tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6662316995305232662.post2332785407503840841..comments2024-03-24T14:58:10.815-07:00Comments on Two Old Farts Talking Romance: The Young HeroineLorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09603287422043758944noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6662316995305232662.post-58765205820094398382015-04-13T20:50:28.711-07:002015-04-13T20:50:28.711-07:00Boy I screwed the last of that up: And I bet there...Boy I screwed the last of that up: And I bet there's another book ..Carolynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05151587271439513617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6662316995305232662.post-1881764947160831482015-04-13T20:49:03.286-07:002015-04-13T20:49:03.286-07:00As far as Deep goes, the ending felt really choppe...As far as Deep goes, the ending felt really chopped off to me. Don't know why I felt we'd be with them during the pregnancy, but I did and I felt like I'd been slapped when it ended so quickly.<br /><br />And letting Martha in the birthing room! I'll tell you, these romance heroines are a LOT more forgiving then I've ever been or will be. Not just this book, but all of them forgive the most heinous things! <br /><br />Bah!<br /><br />And Silver Bastard? What kind of a name is Puck for a MC guy? All I could think of was Midsummer Night's Dream and that idiot Puck stirring everything up. :p<br /><br />And I bet there's a book about in the Stage Dive series, even tho' it was stated Deep was to be the last book. I do believe I caught some pimping for another couple. Carolynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05151587271439513617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6662316995305232662.post-39488875616899338892015-04-13T12:06:09.323-07:002015-04-13T12:06:09.323-07:00Oh I love The Year We Fell Down--in fact, I love t...Oh I love <i>The Year We Fell Down</i>--in fact, I love the whole Ivy Years series. But, like you say, they all read as HFN rather than HEA, because they are all so young.<br /><br />Is it possible that later on the author could write another book about them, and convince me of their HEA? Yes, of course--but as it is today, it's a HFN.aztecladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14857872357667370906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6662316995305232662.post-44376302814579087352015-04-13T09:05:04.128-07:002015-04-13T09:05:04.128-07:00The Year We Fell Down was one NA novel that worked...The Year We Fell Down was one NA novel that worked for me completely. However, it wasn't a HEA in my mind rather than a HFN since they were in college and just starting their independent lives. Otherwise it's a rare heroine in her 20s that can keep me reading.<br /><br />Otherwise the genre is not my cuppa and it's the rare hLorihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09603287422043758944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6662316995305232662.post-76962856226170639652015-04-13T08:28:06.550-07:002015-04-13T08:28:06.550-07:00Oh yes, this is it, exactly:
"If you've ...Oh yes, this is it, exactly:<br /><br /><i>"If you've lived for awhile then you know that the best thing about being is your 20s is uh... youth. But the average 20 year old is just beginning their journey and they're learning how to stand on their own two feet and it just doesn't interest me. I like more seasoned heroines. I like people who have been through the wringer and have bruises, or scars."</i><br /><br />This is why I don't understand the current fascination with new adult, from adult readers. More power to them who enjoy and who write them, but I just don't get what's so interesting about them.<br /><br />In the few I've attempted, and in many reviews I've read, the conflict is stupid, and/or the angsty backstory is cranked to an eleven to give the characters something to deal with.<br /><br />I like my angst, but I honestly would like it to be more believable.aztecladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14857872357667370906noreply@blogger.com