With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, love is in the air. Everywhere you go, you see pink and red hearts, conversation candy, and “love” written on everything. You can’t help but want to read a good romance book at this time of year. However, most readers know that the truth is: romance isn’t seasonal, and romance books deserve more love and attention year-round. Below, we’ll dive into why this is.
Let’s get started!
Romance Meets Readers’ Emotional Needs All Year
Romance isn’t just about celebrating love and providing our significant other with a grand gesture in February. It’s about personal growth and growing together, chemistry, deep connections, bonds, healing, and real emotions. These types of emotions are ones that readers crave all year long.
Fall In Love In Every Season
There are romance books that follow seasonal themes that meet readers’ needs, like a summer fling, a cozy fall romance, or a Christmas love story. This way, you can enjoy a good love story no matter the season.
Romance Is A Versatile Genre
The one incredible thing about this book genre is how versatile it is. Romance can easily and naturally flow in several different genres, such as:
- Historical fiction
- Fantasy
- Mysteries (especially cozy mysteries)
- Contemporary fiction
Romance Fits Every Stage Of Life
Readers often like to read about events they can either relate to or are currently going through. It gives them common ground and something they can empathize with. One thing about romance books is that they grow with the reader. There’s bound to be a book for every stage of life that the reader could relate to, such as:
- The single era
- First love
- Long-distance love
- Happily married
- Divorce and rewriting your story
- And more!
Romance Books Can Relate To Messy Life Situations
Let’s be honest, life isn’t perfect. It can get messy, but sometimes growing and evolving as a person can be beautiful, which is often incredibly represented in romance books. Romance books show:
- Love lost and found
- Heartbreak and second chances
- Finding self-love and confidence after overcoming hardships
These are the kind of real romance stories that need to be shared, read, and celebrated all year long.
Final Thoughts
In the end, romance books don’t belong to one single month a year. These kinds of stories are designed to bring love, deep connection, and emotion to readers past February.
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