tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post9218482597554010297..comments2023-11-03T05:49:10.841-04:00Comments on Storytelling Rules: What's old is new again - the Alpha-AholeMaureen McGowanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00494408580378817045noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post-45229186911177432152013-01-10T16:37:48.718-05:002013-01-10T16:37:48.718-05:00Zsadist (third spelling is the charm?) was alpha e...Zsadist (third spelling is the charm?) was alpha everywhere but with the heroine. So true!<br /><br />That conflict of him falling apart completely when faced with an aroused female (because of the horrible things done to him in the past) was such an interesting conflict. Must read that book again.<br /><br />That book and The Iron Duke both blew me away in terms of having big alpha dudes, who were also so vulnerable. <br />But those are both paranormal...<br /><br />I still don't know if I've read a book in a contemporary setting with that kind of hero and liked it... I can kind of imagine one I might like as I'm typing this... Hmm... Either I need to read more of them or write one. ;)Maureen McGowanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00494408580378817045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post-49757875341075333792013-01-10T14:14:14.565-05:002013-01-10T14:14:14.565-05:00The reaction and the book both. I wish I could rem...The reaction and the book both. I wish I could remember the name of the class. A friend of mine taught it and I was a guest speaker after she found out how much I hated the book.<br /><br />No feistiness, Molly? None at all? Could she be adorably clumsy like a sweet kitten instead? ;-)Eileenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09803986849921870941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post-511058125706484282013-01-10T14:06:41.087-05:002013-01-10T14:06:41.087-05:00Good point Molly. We love him, but how can we do h...Good point Molly. We love him, but how can we do him differently. <br /><br />And Sinead I never really thought that about Zhadist. I would have put him in the Alpha column, but you are right in many ways he isn't.<br /><br />Eileen - were they studying "Twilight" or the reaction to it. I think that's the only interesting aspect of that book.<br /><br />On the plus side I do think romance has picked up a LOT of these Twilight readers.Stephanie Doylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17448686465587131952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post-35710474074170840652013-01-10T13:09:16.583-05:002013-01-10T13:09:16.583-05:00Great post! so hard to do the alpha guy and make h...Great post! so hard to do the alpha guy and make him relatable. It's why the Zadist book worked so well for me, because he's Alpha in some regards, but not when it comes to the heroine.. <br />And it's where the Kristin Ashley book, Motorcycle man did not work for me. Couldn't see him as sexy. And I'm in the minority there... so it's really subjective. <br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post-53612518637468431432013-01-10T12:32:59.708-05:002013-01-10T12:32:59.708-05:00I think he's coming back around - he spent som...I think he's coming back around - he spent some time in paranormal but he's creeping up in paranormal. And part of me is sad about this - while I love a good alpha hole too, he limits the dynamic and I don't want to read romances from twenty years ago with modern sensibilities. If he's coming back I want him to be different in some serious way - and the heroines that manage him different. Not just feisty - lord save me from feisty. But the dynamic has to be different. Right now these alpha holes are coming back in books I've already read 20 years ago, with hotter sex scenes.Molly O'Keefehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15171236688541657736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post-6966083795440642072013-01-10T12:08:13.536-05:002013-01-10T12:08:13.536-05:00Very interesting. I spoke with a class at UC Davis...Very interesting. I spoke with a class at UC Davis who had been studying Twilight (yes, studying Twilight) and their feeling was that what I saw as the abusive relationship between Bella and Edward was present in most romances. They had a lot of examples.<br /><br />It actually bugs me a little and yet, I kind of love a good Alpha Ahole. Eileenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09803986849921870941noreply@blogger.com