Thinking about monster romances today, and how every monster romance ever, from the stuff that wasn't really romance in Dracula all the way to Buffy the Vampire Slayer and (forgive me) Twilight, all have one thing in common, which is that they're about sexual inequity/predation.

the reason these stories resonate with women is not that we find monsters attractive but simply that for straight women at least there is no one BUT monsters to be attracted to, in the sense of people who are bigger, stronger, more powerful, and capable (if evil) of preying on us

anyway I'm gunna paraphrase GK Chesterton: Monster romances do not give the girl her first idea of a monster being sexy. She has known that intimately her whole life. What the monster romance provides is hope that the monster can change and restrain his (sin) nature.

i better do the thing, bettn't i

i write historical fantasy fiction for fans of SA Chakraborty and Naomi Novik. step this way for a nonpartisan perspective on the crusades and love interests that can't stop stabbing each other in the back: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07ZQ39M33?ref_=dbs_r_series&storeType=ebooks