02-10-2011, 03:49 PM
Gothic scenery: castles, manors, graveyards/crypts and dark forests, historical settings - preferable Victorian England or Middle and Eastern Europe.
Gorgeous period costumes.
Escapism in the form of good clean fun.
I hope heroine has strong moral backbone. I would rather take sweet heroine who treats people like they are and not how they look and dark femme fatale who is not promoted as heroine than "strrrrong" heroine and abusive hero, but I am probably in minority. Scarlett O´Hara is popular, so are books by Nora Roberts. Twilight is often highlighted as shallow example of Lust never dies, but really, it´s not that different.
Katy, sorry if this sounds preachy, but... "guilty" of mental illness? It´s hardly a crime of being ill!
Gorgeous period costumes.
Escapism in the form of good clean fun.
I hope heroine has strong moral backbone. I would rather take sweet heroine who treats people like they are and not how they look and dark femme fatale who is not promoted as heroine than "strrrrong" heroine and abusive hero, but I am probably in minority. Scarlett O´Hara is popular, so are books by Nora Roberts. Twilight is often highlighted as shallow example of Lust never dies, but really, it´s not that different.
Katy, sorry if this sounds preachy, but... "guilty" of mental illness? It´s hardly a crime of being ill!
