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Originally Posted by issybird
I think you’re right about romances being formulaic, up to a point. I think the insistence on what is called HEA, or at least HFN, does them a disservice. Why limit outcomes and in a manner which the reader expects?
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An author not writing that is the reason I read the end of the book before purchasing (when it is a paper book) it so it doesn't happen to me. I'm very glad people want realistic books, I don't. Discussion about formulaic stories, awful covers, more realistic characters, in my country, stories placed here instead of USA or UK, are common (or were, I haven't gone in a lot of time) at romance convention. I'm a traditionalist and I like my romance with a happy end and as minimum reality as it's possible (mistoric are a bit more difficult to accept but....). I will be happy for an author if she or he want to broaden their limits and write another things, but I'll be out of there.