Today on Seeing Night Reviews I have both authors of Flesh and Feathers, Danielle Hylton and April Fifer who are to tell us about their three Ds in Paranormal Romance. Let me just say I love what they have to say because as a reviewer I look for each of these factors when I'm reading a book.
The three
Ds of Paranormal Romance – Drama! Delicious! Damn!
Thanks so much for having us today!
Last
there is damn! This is the
wow-factor… the part in the book where your mouth drops open, and you are like,
“Dammmnnn, did that just happen?” This is probably the most important part of
the story. It’s the section when you sit up straight in your bed while reading,
and start bouncing up and down, giggling like a two-year old! (You know who you
are!) The damn, is our favorite part
of any story. I think most of you will agree. It’s the climax we have all been
waiting for… the hard decisions… the impending “holy crap.” Yes, we love our damn.
In our
experience with reading and writing we have come up with the “The Three Ds.” First,
we have drama! We like our drama,
like we love our men… messy and complicated. The more drama the better! Drama!
Drama! Drama! This includes love triangles, giving up everything for the one
you love, and good-boys turned bad (or visa verse). Drama causes your
characters to show their true colors – how they operated; their emotional
imbalance; or their quick-witted skills
to save the day. This is what causes us to connect with the hero or heroine. We
want this! We need this! Without drama, there is no story, just simply the
day-to-day. And trust us… we live in the day-to-day and don’t really want to
read about it.
Next we
have delicious! What is drama without
something to salivate over? (A little gross, we know, but every woman has to
admit, in Twilight when Edward was on the page… you didn’t stop reading.) We
want hot men doing the impossible to save the woman of his dreams. We want our
hero steamy, caring, mysterious, ready for action. (Whatever action that might
be.) As we read, we fall in love with this guy… and I mean literarily – when
the book ends we are Googling online to see if there is a second book, and if
there isn’t, we cry. Who here today, still has visions of Robert Pattinson
bouncing from tree to tree with her on his back? *April and Danielle raises
hand.* In short… bring on the delicious!
Last
there is damn! This is the
wow-factor… the part in the book where your mouth drops open, and you are like,
“Dammmnnn, did that just happen?” This is probably the most important part of
the story. It’s the section when you sit up straight in your bed while reading,
and start bouncing up and down, giggling like a two-year old! (You know who you
are!) The damn, is our favorite part
of any story. I think most of you will agree. It’s the climax we have all been
waiting for… the hard decisions… the impending “holy crap.” Yes, we love our damn.
So give
us some drama, delicious and damn, and we will never leave our house again!
Blurb
Azaleigh's
life was simple. Then she meets Kale and Gage, two very different and charming
men -- one she loves and the other she can't live without. As she struggles
with her feelings towards them both, she begins to realize they are hiding a
secret -- and to her surprise -- they aren't the only ones. Soon after,
Azaleigh finds herself running for her life from a bounty hunter that is far
from human, and with every narrow escape, she begins to unlock the secret that
will change her life forever. In a world of good and evil, angel and fallen,
Azaleigh must choose between fate or the one she loves. What do you do when
hell won't let you win and evil just won’t die?
Author
Bio’s
Danielle
Hylton was raised in Virginia. She grew up having a huge appetite for
daydreaming; always wanting to live in the spectacular worlds she created in
her mind. She now lives with her husband and dog where she is pursuing a degree
in literature. Danielle is a strong animal activist. She is currently
co-writing the second book in the Flesh Series, "Flesh and Flames".
April
Fifer grew up in a small town in Virginia, where it was common practice
believing that dreams could only be found in stories. At the age of seven she
was diagnosed with dyslexia. She was told that she would struggle through life
and would never pick up a book to read for pleasure. Although school was hard,
she was able to find her way with the help of two teachers who taught her
self-discovery. Ignoring what she was taught growing up, she turned it around and
found that your dreams could become stories.
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