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assholeinwonderland t1_iu43ppy wrote

If it’s dark romance? Yeah, pretty likely. Anything involving aliens or a billionaire boss also ups the likelihood.

For non-dark stuff, the older a book is the more like it is to have dubious consent. There was a gradual shift ~2005 where the conversation around consent became more similar to today’s understanding.

But if you’re reading recently published, non-dark romance? 2/5 containing on-page SA sounds like bad luck to me.

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enJ0eable OP t1_iu45tyb wrote

This is actually super helpful, thank you! One of the two books was from 2000 and the other one had a millionaire boss in it, so that makes a lot of sense now. 😅

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Llamallamacallurmama t1_iu4szx9 wrote

Yup- the older you go the more likely (I’m looking at you, The Duke and I by Julia Quinn). Also be careful with big status gaps between characters or “dark” romance like other people have said.

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enJ0eable OP t1_iu4uiqn wrote

Guess what the book from 2000 was… 🙃

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assholeinwonderland t1_iu4vl1v wrote

For the rest of the series — An Offer From A Gentleman (Benedict, Book 3) has on page attempted SA by side characters, but IIRC it isn’t in any of the other books

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