Hmmm.

Over on Hogwarts Hocus, someone apped Edward Cullen from Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight , which for those of you who don’t know, is a YA vampire novel. Anyway, the app was not met with universal love and adoration. The word ’suepire’ was used to describe him, which is pretty much true, a fact I will expand on whenever I get around to finishing Twilight.

However, just now, while blog-hopping, I came across mention of J. R. Ward's Black Dagger Brotherhood series of erotic paranormal romance novels. The reviews I’ve read lead me to think that just possibly I shouldn’t snark them just yet, but, come on. We have characters with names like Zsadist, Rhage, Phury, and, on a completely random note, Butch. Apparently they’re all bad-ass vampires who protect humans from the forces of evil, and they all have ZOMG tortured pasts.

I’m strangely compelled to read at least one of these books to find out if they’re as cringe-inducing as they sound–and, well, also to look for slashy subtext.