As much as I love reading romance, there are a few phrases authors use that I simply cannot handle. The one that makes me immediately roll my eyes is a character saying they felt their ovaries explode. Yeah, right. Ovaries. Exploding. First—ew. Second—what woman is aware enough to feel their ovaries? Or maybe I’m just NOT aware of mine. Third—out of all the anatomical parts of the body to feel desire, why ovaries? I mean, sure, I get the whole thing about a man being so amazing, a woman might think about marriage and babies. But to feel your ovaries explode? Hard pass. Only … I think I get it
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