Who's the best character to fall in love with?

[Shannon]

Me neither, Lisa, me neither!

[Mel]

Shannon (Savhage Temptress) wrote: "Lovin Stefan the Vampire from the Mercy Thompson Series now, and just had to add him to the list!"

I love him too! I wish we could see more of him...

[The Flooze]

Stefan is an under-used character. He's barely there, yet what we do see still sparks our interest.

Good God, yes, about Eric. But everything he says is titillating.

Just finished Death's Mistress last night and I have to re-vote for Louis-Cesare. Gorgeous, fierce, with a talented tongue and skillful fingers, and so sweet and vulnerable at times. Like Dory says, he's a delicious study in contrasts. He's swoon-worthy.

[Mel]

Oooh yes. That guy is singlehandedly responsible for the fact that I now associate the words 'callused fingers' with sexiness!

[Tara]

Callused fingers is a common romance trait. I have been searching for a real life callused hand man for years!!

[[deleted user]]

I married a guy with callused hands. :D

[new_user]

I agree, the little we see of Stefan is very interesting. ;)

[Mel]

Diremommy, if his hands are as capable as Louis-Cesare's than I am very jealous indeed!

N_U, I have yet to read Mercy #3 but I heard that there's little to no Stefan there. Do we get to see him later on?

[new_user]

Oh, I think I'm at the same place you are, Mel! LOL. xD

[Mel]

Hehe, that's okay, I already got my answer :)

[Jennifer]

my ultimate favorites have to be between, Natianiel form the Anita series, Vishous from BDB, and Ash from the Dark hunter series

[Ann aka Iftcan]

For Stefen lovers--he's in the last book that is currently out quite a bit. Bone Crossed

[Arlene]

Well if you are a female, and looking to look up to a character, like if you could be like that character and etc, well in that way Rose she a real badass from Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead and fall in love like if He was for real or just admire well Dimitri also from this series.

[Lisa]

I'm also in love with Eric Northman and I love him for the same reason I love Damon from the Vampire Diaries series. Why do vampires have to be tortured and unwilling to be monsters? There is something sexy about a vampire who is just proud to be so.

[Lisa]

I have to add, I have always loved Lestat.

[Jennifer]

Lisa wrote: "I have to add, I have always loved Lestat."

I loves lestat also, but I hate that the anne rice vampires cant get it up

[Danielle The Book Huntress]

Michelle M. wrote: "Diremommy wrote: "Another truly great one, although not from a paranormal type, is Roarke, from the In Death series. I love me some Roarke, yummy!"

Roarke is a good one. I concur! I love shady I..."

--I love shady Irish and Britishmen. :)

[Mar]

Ok so I'm fairly new to paranormal reading and of course, I'm hooked like a mo fo...so, so far my faves are:
Devyn from Seduce the Darkness by Gena Showalter
Reyes from Gena's LOTU series
and
SYN from Born of Fire by Sherrilyn Kenyon...ghast, damn it I love that man.
I'm sure my list will only continue to grow. Yay!

[Heather]

Hi, I'm Heather, new to the list and I thought I would jump right in. I have to agree about Roarke, Eric and I am going to add Lorgin from Knight of a Trillion Stars!! Oh heavenly sigh, what a hero..

[Leah]

Omg this is fun! I would have to say Eric from the Sookie books.. and either Adam or Stefan from the Mercy Thompson novels.. and I kinda starting to like Charles from the Alpha and Omega books ..(i tend to lean towards shifters/weres if you can tell.. haha)

[The Flooze]

Danielle, as well you should.

There are some new men being mentioned, ones I haven't heard of before! Must investigate...

[Joan]

I'd probably have to say...Damien from the Vampire Diaries, um... Dimitri from Vampire acadamy, Stark from House of night. I guess that's it. By the way, what is BDB? ppl keep mensioning it and i feel so out of the loop! =P

[Sara]

Ok, So you all have listed them for everyone lol, But All of the Argeneau men and the hot enforcers. Leaving even one of those men out would be a sin in it self. Quinn from Sookie a most sexy Bengal. I could seriously add to this list because Demetrie,Graham,Tobias Rule oh man I can keep going, any ways all from the Others Series are all amazingly gorgeous too.

[Mel]

Joan wrote: "By the way, what is BDB? ppl keep mensioning it and i feel so out of the loop! =P..."

Joan, the BDB is short for the Black Dagger Brotherhood by J.R. Ward. It's about a brotherhood of vampires defending their race against vampire hunters. It originally started out a PNR series but has gotten more and more urban fantasy along the way.
Everything about the books is intense, so are the men in it. That's why they're always listed as hottest, most intriguing, sexiest, etc.
I started the series quite reluctantly but I ended up loving it. Seven books out till now, number #8 coming out in April.

[Joan]

Oh! Thanks so much for telling me, I was so confused. When you say intense dose that mean it would not be okay for a 14 year old to read? My mom is way overprotective, I don't want her to look at the book and be like, "where the heck to you see this!" She's been looking through the books I want even more, ever since that trueblood book I got from my english teacher.... good times. Anywho, thanks for the information!

[Mel]

You're welcome. Hmm, a hard question though. I think it would be best for you to wait another few years to read the books. There are some quite explicit parts. I'm sure you could take it but I don't think your mom could ;)

[Joan]

Hmm...okay. Do you know of any other good paranormal books with romance? It has to have romance or I probably won't read it. Something about Pg-13 rated please. I don't mind a huge list! Thanks~

[Mel]

Well, I'm more of an urban fantasy girl myself. The PNR books I read (JR Ward, Kresley Cole) mostly have quite a lot of sex in them. Nothing raunchy, but I'm sure your mom wouldn't appreciate it.

Here's a list of UF series I like (with very little sex in it):

Kate Daniels series by Ilona Andrews
Mercy Thompson series by Patrica Briggs
Alpha & Omega series by Particia Briggs (PNR/UF)
Women of the Otherworld series by Kelley Armstrong
The Hollows series (Rachel Morgan) by Kim Harrison

And have you read the young adult series written by Kim Harrison, Kelley Armstrong and Melissa Marr? I don't read YA-series but I've heard these are pretty good.

[Allison]

Zadist is so easy to fall in love with because you're not supposed to. I love to reread that book.

[Not Now...Mommy's Reading]

Oooh, I would have to say Valerius from Sherrilyn Kenyon's DarkHunter series and Paris from Gena Showalter's Lords of the Underworld. Valerius is just so sensitive and yet so fierce in battle - he is the ONLY DarkHunter not granted supernatural powers due to Artemis' prejudice against the Romans. So you know he's a force to be reckoned with! And Paris - I admit I wasn't too intrigued with him initially (bedding a different person nightly *shudder) - but his character has evolved into one so tortured that I am just wanting to give him a hug...for starters. *lol

[new_user]

Joan, you should definitely check out the Mercy Thompson series. :)

[Mtrevino1984]

omg just finished bdb series :( cant wait till jms story so i can get to kno hella betta but cant wait till april :( but no choice in the matta do i o well so wut 2 read now n im patiently waitn 2 see who sookie chooses bill or eric but that comes out in may

[Ann aka Iftcan]

Hum, I don't know about the Women of the Other World series--at least not the first one. Not sure its entirely appropriate for a 13/14 year old.

Have you read Patricia Wrede's "Enchanted Forest" series? The first one is Dealing with Dragons. This one might (or might not) be a tad bit juvenial for you, not totally sure of your reading level.

Check out Tanya Huff's Summon the Keeper series--this is humourous and not exactly PNR--but not exactly UF either. There are 3 books in the series, the 1 I listed being the first. Well, actually check out any of Huff's series--they are usually UF, and not all are funny--some are serious, but they are not really "scarey" more mystery with PN elements.

[Mtrevino1984]

they need to make of bdb so i can see wut the bros look like n the SEX up close n personal wu tdo u guyz thnk?

[Mel]

It's hard to answer your question if I don't get it. No offence but would it be possible to spell out your words?

[Rachele]

Joan wrote: "Hmm...okay. Do you know of any other good paranormal books with romance? It has to have romance or I probably won't read it. Something about Pg-13 rated please. I don't mind a huge list! Thanks~"

I just finished Shiver, which reminded me a lot of Twilight. It's got a great romance story, and the one bedroom scene is not explicit at all. I don't think your mom would mind it at all. :)

[The Flooze]

Joan: Rachel Vincent's Soul Screamers series and Rachel Caine's Morganville Vampires are both YA and include some romance. Not naughty, so I think Mom would still approve.

:)

But most of the stuff we're mentioning...Mom might not be so happy!

The books Mel lists are good ones also.

[Lisa]

Eric Northman!! --nuff said...lol.

Bones!

[Ann aka Iftcan]

MIKE!!!

[Heather C]

Bones, Daegus, Ranger, Edward

I really need to meet this Eric Northman!

[Kathryn]

Joan wrote: "Hmm...okay. Do you know of any other good paranormal books with romance? It has to have romance or I probably won't read it. Something about Pg-13 rated please. I don't mind a huge list! Thanks~"

I loved all the "Vampire Academy" books by Richelle Mead--this is her YA series and it's great--romantic, but not explicit. "Evernight" by Claudia Gray, "Graceling" by Kristin Cashore. They all have elements of PNR, and wonderful stories. My teen daughter is in our local library teen book group, and brings home all kinds of good stuff to share. She's just finished "The Olympians" series by Rick Riordan (movie to be released soon) and she loved those too. She went out and bought all the books, so I get to read them next.

[The Flooze]

Why is Ann yelling Mike...

[Jessica]

I've come to realize -thanks to this thread- I like my men manly. Which explains why I lean more towards were/shifters. I really don't care too much for those pretty boy vampires who morn the loss of their humanity.

I'm so on board with Eric though! I love him in the books and can devour him on the show.

[The Flooze]

Jessica, I'm all for the manly man too, and Eric certainly fits! Oh, that Viking. He seems to be the common denominator on most everyone's lists.

[Lissette]

I'm in love with Edward Cullen(Twilight), Jace Wayland(Mortal Instruments), and Alexander Sterling(Vampire Kisses).

[allison]

Dimitri from The Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead
Jesse from The Mediator series by Meg Cabot

[Heather]

Hey Heather, I just started Halfway to the Grave and I have to say that Bones is working his magic on me. I can't believe I forgot about Edward, Ranger (and come on, how can you not include Joe?).

[Heather C]

Heather,
Yeah, I love Joe, too (kinda felt dirty naming them both) like Edward and Jacob.

I plan to start Destined for an Early Gravetonight, I don't want it to end.

[Leslie]

I have started to really like Gabriel from the "Nice Girls" series by Molly Harper. I like how much his character has changed and soften.

I love BONES, Z, Rhage..........Jamie Frasier

[Heather]

Are you kidding me? You felt dirty naming two hot guys? Nope, nor dirty, maybe crazy for saying their names, but not dirty. I am training someone so I have to limit my time reading Halfway. I am dying for some Bones..