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[shipperx]

Okayyyyyy....

I may have now pushed my limit in my romance binge.  I am now stuck reading one with a full-blown pretty pink princess ingenue heroine!  And her condescending alpha male.

This could be a less than enjoyable experience.  I'm not even half-way through and beginning to understand why the PPP's sister is bitchy.  I'm beginning to think the heroine must raise rainbow-colored unicorns in her spare time (though perhaps not, as that would at least be novel).

Comments

[rahirah]

I suppose it's too much to hope that the condescending alpha male follows her into the unicorn barn and is gored for not being a virgin. (Or better yet, exposed as a virgin when the unicorns flock to him.)

[shipperx.livejournal.com]

Hee! All of which would be improvements!

A bit of trope subversion or a dash of cut-to-the-point reality goes a long way towards grounding these things. This... lacks all that.

(Or better yet, exposed as a virgin when the unicorns flock to him.)

Now, see, you're already coming up with a novel that I would prefer!

But this would require that the hero be more than a romance hero cliche (which thus far is about all I can say of this guy. I don't know that he has a personality beyond generic romance tropes. (And as far as I can see 'falling in love' in this one amounts entirely to being in lust because they know squat about one another).

I have actually read two virginal heros during this two week 'binge' (One of the Sue London novels and one of the Courtney Milans). I liked THOSE heroes (for one thing, they actually had personalities!) Those guys interested me (as did the disastrous 'first time' sex scenes in those two books, both of which were entertainingly awkward and emotional and led to some fun experimentation.) I do have a thing for a bit of trope subversion.

Generic Alpha Hero and Pretty Pink Princess have me inwardly snarking at them. It COULD use some goring unicorns!