Have you ever read a “campy” romance? I’ve seen a couple of reviews lately that refer to the books as campy. One of these books I’ve read–and in my opinion it’s in no way campy. The other one I haven’t, but I’m pretty sure the author wasn’t going for “campy”.
Maybe these reviewers have a different definition of campy (I’ll drop the quotes :) ) than I do. To me campy is F Troop or Batman the TV series. I can’t think of a book I’d qualify as campy–maybe The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy or something by Terry Pratchett. I can’t think of a romance–the closest would be some of the books I think Avon did that were kind of Avengers meet James Bond.
So, is this just a new cute way to insult a book or do these reviewers really think the books are campy? And is there a market for campy in the romance genre? Would you read one? I have to say I liked the Avon (if that is who the publisher was) ones.
Thoughts?
Oh, and I’m blogging at Romance Unleashed tomorrow. Stop by and tell me your favorite beach reads.
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by Lori July 1st, 2005 at 10:41 amLori