08-16-2008, 09:47 PM
I'll try almost any book that has a Gothic atmosphere so I guess that element is most important to me. Having said that, I would LOVE to read a Gothic with a great love story. That has been really hard to find for me. Perhaps I'm too picky. Either the love story is just a bunch of sex (boring because sex alone is not love) or it is one of the older Gothic romance's version of love, meaning the naive girl and the cranky older man with a secret.
My favorite is still Jane Eyre which combined both elements so successfully in my opinion. It is also one of the most passionate stories I've ever read, even though written in the mid-1800s.
My favorite is still Jane Eyre which combined both elements so successfully in my opinion. It is also one of the most passionate stories I've ever read, even though written in the mid-1800s.
