What I Like to See in A Romance Plot

We love books with romance. Well, most of us do. But there are a ton of ways to go wrong with it. I mean it, bad romance? That’s at least one star less.

I don’t want to turn this into a rant though. I want to talk about why some romance plots work, and others don’t, especially when it’s actually a subplot. Romance books themselves handle the romance a little better, since they have little else in what to support themselves.

But what makes you root for a couple in a fantasy, or sci-book?

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