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Originally Posted by moonshot
I have never read a fantasy or vampire book apart from Dracula, which is a classic. But that's is not to say I would not enjoy one if I did read it. 'Half Bad' is the latest vampire book, again I referred to it a few posts ago. The author was interviewed last week on the BBC. It was her first book, the script was accepted straight away and the film rights were bought before the book even got released. Vampires must be 'hot' at the moment.
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"Hot" is the wrong term for it. You should have said "blazing hot", or "has expanded to stratospheric proportions." Since Twilight came out, "Vampire Romance" is it's own genre, but most publishers (and sites) have not yet realized it. Both the Fantasy and Romance genres are
***SWAMPED WITH THAT UTTER CRAP***.
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To make my opinion on the genre clear so all doubt may be forever removed, I've accentuated it to some small degree. (Damn. Reading Professor Challenger seems to have had some unintended side-effects with regard to my way of expressing myself
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Even the best and most masterfully constructed Vampire Romance novel wouldn't be for me. I've only read a part of Twilight, but it just feels
wrong to me. Vampires aren't supposed to be like that; not for me, at least.