#when any genre of book ends on the couples first kiss

I’ve read a couple of romance books now (like three but anyway) because I’ve been getting book fatigue so I’ve been sprinkling them in between my usuals because they’re quick and relatively fun

and I was just wondering if anybody else has it that the dynamic is usually really great up until the 3/5 and/or ¾ mark (the point where the couple usually gets together and are happy for like three scenes) but the book quickly plummets into hell because something relatively stupid has come up to keep them apart because The Narrative mandates a climax? this is my experience of these books literally without fail.