/lit/ - Literature

I am someone who loves romance in novels. I read YA and romance. However, I hate novels that are mundane… like normal, regular people jobs. I hate friends to lovers. I would rather not read romcoms.
I like mafia romances and I love fantasy where it’s a mortal x supernatural or supernatural x supernatural. I love drama and tension then the moment characters actually get together. I love angst, aggression on both sides and unhinged male love interests. I also like bittersweet over happy endings.

A lot of women into the romance genre love to read the official definition of Romance by the genre which ends with a HEA. They say they like that because they want to escape into these books. I prefer to not know where the ending is heading. I also like to cry.

I also don’t need explicit sex scenes… i get off on slow burn… the tension thru dialogue, touches, uncomfortable moments, etc.

Is anyone else like this? What does this say about me?