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Originally Posted by 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.
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People change, industry standards change and so do overall tastes, which can affect labels. I don't think most readers get too hung up on the labels. Someone above said Stephanie Plum isn't a romance. To me, it's a romance. Sure, it lacks that happily ever after SO FAR, but it certainly has a lot of the same elements of a romance. In every book, girl gets her man and there's a happily ever after of sorts for that book. It's deliberately left open so that we can enjoy the tension and chase in the next book (until you just get sick of the whole ploy). It still has the chase, the tension, and generally the payoff (even if it isn't marriage.)