Next month I will have had a Kindle and Kindle unlimited for a year and almost every book I get recommended on social media it's some sort of dark romance polyamorous sort of thing.
And as much as I thought I was kinky I can't do it every supposed dark romance that I think I might actually like makes me pause and go will I be put on list??
A little stranger they are adopted siblings but they call each other brother and sister.
I really was excited about this losing Neverland Peter Pan retelling and I thought because a lot of people were talking about it Wendy and Peter had to at least be 18 if there was such graphic steamy sex but no they're 17 and for some reason that as a 28-year-old person bothers me.
I know I probably read some new adult romance where there were 17 and they had relations but I probably didn't think anything of it and just moved past it but the fact that people say it steamy and hot and they're cutting that specific part of the audiobook I'm posting it online I just I don't know maybe I'm being weird.
I also tried to read lights out which just hold turned me off I remember it was supposed to be so good and the moment he was like I want to chase her through the woods I'm like no no no no no no no.
I only read a taboo romance and really liked it where the guy was freshly eating and he had been in love with his best friend's mother his since he was 14 and moved to town and now that he was legal he was going to do his best to woo this woman. I ate that stuff up it took me two days to get through that book.
I probably be into a lot more dark romance if it didn't include non-consensual to the main female character or like breaking her bones or stuff like that the people have tried to recommend me I'm just sitting here like what.
Sure I'd like a dark obsessive stalker boyfriend but not one that wants to non-consensual play and not one that would physically hurt me.
Every time I tried to talk about stuff like this no one answered me like I'm saying something weird I just what I'm not being weird am I?
by nervous_Observer
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I didn’t read all your txt, just your title, bottom line is: Read what you like. if you have to force yourself to like something, you’re not gonna enjoy it period. end of story.
Maybe try reading wholesome books
No. You’re entitled to your own preferences. It’s only weird that you think it’s weird lol. I hate the romance genre in general and it’s never struck me as odd to dislike something that other people enjoy. We’re not all the same.
TLDR: OP doesn’t enjoy a book genre.
You’re allowed to have your own personality.
I don’t think you’re weird for that. I’m the same. I take no pleasure in books like that. My mind immediately goes to the legality of it all. I remember the Haunting Adelaide (i think it’s called that?) craze and honestly couldn’t get into it.
I think they’re all gross. There’s nothing wrong with me. We can all have our opinions. Just stop reading them if you don’t like them friendly
Maybe relax and just read what you like. Most dark romance is atrociously written any way.
Stop accepting recommendations from social media. You’re literally taking advice from commercials posing as curated recommendations. There’s nothing wrong if you don’t like what’s being advertised.
My unsolicited advice would be to get a library card, download Libby and use the “Inspire me with…” function if you’re at a loss for finding something you’ll actually enjoy, not what paid influencers are suggesting. Or better yet, get recommendations IRL from other readers you know or even join a book club.
Life is too short to consume stuff you don’t enjoy.
Edit: correction of typos & clarification
Liking or not liking a book genre doesn’t have to be all that deep.
It’s obviously not your kink. I don’t think “obsessive stalker” but “consensual” makes a lot of sense in fiction. Even if you roleplay CNC with your partner you pretend it’s non-consensual. If you start saying it’s consensual in practice and consensual in the fantasy you’re very much not talking about “dark romance” but just regular romance.
I hate 90% of everything that is “hot” on social media/BookTok.
Ignore the recommendations and read whatever *you* want/like. As you read more your recommendations will update.
I have zero FOMO about missing out on whatever the newest book craze is. Reading is fun, it’s not supposed to stress you out.
You don’t have to read books you don’t enjoy. FTR, there are dark romance books that don’t include non-con or dub-con.
That stuff sounds like utter salacious trash. It’s not surprising it doesn’t interest you, and there’s no reason to keep trying. Find good books you enjoy.
I’ve ran in kink circles and participate in kink actively. 90% of the dark romance genre really gives me the ick because of the emphasis on consent instilled in me. By all rights some concepts are hot but the non-con is really prevalent in the genre, and that makes it really hard to get into. I’ve read some that are good, but a lot of it has elements that take me out of it. My kink community brain is always like, that is not RACK, that is not safe, sane, or consensual.