Blogging is risky. No matter what you find to write about, someone will take offense to it. So, with that in mind, this is me, about to step in vampire romance novel genre doo-doo.

You see, I love these kinds of novels. Vampire romance novels are my favorite literary bon-bon. Yes, I devoured the Twilight novels, by Stephanie Meyer. BOOM BOOM BOOM, I bought them back to back to back and didn't move from my reading chair for two weeks, unless it was to refill my coffee cup. And before you groan, let me tell you that this was waaaay before the idea of the movies. Excellent books!

This thing is, it's because the Twilight books were so well done that I didn't mind the introduction of the werewolves. (And if this proves a spoiler, you should get to the book store more often...or the movies...or turn on the television, maybe.) There are several books out there that are very well done. Exciting, sexy, fun. The problem is that in the genre of "vampire romance", I'm having problems finding books that are simply vampire romances. So many story lines are epic vampire experiences that involve a plethora of paranormal entities. And again, I'm trying to be supportive of fellow writers when I say that's okay. Clearly it's okay, because they have epic vampire sales and epic reviews for their novels. I love them. I'm envious. I wish I could write that way!

But I do have a question. Whatever happened to the story line of vampire boy meets non-vampire girl? Girl notices vampire boy is hawt! Vampire boy thinks girl is beautiful just the way she is, even if she does have a weakness for cookies. Girl notices vampire boy doesn't have a reflection, and the romance begins. (Someone tell me where in the world the question mark goes in that string of fragmented questions/sentences!) What I'd love to see is more vampire romance novels that run along the line of regular romance story lines. Picture the Neighbor From Hell Series, by R. L. Mathewson (every one is freaking awesome!)--only the neighbor is a vampire. *swoon* And...AND no pixie army, shape shifting attorney, or mummy housekeeper. (Not that there's anything wrong with that!)

If they're out there, I can't find the key words. I hesitate to type normal-vampire-romance-novel because really, what is normal about any of those words strung together? And who am I to say any book that doesn't match what I'm looking for isn't normal? I'm just a simple girl who loves cookies, and wants to read about a tall, dark and handsome vampire who lives a simple life.