Rattlesnake kim fielding6/28/2023 ![]() Romance has spread its wings far beyond the tired old tropes to give us diverse heroes, intriguing plots, and surprising settings. ![]() But think of how many pieces of classic literature are romances at heart! Love stories ,” are important. This may, in part, be rooted in misogyny and a general disdain for work associated with women. I’ve heard even fans of romance refer to it as trashy or smut or a guilty pleasure. “A lot of people are dismissive of the genre. ![]() “It’s an especially sweet victory because, traditionally, romance has gotten such a bad rap,” Fielding says. Farview, a love story between a pair of atypical heroes set in a fantasy land where dragons pull carriages and imps dwell in the garden, is the first romance to win the BookLife Fiction Prize. Indie author Kim Fielding considers her BookLife Prize win to not only be an honor for her book-but a victory for the romance genre. ![]()
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