As far as romance goes, it's a prickly thing. I don't mind it in the store if it's natural and not forced. But when you can obviously say, yes, it's going to happen and it does, that kind of spoils things.
I read The Ark in July and you could just feel the romance before it even started. But having read Killing Floor, the romance did not feel like forced or unnatural. So when the romance is not so obvious until it happens, it's ok. But when it's stariung you in the face before it happens, it's just feels forced.
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