Book frustrations

[mothwing]

Is there a reason why werewolf fiction sucks this much? I thought Shiver was the bottom of the barrel in aTwilight-clone-filled world, but looking through the tag on Amazon, I find that most things I found look SO. MUCH. WORSE.

And why does everything have to be a romance?
Can this generation of Fantasy readers not conceive of any interaction with mythical creatures apart from boinking them? 

I probably need to dig a bit deeper than going through the first couple of results pages on Amazon, though. 

Comments

[krakelwok.livejournal.com]

Exactly, that baffles/annoys me, too. For some reason it doesn't sit too well with me how people now romanticise and even idolise age-old symbols of depravity and the worst aspects of human nature.

[moonystone.livejournal.com]

Have you tried the Skinwalker series by Faith Hunter? Not quite werewolf, but close, i.e. shapeshifter. And thankfully very little romance. A friend lent it to me and I was hooked after a few pages (though my demands are rather low, I'm afraid...)