The smart women fantasising about dragon sex

This week’s bookshop frenzy for a new romantasy title - A Court of Splintered Harmony by Sarah J Maas - prompts some big questions. Why are romantasy plots so silly? Why do smart women love them anyway? And what does it all tell us about men, women and modern love?

Come hither: The sex women want is now a $28bn empire

The self-published ‘Romantasy’ author that sparked a 9-way book auction

Stand back for the hot breath of dragon sex in Onyx Storm

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