Thread: What's up with all the tacky western romance novels?
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Old 08-17-2009, 03:52 PM   #57
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Originally Posted by Ea View Post
'Latest'? Vampires have been sexy since Anne Rice's novels, and they're from the, what?, early eighties or so? Granted, it is more homo-eroticism than heterosexual 'smut', but that's fine with me
Vampires have been sexy since DRACULA, IMO.

And I happen to LOVE reading erotica and even porn. There, I said it.

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Originally Posted by Lemurion View Post
Vampires have been "sexy" for a while now - however, what was once edgy and new has since become clichéd and annoying.

I've never considered vampires sexual in the least - and books which focus on their sexuality generally leave me cold. I feel the same way about historical romances - western or otherwise - they leave me cold. My partner gobbles them up like candy - she'll read two or three in a weekend.

So for me, they're just books that some people like and others don't. They sell well (can't escape the former bookseller mindset) so that's more than enough reason for people to write them.
Some people (most) write them because they LIKE them.
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