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Compare and contrast Maggie Carson’s and Sydney Blake’s characters. How do their differences and similarities create narrative tension, inform their complex relationship, and further the novel’s explorations of boundaries and communication?

Maybe Now is a contemporary romance novel. Analyze the role that genre tropes play throughout the narrative plot line. Which tropes does Hoover embrace and/or subvert? How do these tropes relate to the novel’s conflicts, stakes, and themes?

Maybe Now is the third and final installment in Hoover’s Maybe Someday Series. Craft an analytical essay that explores the novel in relation to its two prequels. What conflicts does the novel resolve? What themes does it develop? How would the series differ without this installment?