The problem is, most love stories don’t focus on slow-simmering, shaky romance that takes its time to come to a rolling boil, even though that’s what most of us experience (and that’s if we’re lucky). It’s just not all that interesting. If Jane Austen were alive today, she’d be forced to have Mr. Darcy and Lizzie get together in the first twenty-five pages (also, Darcy would be into sadomasochism). They would never fight about finances or take things the wrong way or get cold feet.
