Daniela Díaz’s Reviews > Not in My Book > Status Update

I want to be the person you picture when you're reading and dreaming because you're who I picture every single time. I love you. In light and dark, in romance and litfic. In this lifetime and the next.

Rosie, I'm sorry. I love you. You once told me that when you fell in love, you didn't want to have to second-guess what you felt. I've never second-guessed what I feel for you. I know you prefer what's in your books, and I pretend I don't want to be like them, but I do.

"So fucking pretty," he said. "Such a good girl letting me fuck you like this."
"I'm fucking you," I said a little breath-less. "I think you're the one being good."
He smiled against my skin, "Yeah, you are fucking me, baby. You're fucking me real good." In a moment, he flipped us around so he was on top. "I'm gonna fuck you now, okay? Just lay there and look pretty, hmm?"

"Why We All Should Read Romance," and my long-lost confidence in writing romance was suddenly regained. She eloquently expressed why women read romance and how it showed women taking control in their lives while still being desired instead of wholly objectified. And how it had expanded to include different gender identities and become a safe space for people of color.