So what is manipulation exactly...?

Manipulation is the action of controlling someone or something something for one's
advantage in an often unfair and dishonest way. It can be categorized in one of two ways.

Inter-manipulation: Between the two characters

Extra-manipulation: Caused by an outside influence

Manipulation in the context of romance as a genre across media does not stray far from the given definition. On this blog, we will be looking into manipulation expressed in the genre of
romance for different forms of media, genres, and even eras of literature. For this blog, we based our decisions around movies from the 2010s and different genres of literature from a wide range of publishing dates in order to illustrate the long lasting relationship that manipulation has had with romance literature in particular.

A Lady's Manipulation Is Very Rapid

Here's the link to our Buzzfeed quiz! Tell us in the comments which romance heroine you are!

Which romance heroine are you based on your manipulation style?