Comments on: Paranormal Popularity – Why is Paranormal Romance So Hot Right Now?

By: Urban Fantasy Everywhere « Urban Fantasy Land

Urban Fantasy Everywhere « Urban Fantasy Land — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 14:11:37 +0000

[...] Harlequin’s Paranormal Romance Blog asks “Why is Paranormal Romance so popular right now?” [...]

By: Devon

Devon — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 21:55:07 +0000

I always enjoyed genres like Fantasy, Horror and Mystery, and I liked a romantic subplot with it. When I discovered paranormal romance it was a happy day. I like the larger than life characters, the twist on folklore and mythology, the intense romantic/sexual tension that can be created when you’ve got characters from different worlds. I love Urban Fantasy also–it’s got a little bit of everything. UF seems to be on the upswing, I’ve discovered some great new authors lately.

By: jennybullough

jennybullough — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 18:40:58 +0000

We’re in good company once again — dearauthor.com has posted about the growing appeal of urban fantasy:
http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2008/03/10/urban-fantasy-appeal-increasing-steadily/

By: Tammy

Tammy — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 13:55:12 +0000

I rememeber starting my reading obssession (hello my name is Tammy and I’m a bookaholic/readaholic) with what used to be called futuristic, some of them had a light paranormal influence, and I loved them! Finding new reading material was scarce for years then the term paranormal came into being and I had a choice of what kind of paranormal I wanted to read. I’m in heaven with all the titles available (just wish I could win the darn lottery so I could afford them all!)

By: Tempest Knight

Tempest Knight — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 19:53:29 +0000

I’ve always liked paranormal romances. From back in the 90s. Remember those vampire romances by Linda Lael Miller, Amanda Ashley, and Nancy Gideon? *wg* When the genre went out of fad in the late 90s, I stopped reading romances. Until it came back. Hehehe!

By: Vivi Anna

Vivi Anna — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 18:50:54 +0000

I’ve always been interested in the supernatural. I grew up on Stephen King, Dean Koontz, John Saul. I glommed anything spooky, scary or eerie.

Then I glommed a lot of fantasy, Mercedes Lackey, Jennifer Fallon, Robert Jordan, and others.

So for me paranormal romance was a blending of the two with a pinch or two of hot sex with some sexy dudes and I’m done. Paranormal and urban fantasy is pretty much all I read now. With a horror and fantasy tossed in now and then. I’m in reading heaven

By: Kathryn Holmes

Kathryn Holmes — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 14:22:15 +0000

I have loved paranormals for years. I was a subscriber to the old Shadows line, the pre-curser to Nocturne. And, when it first began, I immediately subscribed to Luna. But then, I am Wiccan and have been since I was a teenager. And much of paranormal fiction is about empowering women, making them strong and capable of dealing with their own problems. They may get help from their male counterparts, but they don’t leave the whole process of solving their problems to them. They actively participate. I like that in a book. Some of my favorite authors in paranormals are well known for making strong female characters. Just check out Christine Feehan’s Ghostwalker series. All the women can kick butt.:-)

By: jennybullough

jennybullough — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 22:00:08 +0000

Great minds think alike! The ladies over at Smart Bitches have posted a similar question about the rise in popularity of urban fantasy:
http://www.smartbitchestrashybooks.com/index.php/weblog/the_surge_of_urban_fantasy/