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Originally Posted by FA_Q2
rant
Maybe this has been said before but… ANN RICE.
I cannot stand this pseudo porn disguised as a book. Granted the vampire books were much better than the witch books but even those used the phrase “throbbing ****” far too often to be considered real novels. I like it when it enriches the storyline but instead it replaces the storyline. What were those books about anyway?
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Hmmm... I'm no Rice fanatic (I liked the first two vampire books and first witches book) but I think that in this case the sexual content is at least partly defensible.
I think that the "stimulation" that Lasher provides helps to explain why the women in this family are willing to accept the costs of their strange, almost symbiotic relationship. And this is contrasted with the more grounded, normal sexual relationship with the male protagonist (Michael? been a while since I read the book).
I don't know what women's romance fiction used to be like before Rice, but reading through some of the freebies offered by Sony and Harlequin, gothic or paranormal romance novels seem to be *actual* pornography nowadays.