tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2869464170817632469.post6412513082027812099..comments2023-09-19T11:15:41.876-05:00Comments on Beyond the Veil ~ Paranormal Romance Authors: Enough, already!Jody W. and Meankittyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13733607365443126784noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2869464170817632469.post-9595334634332827722009-03-02T08:50:00.000-05:002009-03-02T08:50:00.000-05:00Meg, I faced this delimma in my novel The Host:Sha...Meg, <BR/><BR/>I faced this delimma in my novel The Host:Shadows. I left it to the very end when the heroine realized the hero (after becoming one herself) exactly what he was - a sort of pseudo-vampire. However, her revulsion came not as a result of his being a bloodsucker, but that he was a killer-for-hire. To her that was more inexcusable than fighting his nature. To profit from that nature, even if it was to save innocents like herself. Or those who couldn't defend themselves. It made a different twist on the "big reveal." One I hope readers found interesting. <BR/><BR/>But I understand and am sympathetic to that problem. And I agree. But I don't think the problem is necessarily one that strikes paranormals. I've read historicals and contemporaries where the hero/ine has spent an entire book worrying an emotional bone. I usually end up putting the book down and not picking it back up again. I can't be bothered with characters who refuse to grow in the context of the plot. That is, after all, part of the journey. <BR/><BR/>-KatKathleen Scott/MK Mancoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14872072913152568070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2869464170817632469.post-55953231401653554502009-02-27T22:48:00.000-05:002009-02-27T22:48:00.000-05:00Meg,I hear you. I read only a few paranormals. B...Meg,<BR/><BR/>I hear you. I read only a few paranormals. But one of the eaudios I've listened to, I ended up fast forwarding through a lot of, because the the hero can't accept his being a werewolf. He rants and raves to the heroine. He leaves, comes back, leaves again. I wanted to slap him around myself and tell him to get over it. <BR/><BR/>But, I like that series, and will continue to buy her books, hoping she'll just kill this guy off or torture him for awhile, at least. :) <BR/><BR/>TinaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com