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The start of paranormal romance

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arianne:
Any idea of which series/book was the one that sort of triggered the current paranormal romance trend (aka Twilight, Hunger Games etc)? I think the Sookie books were around before Twilight, but I doubt that they were the first. I've heard that maybe the Anita Blake series could have been the start of it (although there are people who also claim that it was the start of the current urban fantasy trend as well).

(My friend just said Beauty and the Beast was the first paranormal romance. Uh...not really what I had in mind... ???)

LizW65:
Sherrilyn Kenyon's Dark Hunters series, maybe? The first one came out in '02. There have been many fantasy novels with romantic elements prior to that, of course, but I think it's one of the earlier long-running series in which the romance is front-and-center.

the neurovore of Zur-En-Aargh:
I think Anita Blake has to be blamed for both paranormal romance as a big thing from the genre SF/F end, and for "urban fantasy" meaning things like the Dresden Files rather than things like Swordspoint.  Paranormal romance coming out of romance as a genre, I don't know - I do not read genre romance, i don't generally find it satisfying - but that does seem to be a distinct thing still.

meg_evonne:
Does Dark Shadows back in the 60's count? Pretty sure they wrote companion books...

the neurovore of Zur-En-Aargh:

--- Quote from: meg_evonne on October 17, 2012, 09:23:59 PM ---Does Dark Shadows back in the 60's count? Pretty sure they wrote companion books...

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I'd count it as a precursor, but it didn't directly and immediately inspire a genre.

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