So many times the POV character - unfortunately usually a female, but I had the same problem with Patrocolus in the novel Song of Achilles - is so caught up in describing the wonder of their love interest that the author forgets to show us why such a paragon would be interested in the other person at all. Often there's a late speech about their beauty or heart, but it's so often a tell rather than a show - that's not the case here.
Oh this is so true. Why are romantic heroines so incredibly shallow? In the book I just finished - Bared to You - she's constantly going on about how beautiful he is physically, but that she also sees the vulnerable tortured man inside, but whole paragraphs are spent on his physical beauty. (I personally think the author is a Vamp Diaries fan and shipping Damon Salvatore fiercely, because that's the description.) It's laughable at times and incredibly repetitive. 50 Shades did it too. Yet, a point is also made by the lead male character being objectified (who to be fair is objectifying the heroine as well), that he wants to be loved for what lies beneath his face. So the writer relies on these standard cliches - telling us all the marvelous charities he supports, and marvelous things he does with his money. LOL!
Captive Prince sounds interesting. I might like m/m better than f/f.
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Date: 2012-05-29 01:50 am (UTC)Oh this is so true. Why are romantic heroines so incredibly shallow?
In the book I just finished - Bared to You - she's constantly going on about how beautiful he is physically, but that she also sees the vulnerable tortured man inside, but whole paragraphs are spent on his physical beauty. (I personally think the author is a Vamp Diaries fan and shipping Damon Salvatore fiercely, because that's the description.)
It's laughable at times and incredibly repetitive. 50 Shades did it too. Yet, a point is also made by the lead male character being objectified (who to be fair is objectifying the heroine as well), that he wants to be loved for what lies beneath his face. So the writer relies on these standard cliches - telling us all the marvelous charities he supports, and marvelous things he does with his money.
LOL!
Captive Prince sounds interesting. I might like m/m better than f/f.