I have a love-hate relationship with romance novels. Growing up I tended to devour all the horror novels I could lay my hands on while mocking my mother’s fascination for her Harlequins. My grandmother had her books too, but according to my mom, they weren’t exactly age appropriate. As if the heaving bosoms squeezed against Fabio on the covers weren’t much of a clue. The irony was that I was reading Anne Rice and Stephen King at 13.<\/p>\n
In high school I cracked open one of those Harlequins and found it boring, yet I was actively worshipping Victoria Holt. That was until I realized all the storylines were the same. So I had to find my romance somewhere else. Unfortunately, my tastes in genres left little to affairs of the heart. Mostly, relationships ended tragically, yet the good guys still saved the day.<\/p>\n
Now that I have a Kindle, I’ve been buying books left and right. I even bought a few romance novels, yet after reading them I’ve discovered that they’re still cliche and boring. Characters are poorly developed, sometimes under the pretense of supposed misunderstandings and a serious nature. Really? Girl meets boy. Girl hates herself thus she can’t get the boy. Boy enjoys girl’s insecurities and proceeds to lambast such traits. Sex, sex, sex. Bam! Boy gets girl.<\/p>\n
It’s just not my cup of tea. So then why did I just buy another romance book? Maybe because it was advertized as a historical fantasy? Give me alternate histories any day. And it was only 99 cents! <\/p>\n
Please don’t make me regret it.<\/p>\n
PS and by the way. Was La Boheme excerpted in Phantom of the Opera? I’m listening to Puccini’s opera right now and I’m getting major flashbacks of Carlotta’s singing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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