Vampires the new prince charming??? Ugh, please no!

I think I've mentioned that I"m a long time romance reader. When the stress levels go up in my life, you can bet I'm reading a romance to help me cope with it all and just escape the reality of my life.

Stressed or not, there is one author I will absolutely not miss reading and that is Lisa Kleypas. She is just a wonderful writer. I love her historical romances as they are like no other. They are just tender and satisfy my need to read about loves that are love and like no other.
I came across this excellent article by CNN. Which has a great title: Vampire romance novels suck in readers. Ha Ha

It is a really well written article. The author must be a romance reader. There is absolutely no attitude in the article about being a romance reader and she understands why the genre is doing so well. Everything in the article points to the fact that she understands the reader. But I personally have a problem with Vampires being the new "Prince Charming." Nothing about Vampires charms me. I have no patience for it. It doesn't jive with what I need to live in my fantasies. I have tried reading paranormal romance books and I don't find anything that would "suck" me in. However, this also doesn't mean I won't try to read one again. Maybe I'll come upon the right author one day.

However, I realize Vampires are big now. I have a theory and I believe they are big due to feminism. It's been a long time since a female reader is able to read a book where the hero simply ravishes the heroine. A man that lets the beast take over. The beast that allows himself to take her as if he owns her.

In this world of fantasy - Please note and I mean fantasy only!!!! As something that exists "only" in your imagination and where you'd want no part of it in reality! - you may have a heroine that says no but means yes. The only time it is now acceptable for the male not to hear the "no" and understand the "yes" in her "no" is the vampire, the beast.

He is allowed to ravish her because he has animal instincts and innately knows what she wants. He is able to operate in a different plane and is in tune with her mind and desires. He can reach her at a level much deeper that simple words. He looks beyond the plain words and looks for a language that runs much much deeper. And as the man who has right to her he sees and hear more than any mortal man could.

He can take her and satisfy her need for unbridled physical and other sorts of love satisfying to the female mind - only as a beast of a man could...