Dear Mandy,
Why don’t readers like strong female leads? Why do they only want innocent and dumb female leads in their books?
Dear Reader,
To properly answer this question, we first need to clarify which readers we’re talking about—because I can assure you, not all readers want innocent or naïve female leads. In fact, I’d argue that many middle-aged women (myself included) gravitate toward books firmly planted in the strong women serving up justice to bad men genre. Those female leads are confident, capable, and unapologetically badass—and that’s exactly what this reader wants.
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