{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6149fd47d2a1320012548e85/63232d3f3081850012d84374?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Unlikable Heroines with (Likable) Guest Author Pippa Grant","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6149fd47d2a1320012548e85/1632256963112-a2ce86e9d49af7dd7b30215a97be4251.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p><em>USA Today</em> and #1 Amazon Bestselling author Pippa Grant is joining us today to talk about unlikable heroines and why they need love too. Plus, we get to hear a little about her romantic comedies! <em>(Fair warning: this talk is more PG-13 than some of our others so don’t listen with kiddos in the car.)</em></p><p><br></p><h2>Highlights:&nbsp;</h2><ul><li>Unlikable heroines need love too</li><li>Not all things marketed as romantic comedy are true comedy</li><li>Pippa’s got a new release coming called Irresistible Trouble</li><li>Dawn and Roni have their RAD Reading After Dark voices going because when we recorded, we were both recovering from COVID</li><li>Unlikable heroine does not mean a badly written heroine</li><li>The double standard for heroines</li><li>Types of unlikable heroines - the b**ch, the achiever, the sexually liberated heroine, the messy heroine, true female villains</li><li>Why authors try not to read their own reviews</li><li>Roni has <em>feelings </em>about Fatal Attraction</li><li>“Cool motive. Still murder.” – Dawn</li><li>Roni’s meanest heroine</li><li>Our reading recs for books with unlikable heroines</li><li>Our RAD recs of the week</li></ul><p><br></p><h2><a href=\"http://www.roniloren.com/radreadingpodcast/2022/9/15/episode-32-unlikable-heroines-with-likable-guest-author-pippa-grant\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to get the full show notes, including links to all of our recommendations and anything else we mentioned in the show.</a></h2><h2><br></h2><h2>Find us online:</h2><ul><li>Our guest author: <a href=\"https://pippagrant.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Pippa Grant</a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/radreadingpodcast/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">RAD Reading on Instagram</a></li><li><a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/radreadingpodcast\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">RAD Reading Facebook Page</a></li><li><a href=\"https://roniloren.com/radreadingpodcast\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">RAD Reading Website</a></li><li><a href=\"https://roniloren.com/radreadinglist\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">RAD Rec Master List</a></li><li>Connect with Roni on her <a href=\"http://www.roniloren.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">website</a> or <a href=\"http://www.instagram.com/roniloren\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">@roniloren</a> on Instagram</li><li>Connect with Dawn on her <a href=\"https://www.dawnalexanderbooks.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">website</a> or <a href=\"http://www.instagram.com/dawnalexanderbooks\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">@dawnalexanderbooks</a> on Instagram</li></ul><p><br></p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Roni Loren and Dawn Alexander"}