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Originally Posted by Sirtel
Of course. As is the case with romance in general. It's comfort food for women. How many men want to read romances, let alone write them? The male equivalent is action adventure, I believe. If set in a fantasy world, the male protagonist often has a harem.  |
I'm a bloke and I want to read romance: I also expect the writer to try to spin a story. These days, the only chance I'm not thrown some millionaire (or even billionaire) with a sob story/score to settle is to sidestep the guys altogether and go for lesbian romance. Carsen Taite, for example, doesn't necessarily throw me more interesting romances (although in a good day she can), but usually the whole setups on how characters have to navigate legal mazes are credible and well done.
Love is complicated and messy because our lives are complicated and messy, which is partly due to the rules we have to follow and the fetters we have as members of a society. I can't really care about a fellow (or a gal) with more money than God who can buy their way off most problems, because then it's clear that the problems are of their own making and all the book is superfluously waiting until they snap off their funk.