Guardian

Is the guardian/ward trope an incest fantasy in disguise?

Jan 25 2011

Is the guardian/ward trope an incest fantasy in disguise?

Last summer, I ran a poll about the brother in law trope, one that I like a lot. Many readers were turned off by this trope because, for them, it rang a little too much of incest for them. This got me thinking about incest in romance and what other tropes have that feel to [...]

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May 21 2008

Will Davis at the Guardian Blogs that Vampires Are Forever

Vampires are becoming mainstream just as they are losing steam within the romance genre. Last week, Candy blogged about a “certain notorious biology professor from Minnesota” who “notices the massive wall o’ befanged man-titty” at his local Wal-mart. This week sees Guardian book blogger, Will Davis, consider the allure of the vampire. Davis sees Anne [...]

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