Yes, I can see that the person who asked this has a fave author. Maybe a few.
So do I. Each one, for different reasons too. One is eloquent and has nifty plots. One writes crisp, clean prose. All observe good rules of historical fiction.
But to ask the general readership if all HistRom is dead because you, the writer of that post or blog, have not discovered an author lately whose work you love? Because you proclaim only those authors who are traditionally published have the goods you desire?
Really? You need to get out more. Read more widely. Take a chance. Get out of your rut. You have not delved into the wealth of goodies among the indie self-published crowd. You are reading the same plots among certain 'Popular authors' who write with elementary vocabulary or the same plot of 'tropes' which are really 'cliches'.
There is a gold mine of beautiful, elegantly written and accurately posed historical romance everywhere. It is not expensive. It is available for your tablet. It can take you to Rome or Paris, Civil War America or China in the Regency era. And so much more! Yes, there is a lot of it. Yes, at first you may not like it all because you have trained your brain to like only (pick one) a virgin and a rogue, a pirate and another virgin, a debutante who wishes to ruin herself, a broad who loses it hourly and acts like she lives in the 21st century and a man whose virtues begin with the ability to spread her thighs over his dinner table.
But do get out there and discover new writers. New periods. New books. You will no longer assume HistRom is dead, after it brings variety, color, drama and romance into your life.
Because...well, to be honest....
We desperately need a citizenry who loves to read. Everything. Often.
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