Not to mention that of the 50-odd chapters in “Onyx Storm,” only five or so contain “spicy” – or sexual – scenes. Huang said her romance books typically only have three to four.

has become increasingly 'adultified' due to a trend for 'spicy' reads on TikTok, which have replaced the likes of Harry ...

You don’t have to look far in the past to see a time when romance was widely thought of as low-brow or embarrassing, said Katherine Nazzaro, manager of Porter Square Books: Boston Edition.

“The book is about the sexual revolution; spicy stories from the 1960s and 1970s,” Larry said. “It was either a book on basketball, or a sexy, spicy book. I said, ‘How many people are ...

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I personally only read female authors; I love to support other women. What draws me to the books is the ability to escape from my own anxieties and reality. What I did and my opinion are a little ...

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Does popular literature you see on BookTok influence the quality that modern authors are bringing to their books? When it comes to spicy BookTok, I always feel like the books can be hit or miss.

Most noticeably: the romantasy genre, where books combine the elements of romance and fantasy in equal measure. From tropes such as found family and enemies-to-lovers, romantasies create stories ...