Brooklyn Love

Why shouldn't Orthodox Jews have the opportunity to read category romance novels? The challenge to the author is to convey attraction and something resembling passion within the constraints of a society that doesn't allow touching before marriage. Unfortunately there are too many one-dimensional characters (all bad/all good) and lots of Big Misunderstandings that could have been cleared up with one conversation. But I give Yael Levy credit for dipping a toe into the romance novel pool and for portraying the richness of the modern Orthodox world. Who knows, maybe one day yarmulke romances will be as popular as Amish “Bonnet” romances.