Like genres (and sub-genres), certain tropes in fiction literature go through cycles of rising and ebbing popularity. Because "my" genre is romance, I'll focus on those plot devices which I find tired and in dire need of abandonment in that genre.
Author Susan Stoker does a great job of using several of these tropes in ways that don't demean the heroines and that don't relegate the heroes to what have become stock antihero characters. I always appreciate an author who can incorporate a standard plot device or trope without it feeling worn and tired and strive to do the same in my stories. Comments are closed.
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