But then, romances with Australian urban settings really are unicorn-like in their rarity, and there’s a whole conversation to be had about what counts as ‘real Australia’ and how this affects romance novels written with an Australian backdrop. (I should note that when I say ‘my part of the world’, Australia is a pretty big country and rural Queensland could hardly be more distant, geographically and culturally/politically, from Melbourne. So when I saw A Girl’s Guide to the Outback on NetGalley, and realised that the author herself is Australian (significantly decreasing the chances of everything being too Fair Dinkum Bonzer Crikey Mate for words), I snapped it up immediately. While there are plenty of amazing Australian romance authors out there, it seems that there isn’t much of a market for romances set in Australia…and so our local authors write stories set in the UK or Europe or the US – exotic for this reviewer, but rather a pity for everyone else. Theme: Enemies to Lovers, Fish Out of WaterĪs an Australian living in Melbourne, I always feel a bit sad that there aren’t more romances set in my part of the world. Genre: Contemporary Romance, Inspirational, Romance
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