by Sascha Illyvich
When
discussing romance novels, we tend to focus exclusively on our heroes and how
difficult they were or brave because of the challenges they've overcome, but
what about the heroines who must deal with them? Does anyone ever cover the strong women? I'm giving a special shout out to those
heroines.
The
important thing for me as a romance reader is to find the heroines and heroes
who, despite all the odds, end up together and make it work somehow through all
the strife. And by strife I'm not
talking about him meeting her father, because that's generally not an issue in
the romances I tend to read. We're
looking more at the heavier things in the world. Scenarios that would suggest action or
inaction may harm the fate of man.
Secretly,
there are times when the Alpha Male doesn't yearn for control, he longs to give
it up, just for a moment. I'm currently
making my way through the Black Dagger Brotherhood series by JR Ward and
enjoying it, loving just how rich the characters are with their flaws. All of the males are so damaged emotionally
and even mentally that it takes a truly strong heroine to not only love them,
but deal with them. And the stories
don't stop after the character gets their book.
We're still seeing Wrath's newfound issues in Lover Avenged. In Phury's book Lover Enshrined, we see just
how completely messed up that male is because the woman who wants him has to
basically walk out on him to make him realize just how badly he needs
help. When he finally comes to someone
for help it's not his Brothers, it's her.
Since
Romance is truly the Heroine's Journey, it only makes sense that they should
take a place in the spotlight in nontraditional terms. For more on this, make
sure to pop on over to Savvy Authors and check out my class for writers: Male POV –
Creating Better Heroes June 16-22nd. Until then, Jaded
Males – My Specialty
is a post I wrote to help more writers get behind our messed up heroes minds.
Sascha
Illyvich
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Thanks for coming on today, Sascha! And have fun with your Savvy class. :)
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