Why are women so fascinated by these novels?
A subgenre of literature — a cross between “romance” and “fantasy” called “romance” — has grown in popularity on social media, where members of the #BookTok community talk about unquestionable, racy fiction that’s been dubbed “fairy” . pornography.”
The books in question — namely A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas and Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarro — got their nicknames from the steamy, X-rated scenes between the pages, making Gen Z and millennial bookworms. both blush and rage at the deeds.
“For me, this is the literary equivalent of a junk food – lots of fun, a bit of shame and something you can’t wait to go home to all day,” an anonymous 30-something source told The Telegraph.
“He also manages to achieve the rare feat of achieving male characters who are both extremely stereotypically masculine – lots of muscle and dominant tropes, and obviously dirty sex – but also feminine, with lots of fragility and emotional depth. Don’t ask me why, but it’s about the wings…”
“Fourth Wing” has been described as “The Hunger Games” meets “50 Shades of Grey,” according to the Daily Mail. Meanwhile, “A Court of Thorns and Roses”, abbreviated as “ACOTR”, has been called “smut”.
“These books are so dirty that I like them. I have a lot more to read since I was late to the party so I can read more… this is great,” wrote one TikTok content creator.
A line in “A Court of Mist a Fury,” the sequel to “ACOTR,” read, “With a long claw he tore silk and lace, and my breeches fell to pieces.”
And, yes, women are reading this X-rated content in public.
“Reading ‘ACOTR’ in public is a test to control your face,” said someone else on TikTok.
The lure of books, according to The Guardian, is obvious: “It’s cheaper than travel and more fun than therapy.”
“People talk about escapism, but this is the real thing: exciting and completely otherworldly than anything in my life,” another anonymous source told The Telegraph, saying they are “a bit obsessed” with ACOTR. .
While avid TikTok readers say they don’t “know what to do” with themselves after the book series ends, Chloe Burrows, a reality TV star from the dating show Love Island, even went so far as to say she had fallen “in love” with the novel’s hero, Rhys, and was “desperate” she was at the end of the series.
“I honestly can’t imagine a life where I’m not thinking about ‘ACOTAR’. I’m obsessed,” she said in a recent TikTok clip. “Sometimes I catch myself in the middle of a conversation thinking about it, I think about it all day. I think it’s because I’m in love, I’m in love with Rhys.”
In fact, the “romance” novels have become so popular that “ACOTR” will be adapted for the screen into a Hulu TV series, while “Fourth Wing” will be produced by Amazon MGM Studios.
Casting has not been announced for either project.
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