Reality vs. Fantasy

Reading a good book can be an escape from normal life. Just to explore the world that someone has created can be relaxing, exciting, and a stress reliever. And depending on fiction or non-fiction you can learn about the people of the past and their stories through dark or lighter times. Writers intentions for romance novels are to leave readers like you with happiness and hope. Diving in a romance novel allows the imagination run wild with characters from their looks, voice and even their walk. This puts your mind at ease as the main character and become more involved with the actual story. And a romance story isn’t a good one without either a good cliffhanger or a happy ending.

When living through the eyes of a fictional character, you learn they can make mistakes and solve problems surrounding love.  But these lessons you’ll learn has a valid point, for the next you run into ex at a store, or see a stereotypical billionaire playboy. These books teach factual lessons about communication, loyalty, and problem solving both personally or with a partner.

Even though romance novels are supposed to leave the readers not only happy but craving for more there is a stigma of reality vs. fantasy. When romance novels are read it leaves you measuring up the storyline of the fictional boyfriend vs. the reality boyfriend. The time spent reading vicariously through fictional characters can leave you unsatisfied with your actual partner, or sex life because every woman that reads about a hot dominant, rich, loving but also controlling boyfriend is going to compare that to the reality boyfriend or wishing their sex life was as steamy and hot as the novels.