Old school stuff

[Nanci]

Ok, maybe I am just old but I get so tired of the whole love triangle thing. Can't there just be one guy who falls in love with one girl. I have SUCH a hard time with the agonizing between which boy to choose. Let's just build a romance. Isn't that what it is all about? There was a boy, there was a girl. Put them together and see the chemistry form. I guess the fantasy of being fought over is one I have never bought into. I am getting so I shy away from some YA novels because I can't stand the thought of all that angst.

Does anyone else feel this way?

[Janeal]

I do!

I mean, I'll read a book with some angst and a triangle and still enjoy it on occasion. Most of the time though, I'd rather have the hero and heroine building up their love story. Falling in love one character at a time is definitely more to my taste.

[Darlene]

Speaking of old school . . . I got this review for my novel, Unexpected Legacy. It might appeal to you!

http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

[D.D. Chant]

Nanci wrote: "Ok, maybe I am just old but I get so tired of the whole love triangle thing. Can't there just be one guy who falls in love with one girl. I have SUCH a hard time with the agonizing between which ..."

I COMPLETELY agree with you Nanci! And not just because I always choose to love the character who doesn't get the the girl!!! *facepalm*

I also thing if she can't choose between the two, then she doesn't love either of them enough to stay with them FOREVER.

[Yue]

Hell yeah, I second the motion! This plot is so tiring... I remember I read a book I loved when I was younger, Something's Rotten in the State of Maryland. Very YA-ish and no dramas. Others that are among my favorites:

- The Ugly Stepsister Strikes Back
- The Ghost and the Goth (trilogy, with a bit of paranormal)
- Being Jamie Baker (paranormal too)

[Lisa]

Amen to Nancy's comment. It seems like such a false dilemma. How many people develop two intense romances at the same time?

[Zoe and the Edge]

Janette Rallison writes fabulously clean and sweet and no love triangled romances.

[Amy]

I think it's a way of introducing conflict without creating conflict between the hero and heroine.