Top 10 Tuesday

Feb 10 Top Ten things I dislike when it comes to romances in books

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Today we’re talking about romance in books.  I don’t mind a good love story, but there are somethings when it comes to romance that will make me drop a book in ten seconds flat. Here’s my list:

  1. Romance driven stories- If you take out the romance would there still be a good story? If not, I probably won’t like it, I need a little more substance to my books.
  2. Romeo Juliet spin-offs–  I’m so over romeo and Juliet.  It’s become an over used and predictable story line.  I want something I don’t see coming.
  3. When they moan about how they aren’t good enough for the other, no matter what the other says or does–  I hate whinny and insecure characters.  We all have our flaws and insecurities, but I don’t what the complexity of a characters development to be what another person thinks about them, give me more depth.
  4. When it’s acceptable for them to give up who they are for the sake of “true love” AKA “Run-away Bride Syndrome” -This drives me crazy when I see it in real life, I defiantly don’t want to see it when I escape from the real world into a book.
  5.  When they talk a lot, usually in metaphors and similes, about how much they love the other person–  Don’t just tell me about their love, show some actions to go with it.
  6. When it’s all about feelings and first impressions and there is no depth to the relationship-  I don’t want relationships that go from 0 to 100 based on infatuation and then nothing every happens that challenges their relationship.
  7. When it’s 13 year olds talking like their 30-  I want character that sound their age.  Don’t have a teen that is able to handle a relationship like at 30 year old.
  8. When there are too many details- Kind of like 5, but this goes into where they went and what they ate and what they wore and what the did and what they etc etc etc.
  9. When the cover looks like every other book on the market-  We’ve all seen it happen where a successful book inspires a tornado of like minded covers.  I know I shouldn’t judge by the cover, but sometimes it makes me wonder if the cover isn’t unique, can the story inside be all that different?
  10. Love triangles-  I haven’t always disliked this, but I think it’s been over done recently and I’m kind of over it.  There are occasionally times that an author does it in a way that it doesn’t become obnoxious, and I wind up fighting for and/or against a character, but it’s become more rare.

So what about you?  What are some things you like or dislike about romance in books?  

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