The phrase “see attached bibliography” is the single sexiest thing you have ever written to me.
I think the most important thing a romance novel needs to do is make the reader believe these two people would fall in love. What do they see in each other? Why would this person love that one? There are a lot of reasons for Alex and Henry, but a huge one is how deeply intellectual, cerebral, and obsessive about books and history both of them are. A similar moment to this one is when Henry is going on about history in the V&A and Alex just kisses him mid-sentence. They both are incredible smart people, and they are both attracted to incredibly smart people. Put more plainly: nerds love nerds.
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Henry and Alex love is so pure and realistic.
They come to an inderstanding of each other and how they take in each others similarties.