AAR

[JMM]

Or OW/OM turns into Psycho-lunatic so the hero/ine doesn't have to do the "dirty work" of ending a relationship.

For heaven's sake! People, even GOOD people, do break up with other GOOD people.

And the occasional "heroine must have only the HERO'S child" bit bugs me. I remember being really irritated at an old book in which the hero DEMANDED to adopt heroine's children because he wanted them to have HIS name - he came off as controlling; the heroine's late husband was described as a good guy she loved.

[bookmark]

The accidental virgin, especially in contemporaries, is a cop out. The ones who are virgins because they were too busy with work, taking care of relatives, etc... Again, not saying it's impossible. But what's wrong with having a grown female be a virgin because of her beliefs, whether it be religious or personal.

[MEK]

[JaneO]

I get annoyed when the McGuffin, the thing that everyone's chasing that sets the plot in motion in the first place (frequently some sort of magical doodad), just gets dropped somewhere along the way. As if everyone decides, "Oh well, it wasn't really all that important anyway."

[Jessi]

immortal or near-immortal characters making their every move in reaction to something that happened 700 years ago. Isn't there ANYTHING that has happened to you in the last 660 years that makes you interesting? I'm sorry your family was slaughtered when you were 30 and you were turned into a vampire (werewolf/whatever) against your will...but in the last 660 years you must have seen a LOT of death and horror since then to put it all in perspective - no?

[Cora]