Fiction
If Princesses had Used Tinder
by María Monrabal
If Princesses had Used Tinder, by María Monrabal. Paula is a twenty-three-year-old girl who has just arrived in Madrid to work at Vogue magazine. After an unexpected break, she decides to open a profile in Tinder with no other intentions than to distract herself with someone. However, she starts talking with an interesting young man: Gonzalo, a publicist with whom she begins to befriend online against all odds. Trying to set aside the prejudices related to Tinder and the fact that she is not yet ready for a relationship, they both decide to meet, in order to really know each other and be themselves, without thinking about the logical times that a relationship should follow, skipping the typical games of the first contact where it seems that showing one’s feelings is prohibited… When they begin to trust that this relationship can have a future, their job ambitions interfere and Gonzalo thinks he can’t refuse a very good job offer in a very far away country. At the same time, Paula is doing very well at her job and doesn’t think about leaving it to follow Gonzalo into the unknown. However, they decide to turn that reality around, make the most ouf ot the time they are left before Gonzalo leaves, and begin to write down a list of all the things they have to do before saying goodbye. In this way, they think, their forthcoming farewell will not be so bitter. Deep down, however, that decision hides another truth: the hope that they keep on building something that does not end, and that makes them rethink what is really worth in life: whether to pursue one’s professional dreams or to pursue love. In addition to this main plot, other stories take place in the background of Paula's friends: they are a group of boys anf girls in their twenties, who care about their jobs but also about squeezing the most out of life. Love stories, hopes, crazy weekends, prejudice-free sex through applications, breakups, disappointments, comings and goings ... In short, a very thoughtful and realistic reflection about what it is like to love today for the youngest generation, and a questioning of the idea of love that this new generation has inherited. And all this in fresh, page-turning, moving and fun novel that reminds us of a modern ‘The Evil Wears Prada’, with touches of the acclaimed TV series ‘Sex Education’.
