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dangermousie) wrote2010-10-03 10:01 pm
dangermousie) wrote2010-10-03 10:01 pm
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An open letter to romance novelists
After reading a bunch of romance novels and emerging with my sanity sort of intact, here are the four things I want all the romance novelists to note:
1. If I never see the word "rake" in the book title, it will be too soon. Unless said book is about gardening.
2. There were no turkeys in Medieval England. Just trust me on that one.
3. "Her core was molten lava" is never a good thing unless you are describing a mad scientist's doomsday devise.
4. Well-behaved, reserved, socially conscious and conventionally gentlemanly men can be attractive. More so then the undoubtedly syphilis-ridden bad boys with caveman manners you seem to prefer.
I did find two books I really like, which deserve their own post (Suzanne Enoch's England's Perfect Hero and Lisa Kleypas' Because You Are Mine) so not all was wasted.
1. If I never see the word "rake" in the book title, it will be too soon. Unless said book is about gardening.
2. There were no turkeys in Medieval England. Just trust me on that one.
3. "Her core was molten lava" is never a good thing unless you are describing a mad scientist's doomsday devise.
4. Well-behaved, reserved, socially conscious and conventionally gentlemanly men can be attractive. More so then the undoubtedly syphilis-ridden bad boys with caveman manners you seem to prefer.
I did find two books I really like, which deserve their own post (Suzanne Enoch's England's Perfect Hero and Lisa Kleypas' Because You Are Mine) so not all was wasted.
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I've been reading romance novels steadily the last few months. Mostly listening actually.
1. Here, this to infinity. Was the term even that popular in Victorian/Regency England. Rake = really big asshole in quite a few books.
2. Or girls named Jennifer. I stopped reading one last week over that one.
3. That sounds like it was be very bad and painful toward his.... shaft of manliness?
4. Everyone was so damned pretty!
I need some new books. Comments mentioned Kleypas. I'm pretty sure the only of hers I've finished was Again the Magic. I'm giving her another shot although I hate books in a "series".
I like Julie Garwood although her midevils are completely "wallpaper", I think you call it.
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1. They had to have gotten it from somewhere. Whether 19th century or not, I have no idea, but I loathe the term.
2. Jennifer???????????????? My God. The worst I came across was Jason.
3. LOLOLOLOL All the euphemisms for male and female anatomy crack me up. Heroes also frequently have iron thighs. That sounds unpleasant.
I tried one of Kleypa books and liked it - the one mentioned in the post (no idea if it was in a series, but it stood on its own).