a fiction reader, avid reader, re-reading the classics, a sci-fi buff, into romance novels
After obtaining Stephanie Meyer's much-vaunted novel "Twilight" at the urgings of multiple friends and favourable reviews, I dived into it expecting to be beguiled by fantastic characters; clever plots and amazing climaxes.
However, not unlike the women in gay porn films, they never came.
"Twilight"'s plot comes straight out of a Harlequin romance, complete with sappy descriptions like "marbled chest," "ivory skin," and cringe-worthy similes such as "Before you, my life was like a moonless night". However, unlike a Harlequin romance, "Twilight" doesn't deliver the expected steamy love scenes characteristic...
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