ginnygrakie OP t1_j2b7q7f wrote on December 30, 2022 at 11:38 PM

Reply to comment by Bittersweetfeline in I just can’t with the forced romances in mysteries and thrillers! They are so ridiculous by ginnygrakie

Exactly! If your going to do it, so it correctly. I read one mystery that had a great romance. It was build up, the characters grew, and it was like a refreshing break alongside the main, emotionally difficult, plot

Bittersweetfeline t1_j2bkuaz wrote on December 31, 2022 at 1:13 AM

Yeah! I think one book I hated for this was Phantoms by Dean Koontz. Great overall story I felt, but they shipped the sheriff/head cop (I don't recall) and the main character and it was just so hammy and horrible. I was like, god please stop. Then I read "Door to December" and there was insinuated a crush but ZERO romance and I was like, oh thank god. It was so much better.