The romance, the tension, the sex?
It occurred to me while reading With This Kiss by Eloisa James, that what I love most about romance novels is the tension. Romance novels can be very obvious, I mean really, we all know where this is going. But when I start a new book I am meeting these characters for the first time and I am so excited for them to meet. Sometimes they already know each other, sometimes its going to take two chapters before the "meet" but, whatever, I am reading as fast as I can until I reach that moment of first awareness. That electric moment when one or both characters realize that they are attracted to each other. It never fails, I do the high school girl giggle every time. I love the tension of each conversation, each look, each bewildered internal self monologue--I love reading/watching them fall in love.
It is what keeps me coming back every time, and even rereading some books over and over. Sometimes (gasp!) I will even stop reading after the bulk of the romance is over, for example: they have confessed/made love, will live happily ever after but still have to find the killer. Blah blah blah, I don't care about a killer, for me the story is over. Thankfully my fave authors don't do that so I get complete satisfaction from first page to last page. But, I am curious if other readers feel the same way or if others love romance for different reasons? Hmmmm.
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