and concerns the romance between a vampire and "a were-tiger princess". That sounds more like a really munchkin D&D party than a novel. When did repressed housewives replace teenage neckbeards?
Aren't vampirism and lycanthrophy both essentially STDs?
Also, the idea of repressed housewives getting together for a good ol' D&D session sounds pretty funny.
It is more that it is becoming less and less taboo for people to express their sexualities.
So instead of ostracized weirdos being the only ones who do, because they don't care about taboo or they used the internet, the everyday average person is.
Especially... groups who are NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE SEXUALITY!!! like... EWWWW Housewives! Only young women are allowed to have a sex life...
Ohh wait sorry I forgot we don't live in the 1950s.
Yeah, cause that's totally what I was saying.
It's more that trashfic is a cheap sell, and no talent is required. And the massive cost reductions associated with digital publishing mean that every fucker who can string a few words together like "his furry loins heaved against her ample body" can now be "a published author".
It's the downside of the democratization of media -- the signal-to-noise ratio increases dramatically. I would definitely label this stuff as "noise", but I realize there's an audience for it. But I retain the right to point and laugh at the genre, just as I do the "teen paranormal romance" genre (which is virtually the same thing, just less explicit and with more angst).
@Lord Shonus: "Extruded Book Product"....I was totally going to steal that, until I googled it and found the tvtropes page for it. Still, well played.