Bad boy can be done well in a fantasy, even an over the top bad boy fantasy. You just need to be sure you sell it as a FANTASY. I love romance and I love over the top bad boy lead but only when it's presented as a sexy fantasy. My issue with these books isn't just that their leads are awful but that they're presented as IDEAL. It's worse with Edward but it's here too. These are the IDEAL men and not just men who can be sexy or your ideal. That's the issue with me. I can accept the rest if it wasn't also served with this large steaming pile of "Your ideas are wrong and mine are right."
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Date: 2012-08-05 04:45 am (UTC)