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Originally Posted by Josieb1
MM romance is extremely varied, we have every sub genre within it as normal genres and there is as many books with little or no sex as there is Xrated. For me personally I'm more interested in the relationship than anything else. I've never read 'normal romance' stories prior to discovering MM romance I read historical and fantasy. I still read those stories but now within the context of MM romance. Since I discovered it back in 2009 I've never read anything else.
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Unfortunately, in so many m/f romance books, our hero must be a gazillionaire and our heroine is too stupid to live. And every guy is dominant.
In m/m romance, our heroes can be plumbers, a glass blower, a gardener, a boater (I've been reading a lot of Jo Myles, can you tell?). It's a much more equal system and no 'to stupid to live' heroines. And in fact, one of my favorite books "Too Stupid To Live" is an m/m romance that pokes fun at that trope.
And as Josie says, it can be as much or as little sex depending on the author. I personally love the Xrated but do read off the page books as well. And it can be all kinds of genres just like in mf - cops/robbers, paranormal, historical, pirates (The Red King).
It's a baby step process, I read a few before I had friends to recommend books and were so-so, but now that's what I read 90% of the time.