Thank you to Toni for asking us the next question in our celebration month.
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Toni:What are your favorite subgenres? Do you prefer to only review those books or branch out?
Jen B:
I’m generally a tried and true kind of girl. I know what I like and often stick with it because, hey, I know I like it. 😀 I tend to steer clear of certain subgenres, such as fluffy romance, historicals, or books with children. However, if it is an author I know I’ve enjoyed in the past, I have relaxed my feelings and given it a shot which has mostly paid off.
Vicki/Tori:
I read all of the m/m sub-genres except horror. I particularly like paranormal, but I read lots of contemporary, suspense, historical…. I also read some non-m/m books as well, mostly urban fantasy or paranormal romance.
Not many these days, but a few of my favorite authors I’ve followed for years.
Pizzygirl:
I LOVE fantasy, fairy tales, and mythology. I also like shifters, science fiction, and contemporary. I have to be in the mood for historical and I will not read war era or non/dub con. I will branch out sometimes but I have a hard stop on the non/dub con.
Chris:
I have a penchant for murder mysteries, paranormal, BDSM, action, scifi, apocalyptic, futuristic, etc. But I also enjoy contemporary a lot, but I need to mix up the sub-genres. There’s nothing I don’t read at all, really. That being said, I’m not too fond of historicals, or religion themed books. But I’ve read some, and some have been great! So I try to not fence myself in by saying I don’t want to read something, because I might end up loving it. I’m an open book when it comes to subgenres. Heh. 😉
Louisa:
I don’t really have any. I have things I avoid, but generally I read a whole range of books. I do have some go to favorites though. I enjoy books where people find love later in life, coming out stories (particularly when the person is older), young love, enemies to lovers and the fake relationship to a real relationship. If I kept listing things, this answer would be pages long.
Dan:
I prefer to stick to sci-fi, fantasy, horror, other speculative fiction, strong character study books, and really dark books. I try to never pick up a sticky sweet romance if I can help it. We have a lot of reviewers who prefer them, so I leave them all to them.
Cinnamon:
I think everyone has favorite types of books. I prefer contemporary and sometimes paranormal or mystery. I don’t read historical or horror. I do occasionally read something out of my comfort zone which is fun, but mostly a real hit and miss. As for contemporary, I love everything from sweet fluffy reads to hardcore BDSM.
Alexander:
Contemporary is my favorite sub-genre, but I will give anything a go once.
Tammy:
When I first started reviewing I stayed pretty much within my comfort zone but I very quickly became bored reading the same type of books with the same formula and the same outcome. That was when I decided I was going to start reading different authors and different sub-genres.
Amber:
I’ll read a lot but my absolute favourites are dark paranormal / fantasy. But…. They can’t have a crappy ending! 😊
Thank you for answering my question! I read many subgenres but my favorites are fantasy, paranormal, and historical.
Good question and interesting answers. I liked seeing reviewers having some broad tastes, but also great that different reviewers liked different subs, so LoveBytes has at least someone, usually more, interested in each subgenre.
Oh I forgot to add my own favorite subgenre. It’s tough, because I like a variety, but I guess I tended to get the most out of historicals.
Between all of you, all genres are covered and that’s nice to see. Thanks for taking the time to answer. I practically read everything even the genres I don’t like. But tend to stick with paranormal/fantasy, sci-fi, mystery/suspense/thriller, and contemporary.
Thanks for the answers. It seems that all the genres are covered.
My favorite genres are contemporary, gfy/ofy, May/December, friends to lovers. I like shifter stories too, but not mpreg.
I love SF/fantasy and historicals (especially WWI and II), but I like reading contempories as well to mix it up a bit. If a book looks interesting, I’ll read it, whatever the genre.
Lovely question. Thanks for your answers. Wow, someone who likes to read stories with asexual characters @Chris. Though I’m interested in that topic I have to admit that I haven’t found many books yet. Maybe I’m not looking in the right direction or books are sparse.
I’m all about steamy smexy times within a paranormal or post-apocalyptic setting. I avoid the sweet fade-to-black contemporary stuff, YA/NA, and anything to do with children/pregnancy. I do enjoy the occasional mystery IF something about it grabs my attention, such as CS Poe’s Mystery of Nevermore (surprisingly funny) because I’m a fan of Edgar Allen Poe, or Santino Hassell’s Insight (fabulous, BTW) because I’ve never read about psychics in my PNR.
Thanks for the great answers! I prefer contemporary, sci-fi, & paranormal. However, I’ll read any sub-genre although NA/YA and BDSM are my least favorites.
Oh i love to read about military-police-firefighters/sports/cowboys/mystery and i love to read books with a character who has some kind of disability.
Mine is fantasy, paranormal and historical. If you mix historical with paranormal and add a mystery to the mix, you make me a very happy reader! 😉
My favourite is Sci Fi and there aren’t many M/M books about so I’ve read some great ones and the not so great too!
I tend to go for contemporaries about sports, music, art, or food, and friends-to-lovers helps…
Mine will be contemporary. Of course I also love a lot of others but contemporary will and always be foremost my main favorite subgenre
Donnas answer cracked me up! I love the frankness. 🙂 My favorite subgenre is historical. I fall into a habit of just devouring contemporary because they’re “easy,” but my true love lies in the past.
I love a good murder and a good historical – together is great!!!
I would’ve initially said paranormal (because I got started reading M/M romance with shifters), but recently contemporary has kind of taken over.