Horror Aficionados discussion

Hi C. Can you give some examples of books that illustrate your point? I'm a big PNR reader, myself, but I don't love all of them.

I try to stay away from those types of books because they piss me off. Much of the older style historical romances used this theme, usually with rape involved, but I haven't run across any recently. The new trend in paranormal romance is the strong, independent woman who has her choice of gorgeous hunks to choose from and she'll often choose more than one. Give me some titles so I can weed them out of my too huge tbr piles.

She stays because she has never been fuc**d so well.

What have I been missing all these years by not reading PNR?

In a real life we look down on women who stay in an abusive relationship, why would we want to glorify this in our fiction reading.

Is this what happens in PNR books?

Tressa I wouldn't say that about PNR romance in general. I think that what Barkless said is much more prevalent. That storyline is characteristic of bodice rippers. In my experience, typically the hero is very tortured and the heroine helps him to heal. I can't say there aren't any books like that, that's why I was wondering which ones C was referring to. I know that there are some books/series I don't read for various reasons. I think there is a subgenre of paranormal erotica, but I don't care for erotica, so I'm not sure what goes on in those books. But, by and large, I am a huge PNR fan.

Well, all I can say is whatever the subgenre--traditional romance, erotic romance or paranormal--of romance, they all are hugely popular and sell well. I think they all are as ridiculous as the other...but that's just me and just as cliche...I mean, seriously, how many hunky vampires or Buffy-esque vampire/demon slayers can populate the shelves...having said that, publishers continue to churn them out and readers hungrily devour them. Nuff said. And that's all that matters (but I would say that right now PNR is at the top of the heap in terms of popularity, whether it be in romance or sci-fi/fantasy).