Chloe Liese

its cracks and bruises bandaged by hope.

it hurts to read it, to feel people love each other the way I’ve always wanted to be loved

mean, romance novels, while focused on romantic relationships, also spend a lot of time excavating the main characters’ interiority—their past wounds, how those drive their present behavior and motivations, what fuels their dynamic with their love interest and the rest of the characters.