I think it depends on what romances you have read. The genre itself is broad and you've only focused on one aspect of it, it would understandably color your perception of what to expect.
This particular work, on the surface, is about whether our main character and others are able to secure good marriages. Sounds mundane, doesn't it? The author, Jane Austen, however, is able to take an everyday occurrence and write a fascinating web of character relationships, motivations, and how social conventions and personal failings can prevent one from finding happiness.
[... Okay, she got verbose there but Amelia isn't a literature teacher just because; she truly is passionate about stories.
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This particular work, on the surface, is about whether our main character and others are able to secure good marriages. Sounds mundane, doesn't it? The author, Jane Austen, however, is able to take an everyday occurrence and write a fascinating web of character relationships, motivations, and how social conventions and personal failings can prevent one from finding happiness.
[... Okay, she got verbose there but Amelia isn't a literature teacher just because; she truly is passionate about stories.
She hits 'Send.']