In Raven Leilani's Luster (FSG, 2020), Megan Nolan's Acts of Desperation (Little, Brown and Company, 2021), Sheena Patel's I'm a Fan (Graywolf, 2022) or Emma Cline's The Guest (PRH, 2023), we see this narrative trend.
Neither clueless nor defenseless, these protagonists are independent and brave. Yet, they're trapped in the contradiction of having inherited romantic ideals that they deny.
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