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1. Love triangles that never end, if by the third book the love story is not resolved I won't read further. Also, a liberal use of sex/sexual-tension to get the story moving...unless it's a trashy romance I don't want to have to wade through pages of text to get to the main story.
2. Heroines that are "strong" but when you read about them they are about as storng as a wet noodle, same goes for intelligence...don't tell me someone is amazing show it to me. A lot of chick lit books are like that.
3. Too many characters, I will get confused unless they are very distinct and on a reader it's hard to flip back to double check on the who-is-who.
4. Cardboard characters, mary sue and barry stew types. Same goes for characters of non-white races who are simply walking steryotypes or comic relife.
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