My latest fixation is paranormal fiction. Sadly I can't seem to find any to my liking, even though I'm not a picky reader. My major gripes have to do with the curiously fragile yet powerful creatures that grace these pages, the futility of using the cliched supposedly strong female character; when she is simply too stupid to live in a world where vampires roam and dragons fly. Well it's not like it's impossible to use her but the application is seldom palatable. For instance, after investing in 19 of Christine Feehan's books the only truly tolerable pair was in book 20 the previous books featured some of the most idiotic characters male or female I've encountered in quite some time. And is it just me or is this genre just mills and boons with assorted supernatural creatures?
This seems to be something that plagues the entire genre. And what's this idiotic bit about holding the creatures responsible for preying on humans when that's what they were created to do. No one berates a human for enjoying steak or chicken with the exception of some snobbish vegans and impractical people who can't figure out that with our physiology being what it is we are definitely omnivores. Not that it's impossible to live as a vegan of course but I digress. My point is it's stupid and unnecessary and strangely features in quite a few series. Like an old favourite Mercy from the Mercedes Thompson series getting squeamish about a vampire killing for sustenance where her wolves do so far more often than strictly necessary. Baring that she's more or less quite entertaining.
It seems that I'd be better served continuing to follow up on popular science books or going back to yaoi which has a lot more variety than what paranormal fiction tends to offer.
