Romance. Well, see, that's the problem: I inhaled a steady diet of SF/F in my teens, and that sort of set my preferences. I want my romances to solve a bigger plot issue, rather than being the end-all. And then there's the whole problem where I'd sort of like tongue-in-cheek subversion of gender roles, and that's not happening ever, not unless the writer put in some quality time with Judith Butler.
What didn't you like about Welcome to Temptation, BTW?
Anyway. Romance. Comedy good. May/December acceptable if the story doing something I really love in addition to the age gap. "Us against the world that would divide us" codependence always loses, hard. (Mercedes Lackey, I am looking at you.) Lightweight is problematic. Science fiction with explosions is a winning sub-genre. Heroines bailing out heroes is pretty cool, too. (Apparently I like romances where your dashing hero is totally the girl.) I think that's a good start.
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Date: 2007-09-04 05:57 pm (UTC)What didn't you like about Welcome to Temptation, BTW?
Anyway. Romance. Comedy good. May/December acceptable if the story doing something I really love in addition to the age gap. "Us against the world that would divide us" codependence always loses, hard. (Mercedes Lackey, I am looking at you.) Lightweight is problematic. Science fiction with explosions is a winning sub-genre. Heroines bailing out heroes is pretty cool, too. (Apparently I like romances where your dashing hero is totally the girl.) I think that's a good start.