Just when you thought romance was dead. Just when you started to think, hmmm, maybe vampires are cliché, a new phenomenon is born. I’ve told my husband, “If you read the Twilight series, you will have the keys to unlock the secrets of a woman”. That peaked his interest, but he still hasn’t picked up the books.
So I anxiously trotted out to the huge theatre this morning for the first showtime of TWILIGHT, and we were an hour and a half early, just in case there was a line! Lucky for us it was in the morning, on a school day, and only supercool housewives and a handful of home-schoolers were in attendance. Perfect! I couldn’t be more exited, in my “You had me at ‘Vampire’ ” tshirt and Bella Twilight bracelet, with crystal heart and wolf charms. Showtime. I loved it, because I love the books so much. kudos. And Edward was super yummy. Big screen super yummy.
zoewinters said,
November 22, 2008 @ 3:32 pm
See, this is exactly what I’ve been saying. Everybody’s saying, “Don’t write more vampires, vampires are dead, blah blah blah.”
And I said: “Yes, but look at the Twilight phenomenon. More and more people who are NOT burnt out on vampires who haven’t even TRIED vampires are climbing on board, and especially now with the movie. The more people who watch the movie, the more people who read the books, the more people who start looking for other books in any way similar . . . i.e. vampires + romance = yay.”
And it doesn’t matter really if vampires have been done to death in paranormal romance if the genre is getting an influx of totally new readers. I have a friend who didn’t read at all. She picked up Twilight, loved it. Now she’s a paranormal romance fan.
I discovered the genre through Buffy fanfic of all places. So definitely there are a lot of new readers for the vampire thing.
Zoe
faboolux said,
November 22, 2008 @ 5:54 pm
I am just a vampire fan anyway, so this was right up my alley. But I tell my friends who aren’t vampire fans, that they will LOVE these books simply because they are FEMALE. Vampire has nothing to do with it. Since tearing through the series, and the incomplete Midnight Sun, I have moved on to Ann Rice’s The Vampire Chronicles. Although, I am still interested in reading Stephenie’s newest book, The Host. p.s. I’m a Buffy fan, too.