Dangerous Hero Addict Support Group discussion

What is your opinion on books from the male POV?

Like it? Hate it? Do you think it's done well for the most part?

Love it! Getting inside a man's head? Whats not to like? I love hearing the thoughts that a male thinks but is too "tough" to actually say outloud.

Yep I like being in a man's head too... It's refreshing.

I agree with Lorraine, they are refreshing. Maybe its just the books I choose but I don't have a lot of them (male POV) so when I run across one I savor it

I love them too ... is there a list for them?

Yes, I like it. I remember Kristen Ashley did one book entirely from the man POV and it worked great for me, though I'd probably prefer to have both POVs in the course of a book.

I enjoy the male POV as well, especially when he is frustrated with the heroine. In Kristen Ashley's recent book, CREED, she switched back and forth between the POV's of the hero and heroine. She progressed the story with each character, not rewrite the scenes from different POV's. (I am not fond of that technique.)

Pamela(AllHoney) wrote: "Yes, I like it. I remember Kristen Ashley did one book entirely from the man POV and it worked great for me, though I'd probably prefer to have both POVs in the course of a book."

What book was it?

I've just read and it's in the male first person. Absolutely loved it.

Faithmarie wrote: "Pamela(AllHoney) wrote: "Yes, I like it. I remember Kristen Ashley did one book entirely from the man POV and it worked great for me, though I'd probably prefer to have both POVs in the course of a..."

I think it was

Thanks ... I'll go get it now... right? LOL

I love the male's pov.

I read a lot of urban fantasy, action/adventure, science fiction, and they have a lot more male POV. Like others have said, I love getting into the mind of a guy. I think you can tell when it's authentic or not.

Rob Thurman is a female who writes the Cal Leandros and Korsak books and I didn't even know she was a woman at first. The voice is very authentic.

I love to read from the male point of view. I will often times find myself getting anxious for the author to get back to their perspective. In truth I tend not to like romance novels that are written only from the female POV.

I find it so sexy when you are in the mans head and you can feel the things he is attached to in the heroine, or the way he notices little things about her. I also really like the sex sense from their POV too.

For me it really depends on the writer. Like a man writing a woman's POV... it can go sideways sometimes. Personally wether or not a book is from the male or female perspective doesn't matter to me. However, sometimes you can tell that what you're reading is a woman's thinly veiled fantasy about how men think.

Done well, you don't feel this way, done poorly it's ALL you can think about.

But honestly the gender of the POV doesn't really enter the equation for me.

I tend to stay away from male authors ... except Gabriel's Inferno
I found the male authors book tent to be more tragic .... I only read HEA books and get them from recommendations on GR

Those looking for male POV books, Leanore Elliott wrote one called Dirty As Sin . It's through a gigilo's POV - and really good!

I like to know what the hero is thinking as well.

Hold Me Closer, Necromancer is a good male POV book. I think I like UF male POV the most. Usually the guy is more realistic, not the pumped up studmuffin in romance novels. Not that I don't like those larger-than-life romance novel guys. Clearly I do. I just like seeing life through an everyday kind of guy who is put in extraordinary circumstances.

I think Leigh Greenwood writes HR very credibly from a male POV. Even before I knew he was a man, I thought that.

I think it's impressive whan an author writes crediably from the opposite sex's POV. It's hard to do. When I took the creative writing courses that I took, I really struggled with male POV. It was hard as hell!

The guys in the class said pretty much the same thing about writing from the female point of view.

In the end the teacher just said that the best way to do it was to stop imagining what you think or want the opposite sex to think and act like and start paying attention to how the type of person you're writing would behave. Once you get that down, the genderedness of it will flow much easier.

So, I think that's what good authors do when they write the opposite gender. Well done, I never notice that 'Hey! This lady is writing from the guy's POV!' or 'Hey! This guy if writing from the lady's POV!' I just think 'This makes sense.'

That makes sense what your writing teacher advised. It's important to write a character whose actions feel authentic, and focusing on stereotypes about gender will rarely get you there.

It works for some books. However, would Fifty Shades of Grey been the same with both POV's? I like it sometimes, but not others. Didn't offer much insight, huh?

I really like books from the male POV. For some reason they are just more interesting to me. Plus, I tend to get really frustrated with female characters in books. I usually find myself sympathizing with the male character anyway so reading from the male POV is a treat for me. One of my favorite series is from the male POV the Storm Front but

I love Harry's POV in the Dresden books, Jessica.

Elizabeth, that's a fair answer. Sometimes it does work, sometimes it doesn't.

I LOVE the male's POV.

Elizabeth wrote: "It works for some books. However, would Fifty Shades of Grey been the same with both POV's? I like it sometimes, but not others. Didn't offer much insight, huh?"

at the end of the last one is the first part written from Christian's POV and I think that would have made for a much better book. Same with Twilight I wish she would finish midnight sun!

I think that the main reason I love most Julia London's books, is that she usually writes the book mainly from the hero's POV; as others said, I find that refreshing and much more interesting than the heroine's POV. Since I read mostly romance, what I care after all is the man's feelings, how he sees things, how he reacts to her rejections, smiles, flirtations.... I think I more or less already know how the heroine -any heroine- feels, being a woman myself, after all.

Does anyone have any suggestions of historical romances with a fair bit of the POV being from the hero?

I recommend a book called The Exceptions by David Cristofano. There are two versions of the book,. The first book, The Girl She Used to Be, was spoken in POV by the girl, but I enjoyed it better by the hero's POV in the 2nd book David released called, The Exceptions. Jonathan Bovaro, the son of a Mafia leader, committed a crime in which a young girl and her family witnessed. Jonathan was 9 when he saw the beautiful little girl and her family flee from the scene, but remembered their vehicle information and gave it out innocently to the FBI, which will be used to track them down to testify against the Bovaros. The little boy fell instantly in love with the little girl, and just wanted her to be safe. The story is told over the years of which both the boy and girl grow up, and Jonathan is expected to carry out the family business, and is assigned to hunt down the girl and her new profile, and off her family. He can’t bear to do it, instead, he tracks her down and watches over her, a covert guardian angel. This story is action-packed and feel good romance. The author did an outstanding romantic and realistic story, and is male himself. I feel he hit it right on the spot, and possibly one of my newly favorite male authors. Reaaad this one! =D (the girls POV is just as beautiful, but it felt so real and genuine coming from Jonathan.

Is there a HEA?????

I don't want to spoil anything =o But I will say it is a very realistic ending!! Hint though, I will love this story for the rest of my life hahah

Oh dear... that and the fact that a man wrote it puts me into the assumption it does not have a happy ending... LOL tell me I am wrong. LOL Please

Trying to figure out a way to explain it as best as I can without spoiling LOL. Ohhh I can't! It does =p

LOL AHHHHH What?... you have got me intrigued !!!!!!I am slow on the up take ... I don't know what that means!!! LOL
I will confess I never read a book anymore unless it had a happy ending... Is the closest I have come to a book that might not have a happy ending for some...

Eep! This one definitely does have a happy ending!! I agree with you. Even so with movies. One of my favorite movies is Moulin Rouge and I refuse to watch past where Christian and Satine finally get back together. I push stop right before she dies and pretend it never happened and that it ended with a happily ever after haha

LOL! We do the same thing!!!!!!! LOL Now movies are a bit easier to get over ... even though I try my best to not see one with an unhappy ending BUT it is an hour or two invested in a movie where as a book is... for me something more intimate and time invested.... LOL It takes more time for me to ... recover..... either way .... even if I love the book I become attached.

The Exceptions sounds good. Thanks for the recommendation, Sky!

Teresa wrote: "Does anyone have any suggestions of historical romances with a fair bit of the POV being from the hero?"

Hi Teresa,

I really loved Anne Stuart's 'To Love A Dark Lord'!

I love Maya Banks highlander series. Even though I am not a big historical reader :)

Having POV in my books only got me more hooked on...
8)

I really enjoy romance novels from the male point of view. Some of the best moments of Karen Marie Moning's Fever series are when you get Barron's perspective of events. is one of the best romance novels told completely from the male point of view. Sebastian's perspective was so earthy and unflowery and it totally made me fall in love with a drunk, abusive, alpha-hole.

Laura wrote: "Teresa wrote: "Does anyone have any suggestions of historical romances with a fair bit of the POV being from the hero?"

Hi Teresa,

I really loved Anne Stuart's 'To Love A Dark Lord'!"

Yes, Me too!

I need both points of view. I'm reading a historical at the moment, and it's written in the first person. It's driving me crazy, hearing the heroine talk about her gorgeous hair and curves etc.

I like knowing what's going on in both characters' heads. I just finished a book where the hero says some absolutely awful things about the heroine (not knowing she was listening), and I really needed those scenes where we were inside his head and hearing how bad he felt about it. And seeing how his opinion of her changed.

Sonya Heaney wrote: "I need both points of view. I'm reading a historical at the moment, and it's written in the first person. It's driving me crazy, hearing the heroine talk about her gorgeous hair and curves etc.

I ..."

I like the male POV as well as it sheds light on what is being felt and thought which is totally separate from what is being said and action.

One of the things I LOVE about books VS movies and other media is the ability to delve into the minds and hearts of the characters.

I enjoy reading the Hero's POV as long as I learn something new, but I dislike when the book is just a repeat of the original.

Pamela wrote: "I enjoy reading the Hero's POV as long as I learn something new, but I dislike when the book is just a repeat of the original."

Ditto. I am really tired of being milked as a reader with the series of mini "novellas" as series or trilogies which are in some cases just one novel crudely split up with cliff hangers, to increase funds via sales of the 'parts" and POV rehashes of said series.

Pamela wrote: "I enjoy reading the Hero's POV as long as I learn something new, but I dislike when the book is just a repeat of the original."

Which seems to be the case 99% of the time in New Adult books!

Sonya Heaney wrote: "I need both points of view. I'm reading a historical at the moment, and it's written in the first person. It's driving me crazy, hearing the heroine talk about her gorgeous hair and curves etc.

I ..."

So true!