Instant Attraction VS Insta-Love

Love at first sight might exist in the world, but most of us don’t believe in it, especially when we read it in fiction.

But there’s a difference between insta-love and instant attraction. I think everyone has experienced instant attraction, right?

As soon as you become aware of that person, you can no longer not be aware anymore. In fact, you are hyper-aware of that person, even if other people are talking to you and you are expected to answer. The rest of the world becomes a distraction to your new focus. This person is on your mind night and day.

This isn’t love. You may not have even spoken to the person yet. This is instant attraction.

The attraction may compel you to find a way to meet the person. If your father is the lord of the Underworld, you know there will be a steep price to pay. But you can’t walk away from the opportunity to explore this possibility. You don’t love her. You don’t know her. But you can’t stop thinking about her, and you need to find out if it means something.

This is not insta-love. It takes the entire story for Thanatos to fall in love with Therese and for Therese to fall in love with Than. And by the beginning of the second book, she still has her doubts.