That pop?

[jmc_bks]

That pop you heard a half hour ago?  Was my head exploding.  

A while back I asked for paranormal recs for a friend, and received many suggestions (thank you all!).  Today, she mentioned how glad she was to find someone who reads the same stuff she does.  Because Another Friend offered her a romance but romance is just porn and she wants plot.

Hello?  Plot not porn?  From a woman who *loves* LKH?

I was so flabbergasted (and she was on her way out the door when she made the comment) that I didn't have time to do anything but splutter. 

Comments

Re: Plot?

[jmc-bks.livejournal.com]

No, I don't equate her with plot either, not any more. I read several of the books (they blur together in my mind, undistinguishable in retrospect. (Disgression: I liked Obsidian Butterfly because Edward the sociopath is repulsively fascinating. He reminds me of Dexter in a lot of ways.) They were okay, if increasingly burdened with pointless sex. I tried reading the next one, but after 100 pages with no plot, I quit.

Yes, to each her own, but I found the "romance is plotless porn" frustrating since it was coming from the mouth of an LKH fan. Especially since I've introduced her to Ward, Liu, and other paranormal romance authors. I think if the romance (or sex) is mixed in with vampires and other beasties, she doesn't notice it. Or doesn't realize that it is *still* romance.