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Rant Fest – When female leads and their quick forgiving ways





Welcome to a new topic. It's called Rant Fest. When I post these, it will be me just ranting about something that is bugging me and why it’s bugging me. It will usually be about things that I like but get annoyed with something about it. Like the first topic on hand. I enjoy reading contemporary romance novels. And no, not the ones with the shirtless man holding a model-esque girl with a cowboy hat on. I’m talking about the hot shirtless man without the cowboy hat on =) 

Anyways. 

 My rant begins with this book that I am reading. I won’t mention it because it’s not the story’s fault that is making me write it. It’s something that I have noticed in the last few books that I have read that are similar in plot lines. First, there are like 5 stories that these authors write just in different versions. I also don’t want to name the book because my rant has to do with a major plot point. 

Let’s dive in. 

The plot point that I am talking about is the unexpected pregnancy that comes from...wait for it...having sex without protection. I know this is shocking news. So, time passes and the male and female characters are brought back together after being apart for whatever reason. When the female tells the male about the child, the male always acts like a complete douche canoe. And I mean full monty douche. Starts with them denying it, calling the woman a slut, and how she is trying to trap him.  

Don’t get me wrong. I understand that the male is going to go be crazed and not say the best thing. But what get me annoyed is not what the male does, but what the female does. She just lets him call her all these names and then just accept it and just forget that he did it. In this story in mind, this guy basically accuses of her of turkey basting his sperm. You know what she does? She just lets out a breath and says, ‘Want to see a picture of the baby?’  


I’m sorry but like if someone accused me of turkey basting his sperm after spending weeks of knowing each other, I’m pretty sure that I would not just let that go. There never is the period where the woman stands up for herself and makes the man see what he said and the consequences of his actions? Please can we just have a female character who is strong and stands up for herself? You can still have the alpha male go and woo her afterwards. Just you know a little bit of both would just be dandy.  

Anywhoooo 

That’s all I got for you crazies. Rant over and stay nerdy.  
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