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wardenferry419:
Couldn 't force myself past first book. My wife read 10 or so until she hit her limit. I heard alot about it.

Darthmama:

--- Quote from: The Deposed King on June 08, 2016, 07:04:54 AM ---Well other than that like 90+ percent of all romance authors are female.  Is when it comes to military sci-fi.  Now I'm not saying that female authors can't write good military slant space opera or out and out military sci-fi.  But 'in general' except for female authors that have been in the military they don't seem to do bugs-battleships and blaster-fire as good as the men in my experience.
The Deposed King

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This might also be a slant in the writing community.  There are "romance" novels that have next to no romance but they get put in that section of a bookstore or called that simply because of the author being female.  I've had a few female writing friends be encouraged to have a male sounding pen name so that they'll be taken seriously.  Not saying that's all of it but that is likely part of it.

Add to that how women have only recently (technically speaking) been allowed to go into combat zones.  Hard to write what you know when you're not allowed to learn it.  Plus the roughness of the topic makes it difficult I'm sure for some.

As for the whole female MC's sticking with poisonous male characters.  I blame this stupidity that's been growing that glamorizes abusive situations to make book sales (case in point: 50 Shades, Twilight...) and this mentality that's paraded in Hollywood that true love can change anyone into an ideal mate.  It's a load of crap and does nothing but hurt future women.

I shall remove myself from the soap box now.

wardenferry419:
Romance novels hurt men as well. Women read and fantasize about men who are the perfect package. Macho yet sensitive, bodies like Apollo with minds like Socrates. Alot of us are guys doing what we can, learning as we go through life, and maybe liking food and sex a little too much. The bad ones in our gender get more attention than the good ones and are often shown to be representative of the entire sex. I am sure that many women read a romance novel then look at the man in their life and feel like they were short -changed. That is how romance novels hurt men.

wardenferry419:

--- Quote from: The Deposed King on August 26, 2016, 08:03:32 AM ---You have to take a step back and realize that Blake became a monster.  she fought the good fight against the dark until she was finally attacked and turned into what she was fighting against. Then it all begins to make perfect sense

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In some ways, Harry has the makings of being a monster. Still lacking in horizontal action.

the neurovore of Zur-En-Aargh:

--- Quote from: wardenferry419 on October 11, 2016, 11:06:17 PM ---In some ways, Harry has the makings of being a monster.

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To my mind he went over that line in Grave Peril, which is part of what makes the series so interesting.

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