Paranormal Romance & Urban Fantasy discussion

Ah well I'm back and with another question.

A few days ago i finished reading At Grave's End (Night Huntress, #3)and i was very surprised how long it had been since i had a sob feast with a book.
I cried till i was puffy thinking of Bones.

So, What's your top tear jerker?

I'm feeling a bit masochistic for my next good read. ;)

Without a doubt! Bawled my eyes out. Was still emotional days after reading this one. I think that's why it is one of my all time favourites.

These are my tear jerkers:


Les Miserables by Victor Hugo, Surrender by Sonya Hartnett,Road Of The Dead by Kevin Brooks and A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini.

Josie so agree with you

I agree on Shadow Kiss--here are a few of mine--

Ugh... I cry at the drop of a hat, but here are a few I've read this year that had aspects that really got to me:

I balled my eyes out when I was reading . I haven't with any other books as much as I cried reading this one.

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I have a shelf on goodreads for books that made me cry. My biggest cry was reading .

There are two books that I like to reread partially because every time I do they still make me cry.
Charlotte's Web
Bridge to Terabithia

Just read Before Midnight A Retelling of "Cinderella" by Cameron Dokey last night. Stayed up WAY to late because it was short and I couldn't put it down. I cried my eyes out several times. It's really just the Cinderella story with a few twists, but man, I was crying like a baby. It was an excellent book. Dokey is so poetic and magical sometimes.

I don't cry very easily - I think my tear ducts are broken or clogged from years of neglect - but Richelle Mead has away of ripping your heart out your chest.

Oh gosh I so have to agree with you Aleh At Grave's End had me totally balling my eyes out! I cry at the drop of a hat too so most books will make me cry from sadness and even hapiness!

Marley and Me. Jesus I was depressed for days...! My husband kept asking what was wrong with me and my dogs were overly spoiled for a month.

Jessica wrote: "I don't cry very easily - I think my tear ducts are broken or clogged from years of neglect - but Richelle Mead has away of ripping your heart out your chest."

Are her books YA?

She has a YA and two adult series.

I think just about every BDB book made me cry at some point. V's book was especially hard to get through.

Shannon - V's story broke my heart, but I think I cried the most for him in Butch's book during the balcony scene at his penthouse. Sigh...

Jessica - Yeah, I saw too much of both of my dog's in Marley. I chuckled along with his antics through the first 95% of the book and then spent the next several days cuddled up with my pups trying to get them to agree to never leave me. LOL

Oh, and I forgot to mention Amy Lane's series. Those books left me a sobbing mess.

Can't say that a book can make me cry so easy.Coming to think of it,the only book that ever made me cry was the last book of Harry Potter.What with all the deaths and the fact that it was the last book,i was crying before i realised it.

DarkHeart wrote: "Shannon - V's story broke my heart, but I think I cried the most for him in Butch's book during the balcony scene at his penthouse. Sigh..."

I think that was one of my favourite BDB moment too. Very poignant!

Oh, I used to not cry easely. I could watch the biggest disasters and human tragedies on the news and go like: 'Oh, bummer'.
But now that I'm a bit older, I notice I cry a lot more easely (especially before a certain time in the month...).
There are quite some books I cried about but I must say I don't recall many. The most recent tear jerkers however are:

Oh the ending... I was devastated. I couldn't read anything else for a while cause I needed to get over this book...

I didn't expect it but the BDB books have turned out to be quite the tear jerkers. It's mostly one or two very small scenes in the books but they're very impressive.

I absolutely needed a hanky when Georgina got to hear Maggie's 'great news'. Shocked and appaled I was, shocked and appaled. And sad.

Two scenes with Hope and Karl and one scene with Robyn and Finn had me crying.

Poor, poor Dante...

Ugh... Dante, how could I have forgotten Dante. His youth was definitely heartbreaking. And yes, Maggie's news in Succubus Dreams crushed me. I read that and Vincent's Prey, one right after the other, and I was emotionally drained.

And sister mine, you've got me concerned now, as you know I'm starting the Karen Chance books this month. I'll remember to have some tissue handy when I get to that series. ;)

Don't be concerned sister mine: the tear jerking for the Cassie Palmer series didn't start till Curse the Dawn (4th book).
The sequel of Midnight's Daughter will come out the 5th of January. It would be great if you can squeeze all 5 of Chance's books in the next two months. You'll be just in time for Death's Mistress (the waiting has been agonizing!).

DarkHeart wrote: "Ugh... I cry at the drop of a hat, but here are a few I've read this year that had aspects that really got to me:"

Oh, I forgot about Magic Strikes--definitely cried in that one.

My top tear-jerkers have to be:

The Host - The last 50 pages were so emotional!
Born of Night - Nykyrian, I just wanted to hug him.
An Enchanted Season - Tammy and Nate's story by Nalini Singh *sigh* It was only a short story, but it had an impact on me for sure!
Lover Awakened - Z, my fave, poor man just felt so bad for him and how he was treated. Plus, Tohr suffered in this book as well.
At Grave's End - I agree with Aleh, I was a mess thinking of Bones in that book as well!

Acheron was a tear jerker for me... and of coarse, New Moon

I have a couple that fit that category....
The Host
A Gentle Rain

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I'm such a cry baby, I can't even remember all the times I cried. I was never sobbing outright it was more I was reading and the I suddenly realized there were tears, but I can't remember all the specific books. But I know I cried during scenes in these (of course this was just the last 2 months):

Laura wrote: "Oh, I forgot about Magic Strikes--definitely cried in that one."

That was so sad. I don't remember being disturbed by a UF like that in quite some time.

new_user wrote: "Laura wrote: "Oh, I forgot about Magic Strikes--definitely cried in that one."

That was so sad. I don't remember being disturbed by a UF in quite some time."

I absolutely adore him, so the aftermath of the events (trying desperately to keep this spoiler free) just crushed me.

I haven't read any of them yet, I guess now I know to expect a few tears. I am the same way Tara, I cry on so many of them I can't keep track, but there are just some that stand out.

On the whole, they aren't sad, but that one had some emotional bits. My favorite book of the year though!

The Eye of Night was one of the few books to make me cry.

I see so many books on here that I have read and I have cried in almost all of them!!! :) I just got through with The Lovely Bones, Thirteen Reasons Why, and Life as we knew it, all back to back. Talk about a cry-fest in all three of these books.

DarkHeart wrote: "I absolutely ado..."

I know, he was like the epitome of goodness, so to see that happen to such a guy... Ouch. And it was so realistic, reminiscent of modern "revenge" killings when some thug's trying to send a message to a vice cop, etc.

My heart was broken when Edward left!!!
And the end of Shadow Kissed broke one broke my heart too!

The whole Outlander series made me an emotional wreck. The things Jamie goes through in the first book broke my heart to pieces.

*Spoiler alert*

Destined for an Early Grave had me bawling like a baby when Bones left Cat.

Yeah that one made me cry too!

I have to agree!!! I was in Tears, in shock, and kept saying 'no no no it can not be true.'


Josie wrote: "

Without a doubt! Bawled my eyes out. Was still emotional days after reading this one. I think that's why it is one of my all time favourites."

My top three - in no particular order:

- when Harry's walking into the forest and when Hagrid's carrying him out - OMG.

- He left her - how could he leave her?? How could she believe what he said???

- I know it's not PNR or UF or Fantasy - but the aftermath of the firing squad just ripped me into pieces. That's pure love.

Once I finish I'm moving onto , I'll make sure I have plenty of tissues handy.

The Guarduin by Nicholas Sparks I was sobbing and I shed a few tears reading Shiver.

I have a new one to add to my list of tear jerkers:

Blaze of Memory - Toward the end of that book just tore me up! Definitely a tear-fest on my part.

Me too, Shannon. ;_; That was awful.

Oh my gosh - there are so many (I've read 240+ books so far this year), but here are a good few...

**spoiler alert**

Prey by Rachel Vincent - when Faythe's brother Ethan dies and they think Mark is dead
Lover Awakened by J.R. Ward - basically the entire book
Evermore by Lynn Viehl - basically the entire book
Blood Promise by Richelle Mead - when Rose and Dimitri are on the bridge and he realizes what he should have said
The Darkest Whisper by Gena Showalter - mostly the parts regarding Paris

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LOL, Sarah, while I couldn't agree more with your comment on Prey - you might possibly want to put a spoiler warning on your post, as you post gives away a huge event in the book. =)

The first book I ever really cried over was Harry Potter 5 and 7. Then:

New Moon-stephenie meyers
Undead Series-Mary janice Davidson (I cried at least once during all of them)
The Vampire's Bride-Gena Showalter
Sunday's at Tiffany's-James Patterson

I've never cried reading any book except and couldn't stop. I had to keep drying my eyes.

New Moon made me cry too, which pissed me off to no end. LOL. I HATE crying over kids books!

There was a kenyon book that made me bawl, now I don't remember which one it was. The heroine dies and is brought back as a shade I think. I remember having to put the book down until I could breathe again (My nose stuffs something fierce when I cry)

I definitely cried at Shadow Kiss and At Grave's End over Bones, but I also cried over Kisten's death in (I think) The Outlaw Demon Wails. And I shed a couple of tears over Jesse & Paul near the end of Hell's Belles.

Ok, New Moon was a definate tear jerker. And, one that I re-read regularily (and, even after 40 years, STILL cry at the ending) is The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress. My very first crush was on Mike (one of the main "characters" in this book. Even if he WAS a computer) which is why I LOVED R2D2 and C3PO in SWs. :o) The most recent thing that I cried my eyes out over was a movie tho. It was "Taking Chance" a movie starring Kevin Bacon. We never got to actually "See" Chance until the very end of the movie, during the credits, when the Phelps family allowed some of their home movies of Chance at different ages to be shown. I remember my Dad pulling "Escort" duty once. Maybe that's why I cry with it, because what Dad when through was NOTHING like what happened with Chance. But then again--it WAS Vietnam, and the climate in this country was so different.

I also cried while reading The Ship Who Sang and again during Moreta's Ride Moreta, Dragonlady of Pern / Nerilka's Story.