The New Indian Express: Looks like gals have finally wised up to the fact that there is not a guy `alive’ who is tall, dark, handsome, romantic and ...unbelievably rich! No wonder then that the romantic hero today is UNDEAD! Yes, romance has indeed shifted base to supernatural realms. And the heroes are - to borrow the catch phrase of a popular paranormal romance series - young, fabulous and fanged! Gone are the days of regular men from ‘Mills and Boon’ or ‘Harlequin romance’! It’s the supernatural hero that’s wooing the teens of today - fanged, or worse! Books, movies, TV series, wherever you turn, paranormal rule the roost! Kochi is no different. Each and every library in the city stock paranormal fiction these days. And teenage girls swoon over paranormal heroes who are ‘perfect’ as only they can be! Vampires, shapeshifters, werewolves, witches, witch-hunters, wizards...with perfect manners and bodies, they woo the teens of today! Vampires are the most popular among the lot, closely followed by werewolves but urban fantasies featuring all types of ‘supernatural’ heroes are slowly gaining ground. Read Full : Young, fabulous and fanged! |Twilight Series|Vampire romance | The New Indian Express, Image
