Capture the Castle, 1948), L.M. Montgomery (Anne of the Island, 1915).
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