For romance readers - what kind of romance do you love?

[Leigh D'Ansey]

Last year I veered away from writing contemporary romance to try a short Regency. I thoroughly enjoyed the writing and research and it made me wonder what kind of romance do readers most enjoy?

 

Today I blogged about this and put a poll with the post. The answers are interesting already, showing that most people enjoy paranormal/fantasy and a 'spicy' rating. I'd be interested to see what you think www.leighdanseyromanceauthor.blogspot.com Any other thoughts?

[Leigh D'Ansey]

Hi Allie - fantasy is scoring high on my poll. I'm not too keen on vampires myself. I'm a bit too superstitious to enjoy them, I think!

[Leigh D'Ansey]

Hi RYCJ. I love chic lit too. One of my favourites is Marian Keyes. As well as other things, I'm working on a more realistic WIP at the moment. A long project though.

 

Thanks for the response :)

[Jennifer Kitchens]

I prefer the cleaner romances.  Any genre, though I must say I lean towards the historical ones.  Regency and medieval are great.  But I read all kinds of romance.

 

Clean Romance Reviews

 

By the way, if your books are on the cleaner side, I'd be happy to do some reviews.  See my page for my review policy and request page.  =D

[Leigh D'Ansey]

Hi there - thanks for your response. I really enjoyed writing my Regency short and am enjoying working on a full-length Regency project even more. Thanks for the information about reviews.

 

I'll sure check out your website. My romances are rated 'spicy' by the publishers (The Wild Rose Press).

[Kelli Wheelwright]

I love any genre of romance, as long as it feels real

 

KW

http://www.ekfamilybooks.blogspot.com

 

[Leigh D'Ansey]

Yes, I'm probably the same, KW - there's magic in real life.

[Grace Elliot]

Historical romance every time!!

For me its the escapism of the past that adds to the romance. Someone suggested I try paranormal, for the escapist element, but no - it just didnt do it for me...so back to beloved HR>

[Michelle-IPBR]

Paranormal all the way! :-D   But I occasionally find a contemp or historical that interests me. If it is an author I love, I'll try any subgenre they write. For the heat level, I chose explicit though I wasn't sure how you are defining spicy vs. explicit.  Actually anything from spicy to erotic is okay for me as long as there is a good romance.  I do feel there is a significant difference between erotic romance and erotica so I tend not to use the term erotica to describe romance.  It drives me crazy when a book site dumps everything under the erotica label.

 

[C.J. Archer]

Mostly historical for me but I'm growing tired of the same old Regencies.  I also love chick lit and anything that has a bit of a mystery element, big or small.  Oh and humor.  Got to have a few smiles as the hero and heroine fall in love.

[MichelleKCanada]

Hi!

 

Wow there are so many sub genres under "Romance" isn't there! Here are my top 5.

1. My favourite are Historical (just even sub genres under historical Regency, Medieval etc) Romances.

2. I love good erotica (yes many sub genres menage, M/M )

3. Western Romances (mmm cowboy love!)

4. Contemps

5. Mystery/Suspense/Action Romances

 

I do read Paranormal but I tend to get sick of those pretty fast. I am dedicated to a few authors in Paranormal (JR Ward, Jeaniene Frost)

But basically a book has Romance in it, and there is a HEA, I will read it and review it.

MichelleKCanada

http://anotherlookbookreviews.blogspot.com/

 

 

[Adharshila Chatterjee]

I LOVE Regency novels. I am a huge fan of Georgette Heyer, in particular. That period had so much grace and style. It thrived on rules and strict social decorum, but that itself presents so many different ways of creative plotting!! Moreover, it was an age of beauty and nonchalance. So whatever you write, it would necessarily be light and bright, the two qualities which actually draw me to period/historical romances. So Regency romances would get a definite thumbs up from me!!

[Nicole Etolen]

I'm in the paranormal category for the most part. I don't read pure romance, it needs to either have some sort of supernatural, paranormal, fantasy, or major suspense element to it. For example,I love Nora Roberts' trilogies like The Key trilogy, the Blood Brothers, etc. But I can't read her straight-up romance novels at all.

 

I also like fun chick lit, my favorite was "Goodnight, Nobody" by Jennifer Weiner.