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The Top 10 Over-Used Trends in the Fiction World by D. Alyce Domain
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edited: Wednesday, February 22, 2017
Posted: Friday, February 17, 2017
#10 The Vampire Lover – Thanks, but no more fangs. I’ve been bled dry.
#9 Lifemate/Soulmate/Mating Drive Concept – The days where pheromones rule the romance needs to stop. Why bother to meet and date…when you can just wait until your genetically predetermined better half turns up to drug you with an inescapable biological attraction? Resistance is futile.
#8 Female Heroines Named Isabelle…Isabella or some shortened version of either. (Belle…Bella…Izzy).
#7 Youth Obsession – How about some mature characters?
#6 Control Freak Heroes – I’m tired of the cold-hearted Billionaires. Where have all the gentlemen gone? The Romantic Highwayman? The Boy Next Door? The Shy Guy?
#5 First Person Narrative – One more rambling soliloquy and I might just go postal.
#4 Food-Themed Cozy Mysteries – Enough with the bakeries, restaurants, & Bed & Breakfasts. Doesn’t anyone get murdered in an alley or a no-tell motel anymore?
#3 Dystopian Anything – My doctor has diagnosed me with dystopian fatigue. Oy!
#2 Raunchy Sex – Perhaps for some this never goes out of style. I don’t necessarily think it’s all bad…I mean, who doesn’t love a good bodice-ripper? But sometimes a girl just wants to read a hearts & flowers romance. I say, keep it behind closed doors every once in a while.
And the Number One Over-Used Trend in the Fiction World…
#1 Skin & Ink – Tattoos & torsos, that’s literally all you see on romance covers these days. Do men not wear clothes anymore? Subtlety has died a slow and painful death. Leave something to the imagination already!
I think you covered them well. #1 is definitely a big turnoff for me.
I don't read books, but reading reviews here and what you wrote gives me an idea of what's out there. I do watch movies that are now on television and drama shows that tend to be serialized and sourced in books. I found two that you missed. Number one is all the violence. Apparently, violence is the key to keeping them coming back for more. I disagree. The second problem is related to the first. Switch abouts: every story it seems that, multiple times, the hero/heroine has the upper hand and then loses it, only to gain it back later. This kind of give-and-take is so unrealistic it makes me gag.
I don't read books, but reading reviews here and what you wrote gives me an idea of what's out there. I do watch movies that are now on television and drama shows that tend to be serialized and sourced in books. I found two that you missed. Number one is all the violence. Apparently, violence is the key to keeping them coming back for more. I disagree. The second problem is related to the first. Switch abouts: every story it seems that, multiple times, the hero/heroine has the upper hand and then loses it, only to gain it back later. This kind of give-and-take is so unrealistic it makes me gag.
Ron