[DiapDealer]

I have no problem with people having strict, personal expectations based on genre labels. I just question whether or not they represent the average genre reader by doing so. I don't think such strict adherence to "traditional" genre definitions rules the reading public, myself. I like to think people are a bit more flexible than that. The rise in popularity of genre blurring/blending genre titles leads me to believe I'm not entirely wrong. I (and many others) see genre labels as gateways, rather than fences. They get me in the ballpark. The reviews and the descriptions then tell me the specifics I need to know.