Love Scenes - What Type of Romance Reader Are You

Hiding under the covers while reading romance novels? Does that sound familiar? You're probably embarrassed by the cover of the book you're reading! Well, it could be you've picked up a romance book that falls under the erotica category! Let me make it simple to understand. The intensity and portrayal of romantic love scenes in a novel determines what category of romance it falls under.

I have often wondered - if books were movies, what would be the equivalent of ratings? Here's how I would categorize romance books. There are three categories of romances – sweet, sensual, and erotica. In sweet love stories, the maximum you could expect to happen is a few chaste kisses and subtle love inferences. Romantic scenes in these romance books are tender as the story is more centered on a family-oriented plot rather than depicting love brewing between couples. For such light romance readers, tender romance books by Georgette Heyer and Betty Neels are perfect reads!

Sensual romance novels have storylines where the plot is essential, but the author liberally sprinkles romantic love scenes here and there! The passion and chemistry between the pair is intense and evident. Euphemisms and metaphorical descriptions are made use of instead of giving details of what actually ‘happens'. These books are capable of conjuring very vivid sensual pictures in your mind! If you think you fall under this category, you could try romance ebooks by Harlequin, especially the Silhouette Desire series.

Coming to erotica romance books, very little (or rather, nothing!) is left to the imagination. The romantic love scenes are described in length and very explicit content can be expected. Be prepared for consummated love scenes that are steamy and passionate, to say the very least!

Diesel-ebooks is a wonderful website where I found romance ebooks from all three categories in abundance! So, what type of romance reader are you? Decide, and pick the type of romance you think you can handle!a