What I learned in school today

According to my Social Problems teacher (who would, presumably, not lie about such things) the notion of people marrying for love didn’t become common until about 1850.

So now every time I read a Regency set romance novel in which the heroine tosses her head and proclaims, “No, I won’t marry you, you notorious rake! I’ll only ever marry for love!” I will no longer be able to ignore that fact.

In other book-related news, I’ve started Lover Awakened by JR Ward. God damn this woman is my romance novel crack.

That being said, I am really dreadfully curious to see how she’s going to pull off a HEA (that’s, of course, Happily Ever After for those people who do not obsessively surf romance-related blogs like I do) between Zsadist and Bella. That boy is seriously messed up, and even though I am only on chapter 13, I already know that she’s going to have to do a whole lot to convince me that both he and Bella won’t be emotionally scarred for years to come.

Also, I am so getting a Harry Potter vibe off the John Matthew storyline. As I read about how he’s going to be in vampire training, I keep hoping he will have a Ron and a Hermione to bounce stuff off of.

Thirdly, this book is a lot darker than the other two and consequently there’s a lot less of a campy feel to it. This is both a good thing as Zsadist really doesn’t need or deserve a campy story, but the sense of fun isn’t quite as present in the world.