Four romance reading friends embark on a romance history reading project, based on a BookRiot list, and in this episode, two of them — Leigh Kramer and Hannah Hearts romance — have Flames on the Sides of their Face when talking about the Flame and The Flower by Kathleen E. Woodiwiss. To keep things interesting, we talk less about the book itself and more about questions of reader reception and the relationship between the 1972 text and the romance texts that followed. Have we come a long way, baby, or are we still wallowing in the same whirlpool of sludgey emotions?
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Discussed: The Flame and the Flower by Kathleen E. Woodiwiss
The BookRiot list that inspired the project: https://bookriot.com/most-influential-romance-novels/
Guests:
Leigh Kramer
Hannah Hearts Romance
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