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Romance and Me: How Sweet Do You Take Your Romance?
Hey Everyone!
We want the story to be romantic and touching, but how much romance is too romantic and becomes syrupy sweet and cheesy?
I am a very romantic person yet I like my romance novels to (usually) be beliavable. And nothing ruins that better than a too gushy alpha male who suddenly cannot stop declaring nonstop his undying love for the heroine. Sure, I want him to have a gentle and sensitive side, but I feel like this too much gushing isn’t really in his original character.
Realistic storyline and more importantly credible characterisations are important to me, even if I’m reading a romance novel. I mean, come on, can you not roll your eyes when the big muscled biker gang member bad boy hero invites the heroine over to his place and surprises her with rose petals thrown over the bed, floor, candle light dinner and soft violin music in the stereo? Really?! These make me snort at the story, and not in a good way. Sure even bad boys can fall in love and become a bit softer, but to this extent? Hardly. *eyeroll*
And what kind of hero do you like? Is there such a thing as a too sappy hero?
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I've never been one for ultra sappy or sweet heroes. My heroines on the other hand and the ones I like tend to be on the sweeter side as it allows me to feel more in touch with my inner sap.
I'm a romantic at heart but a realist unfortunately and in most of what I read a sappy hero isn't feasible. He'd get killed. But in much of the contemporaries I enjoy, a little sweet and sap goes a long way.
Guys can have a sensitive side, but some take it over the top. In my writing, my hubby will tell me whether a guy would think or do something. If not, I change it. He knows guys better than I do. LOL.
That pic is funny. Lol, I don't like reading about a sappy man. I like believable romance w/ a happy ending.
Candles, flowers, sunsets…that's Hollywood's version of romance that's been force fed to us. I prefer someone who listens. When Eric had Sookie's driveway paved, now that was romantic. He listened to what she needed. Grand romantic gestures are overrated. It's the everyday little things that really count. Sappy is not a hero. He's the comic relief. LOL.
There's a fine line between sappy and really romantic. Of course, I give the heroes in books a lot more leeway than I would in real life. After all, most men in real life are not so eloquent, especially if they've been the brooding alpha type for too long. In books though, it's fine for him to spout off to the heroine.
I love forbidden romances where the couple must fight for what they want. I don't want sappy crap in my UF and PNR, but…when it comes to my m/m I want it so sappy and sugary my teeth rot .
@Sharon, LOL!!