I can’t be bothered to find the quote, but at one point the author took the time to describe macaroni and cheese, creamy and cheddary.  And it was about an alien, only she wasn’t describing it for the alien, who’d probably never had it, but by the male character, who ate it all the time (??)  She chose to describe the most ridiculous aspects of the story.  An erection like a steel spike.  But, you know, romance novel and all. 

It was bad. 

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