Skip the Sex
Author Jill Shalvis writes about hearing that many romance readers are losing interest in love scenes. I have to admit, this baffles me. I read a variety of romances from sweet to highly explicit, and as long as sex contributes to the romance (and perhaps that's the key), I'm pleased to read it.
This doesn't mean that I think every author writes great love scenes. Some are more compelling than others. I've blogged about my top five love scenes, but the main thing I ask as I read the book is do the love scenes fit the story? If the answer is yes, then terrific. That's what a good love scene should do.
Thinking back on the books I've read, I can't say that I've skipped over sex scenes. On occasion, I have skimmed them, particularly when they are not well written or they are excessive. But skip them? Not me.
posted by Alyssa @ 8:58 PM
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I was really glad to read all the comments on my blog and see that the majority of romance readers still wanted love scenes, the steamier the better!
Well, I occasionally skip, skim many times, but then there are other times that I really do read them all. And then go grab the husband. *g*
I generally read them - although I've been known to skim. I never, ever skip.
What makes me skim a love scene? Typically when one or both of the characters is grating on my last nerve *g*
SKIP them?? Huh? Uh, there's a reason I read romances, and it's not for the descriptions of the landscape! LOL I can't say that I've ever even skimmed a love scene -- if it's bad enough that I would want to skim a love scene, I'm probably chucking the whole book. There's too many books out there to read a bad one. And if Jill (and other romance authors) is still reading -- yes, steamy GOOD! ;)
Well, sometimes I'm just not in the mood. :-) And if I'm reading an erotic romance...sometimes I don't want to get in the mood.
So why am I reading an erotic romance then? Hmm...the storyline was good?
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