Review: Romantic Escapes: Post-Millennial Trends in Contemporary Popular Romance Fiction, ed. by Irene Pérez Fernández and Carmen Pérez Ríu

Romantic Escapes: Post-Millennial Trends in Contemporary Popular Romance Fiction is a collection of essays aimed at expanding and exploring popular romance studies outside of the U.S. context. The introduction chapter provides an overview of romance studies by separating romance critiques into three distinct waves. The first wave of romance studies viewed the genre as a