Amish...Vampires? Oh, Lord.
Two of the biggest current trends in popular literature are: [1] Amish Romance novels (written by non-Amish authors, and I often wonder what the actual Amish people think of those books) and [2] Paranormal Romance novels (frequently starring gorgeous, emo vampires.)
Therefore, someone has written a novel that combines the two.
Because if bleu cheese salad dressing tastes good, and marshmallow Easter peeps taste good, then marshmallow peeps soaked in bleu cheese dressing will taste really good. Right?
RIGHT?
http://www.nyjournalofbooks.com/review/plain-fear-forsaken-novel
http://www.amazon.com/Plain-Fear-Forsaken-Leanna-Ellis/dp/1402255403
http://churchleadersread.com/2011/03/11/plain-fear/
http://longandshortreviews.blogspot.com/2011/08/plain-fear-forsaken-by-leanna-ellis.html
And it isn't a spoof, a la Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. It's completely serious.
Now, I haven’t gotten a chance to read this novel, and it may turn out to be a very good story and very well-written. It’s just…the concept, y’know? These two genres are so completely different from each other, and it’s hard to imagine how they could mesh plausibly AND satisfy both readerships. I’m guessing that most fans of Amish romances are drawn by the Christian, “clean read” aspect of those books – that’s what I’ve observed at my job in the local public library, anyway. I’ve also observed that those readers like their clean-read romances to be based in reality. They don’t check out things with fantasy elements, such as magic, time-travel, fairies, etc, even if the fantasy elements are benevolent. Traditionally evil fantasy critters like vampires, and the sex scenes that usually accompany them, would probably go over with them about like a turd in the punchbowl.
All I can say is please, pleeeeeeeeeze let there be a graphic novel version of this. An Amish manga would be awesome (as in not really), the likes of which have not been seen since the ghastly Buffy Season 8 comics. O_O
Two of the biggest current trends in popular literature are: [1] Amish Romance novels (written by non-Amish authors, and I often wonder what the actual Amish people think of those books) and [2] Paranormal Romance novels (frequently starring gorgeous, emo vampires.)
Therefore, someone has written a novel that combines the two.
Because if bleu cheese salad dressing tastes good, and marshmallow Easter peeps taste good, then marshmallow peeps soaked in bleu cheese dressing will taste really good. Right?
RIGHT?
http://www.nyjournalofbooks.com/review/plain-fear-forsaken-novel
http://www.amazon.com/Plain-Fear-Forsaken-Leanna-Ellis/dp/1402255403
http://churchleadersread.com/2011/03/11/plain-fear/
http://longandshortreviews.blogspot.com/2011/08/plain-fear-forsaken-by-leanna-ellis.html
And it isn't a spoof, a la Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. It's completely serious.
Now, I haven’t gotten a chance to read this novel, and it may turn out to be a very good story and very well-written. It’s just…the concept, y’know? These two genres are so completely different from each other, and it’s hard to imagine how they could mesh plausibly AND satisfy both readerships. I’m guessing that most fans of Amish romances are drawn by the Christian, “clean read” aspect of those books – that’s what I’ve observed at my job in the local public library, anyway. I’ve also observed that those readers like their clean-read romances to be based in reality. They don’t check out things with fantasy elements, such as magic, time-travel, fairies, etc, even if the fantasy elements are benevolent. Traditionally evil fantasy critters like vampires, and the sex scenes that usually accompany them, would probably go over with them about like a turd in the punchbowl.
All I can say is please, pleeeeeeeeeze let there be a graphic novel version of this. An Amish manga would be awesome (as in not really), the likes of which have not been seen since the ghastly Buffy Season 8 comics. O_O