See in particular: Chapter 6, "Romances and Revisions: The Junior Novel and the New Nancy Drew"; Chapter 7, "Romance Meets Reality: Girls' Series Fiction and the Second Wave of Feminism"; Chapter 8, "Sweet Dreams for Teen Queens: Romance Renaissance in the Regan Era.
Carolyn Carpan’s Sisters, Schoolgirls, and Sleuths: Girls’ Series Books in America (2009) investigates the history of girls’ series books, with a specific nod to romance as a dominant genre rising in the 1940s and 1950s, and the revival of 1980s teen romance in both standalone and soap opera series formats. She argues against the negative view held by second-period critics. (178-179)
See in particular: Chapter 6, "Romances and Revisions: The Junior Novel and the New Nancy Drew"; Chapter 7, "Romance Meets Reality: Girls' Series Fiction and the Second Wave of Feminism"; Chapter 8, "Sweet Dreams for Teen Queens: Romance Renaissance in the Regan Era.
Amanda K. Allen, in her chapter in The Routledge Research Companion to Popular Romance Fiction, states that: