You let a straight guy make a career out of doing nothing but thinking about sex and getting women to read about him thinking about sex, whether he'd become a living incarnation of healthy sex positivity or a serial harasser was gonna be a coin toss even under the best starting conditions!

(Obligatory not all men and acquiescence about how this is more a product of toxic masculinity ingrained in society and not because men are just naturally at a notable probability of turning out to be perverts)

This is the best summary I could come up with:

Some people claimed that Arden's talent made up for lackluster characters or mediocre writing: His "deep, sexy voice almost lets the listener forgive Lincoln's oft-repeated references to the state of his package," an AudioFile review of March's book "Richer Than Sin" reads.

Several posts on an anonymous online forum called Tailgram alleged that Arden had sexted and emotionally manipulated authors and fans — aggressively soliciting nudes, for instance, and becoming petulant if he didn't get them.

Before Joe Arden, there was James Patrick Cronin, an actor and improv performer whose red curls and rosy cheeks read more Rice Krispies elf than international man of mystery.

The Sarah J. Maas fantasy-meets-romance series "A Court of Thorns and Roses" sold so well that it single-handedly changed Bloomsbury's financial outlook for 2024; the genre is expected to hit $610 million in sales this year.

Part of the romance world's success during the pandemic, Publishers Weekly wrote, was the special effort it made to engage readers through things like "hashtags, Zoom meetups, and virtual bookstore visits."

Men's Health noted that some narrators eat green apples before recording to dry up saliva, reducing unappetizing moist noises near the microphone, and said that Arden avoided dairy, chocolate, alcohol, and spicy foods.

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