Feature and Follow #31 (reasons you love a genre)
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This Week's FF:
10 reasons you love your favorite genre...
To do this, I'd have to pick a favorite genre. My tastes have greatly evolved in the past year and now it's hard to say. So I'll go with my latest love, Fae/Mage Fantasy.
1. If it's well written, there's no such thing as young adult or adult -- which I LOVE. If something is described as young adult, I have a tendency to turn away from it faster than I should. That is unless it's recommended by a friend (usually). What I've found about the fae and magic world is that a lot of the sloppy "young" adult writing is avoided (aka inappropriate maturity and overused tropes)...or maybe I've just been lucky!
2. They almost always come as a series -- It's pretty hard to build a fantasy world and a major plot in one book. So there's always a bonus book! Though my luck usually has me waiting a year for the next installment...
3. Creativity is unlimited -- Add a little magic in the mix and you can get away with taking the story anywhere! No boundries. Just an open imagination and complex character building.
4. Complex characters -- Building off of the last 2 points, the books tend to come in series and involve a lot of world building. Which means all of the characters have layers, including the secondary characters. I've found this especially true when the fae element is added, because not only is there a magic learning curve, but a fae-world learning curve which adds a whole new level of tension and excitement.
5. Odd character pairings are somehow pulled off -- Let's be honest, you put a 100 year old and a 17 year old in a normal "contemporary romance" relationship...and things get a bit weird. You put a 2000 year old fae/mage with a 17 year old and it's somehow sweet and spicy, hitting all of the taste buds.
6. Plots can be majorly twisted without a lead up -- Because magic. It makes anything possible.
7. Just when you thought someone died -- they didn't. Because magic.
8. There's always a ton of action
9. There's usually an element of romance -- without it taking over the story.
10. The names are memorable -- although some can get a little tricky and I'll get more caught up on trying to pronounce them than I should...
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Niiiice! I totally forgot about the Just when you think someone died!! Every time someone dies in one of my fantasy or paranormal reads, I'm like are they dead? Are we sure? There are times I'm very skeptical and it's not until later, usually at the series end that I cry because I remember back in book 2 or whatever that so and so REALLY DIED!! Oh sob!! LOL!
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