For some reason I never really noticed the whole gotta-have-a-baby trend in the paranormals, perhaps because as someone who was never interested in procreating and was overwhemlingly sick of hearing people tell me "you'll change your mind when you get older" (NOT true!), I got really good at blocking out and skimming over baby discussions. Real life, books, whatever.
But once you brought it up, I started paying more attention, and ye gads, what is with these people? Especially since the paranormal books are always filled with "we're about to die" scenarios...not exactly when a sane person would think "oh, hey, let's create a helpless infant now..."
I've read a couple new-to-me authors in the past couple weeks, and they sort of buck the trend, but not entirely. There's Keri Arthur, totally into the soulmate-eventually thing, but in the meantime it is part of the werewolf culture to actively play the field. Of course towards the end of the series (that is out so far) she tames that down a bit, so maybe it is supporting the trend more than bucking it. And then there is Ilona Andrews (magic bites, and magic burns), but of course she's not only not interested in having kids, she's not having sex of any sort. And there's the whole alpha male thing going on, but she's mostly not falling for it (yet?). And then Rachel Caine, with this "weather warden" thing.
I'd be interested to hear what you think of these if you've read them! Or maybe I should search your blog to see if you've posted on them earlier! ;)
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But once you brought it up, I started paying more attention, and ye gads, what is with these people? Especially since the paranormal books are always filled with "we're about to die" scenarios...not exactly when a sane person would think "oh, hey, let's create a helpless infant now..."
I've read a couple new-to-me authors in the past couple weeks, and they sort of buck the trend, but not entirely. There's Keri Arthur, totally into the soulmate-eventually thing, but in the meantime it is part of the werewolf culture to actively play the field. Of course towards the end of the series (that is out so far) she tames that down a bit, so maybe it is supporting the trend more than bucking it. And then there is Ilona Andrews (magic bites, and magic burns), but of course she's not only not interested in having kids, she's not having sex of any sort. And there's the whole alpha male thing going on, but she's mostly not falling for it (yet?). And then Rachel Caine, with this "weather warden" thing.
I'd be interested to hear what you think of these if you've read them! Or maybe I should search your blog to see if you've posted on them earlier! ;)
-Deb