tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9293137.post332792802018996848..comments2023-05-08T09:56:32.373-04:00Comments on Library Hungry: InstaloveLibraryHungryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01981967495068772927noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9293137.post-74937449521293820332013-05-29T16:25:09.906-04:002013-05-29T16:25:09.906-04:00Instalove doesn't annoy me so much as it bores...Instalove doesn't annoy me so much as it bores me. I am a Pride and Prejudice kinda gal; I prefer romances in which the lovers either don't like one another or are full of mistaken assumptions about each other, or both. I like watching a couple fall in love-- not in an instantaneous world-shattering boom of rose petals and angels farting rainbows above them, but slowly, as they learn more, understand better, let their guards down, and begin to change as a result of knowing each other.<br /><br />In the book I'm writing now, my female main character doesn't even find her love interest attractive when she first encounters him; she's been raised in a very ethnically insular culture, and he just looks weird to her-- his skin is too dark, his eyebrows too heavy, his nose too long. He becomes beautiful to her the more clearly she's able to see him.<br /><br />I'd be interested to hear the perspective of someone who enjoys and relates to the instalove plot. Lots of people must, since they're so popular, but I just don't get it.Lianna Williamsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08664487011301126451noreply@blogger.com