Anonymous #1 13w

Yeah I’m definitely getting that now. The one I read was a master/slave one and it was so gross. I don’t get how it’s popular

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Anonymous #3 13w

That’s interesting! I never heard that

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Anonymous #1 13w

Miranda Grant is an author who writes dark romance! She has a section on her website titled "Understanding Dark Romance" that explains one of the many reasons a person may enjoy the genre. Highly recommend checking it out!

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Anonymous #2 13w

I think that’s what I’d prefer. The lack of consent and autonomy really turned me off. (Also the pedophilia and homophobia.) I can do dark stories but the relationship itself has to be wholesome and fully consensual or I’m not gonna like it

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Anonymous OP 13w

Omg what dark romance did you read with homophobia etc??? That’s such a shame. A lot of dark romances I’m reading these days are explicitly lgbtq+ (Her Soul to Take & series were recent on my list). I don’t love lack of consent in my dark romance at all. It’s why I write cozy slow burn dark romance 😅

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Anonymous #2 13w

Honestly I was not aware that dark romance was a very queer friendly genre at all. But anyways, the was the Captive Prince Trilogy by C. S. Pacat. It was a queer mlm romance, but the way it was written and handled reeked of homophobia despite it taking place in a queernormative world. It was just a really gross representation of queer men and as a queer man myself it made me incredibly uncomfortable

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Anonymous OP 13w

I knew it was going to be bad because it was master/slave but I wasn’t expecting the straight up pedophilia. But unfortunately it was the only queer dark romance I could find. And it has definitely pushed me away from the genre

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Anonymous OP 13w

Ahhh yeah I’ve heard very mixed things about that series. Some queer folks I know love it, some hate it. Dark romance is VERY queer friendly in indie publishing spaces! I know a ton of lgbtq+ dark romance authors. That doesn’t mean there isn’t some upsetting content mixed in though.

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