Comments on: Realist or idealist? https://www.jenniferestep.com/realist-or-idealist/ New York Times & USA Today Bestselling Author Mon, 30 Apr 2007 13:36:10 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 By: Jennifer Estep https://www.jenniferestep.com/realist-or-idealist/#comment-1270 Mon, 30 Apr 2007 13:36:10 +0000 https://www.jenniferestep.com/blog/?p=170#comment-1270 I don’t necessarily want to read about spare tires, but I like heroes I think could exist in the real world.

Most romance guys are pretty tall. I don’t think I’ve ever read a Sherrilyn Kenyon book where the hero was under 6’2″.

Maybe I’ll write about leprechauns in my next book, just to get some different heights in there. Maybe not. 😀

]]> By: Amalia https://www.jenniferestep.com/realist-or-idealist/#comment-1268 Mon, 30 Apr 2007 11:34:37 +0000 https://www.jenniferestep.com/blog/?p=170#comment-1268 I don’t read romance novels because I want to see more reality. Romance novels are escape for me – why do I want to read about a guy with back hair and a spare tire? He doesn’t need to be an adonis (and I am not one of those women in the Fabio Fan Club), but he should be physically attractive.

I will say, though, that the men in romance novels are mostly between 6’0″ and 6’4″. Maybe some more varied heights could be instituted?

~Amalia~

]]> By: Jennifer Estep https://www.jenniferestep.com/realist-or-idealist/#comment-1262 Sun, 29 Apr 2007 23:27:01 +0000 https://www.jenniferestep.com/blog/?p=170#comment-1262 I totally agree with you, Edie. Perfect can be boring after a while. Because if there is one thing that I’m definitely not, it is perfect! 😀

]]> By: Edie https://www.jenniferestep.com/realist-or-idealist/#comment-1235 Sun, 29 Apr 2007 01:19:58 +0000 https://www.jenniferestep.com/blog/?p=170#comment-1235 I’ve blogged about this same thing before. In my 2nd from last book, my hero was thin–and I don’t think I mentioned a hard, muscled body once, lol. In my last book, one of the male protagonists (I have three main women characters; the men are secondary), is in his fifties, and I gave him a gut to go with his age. I think it’s fun to have a hero that’s not boringly perfect, just as it is for our heroines not to be perfect.

I like the sound of your newest hero. 🙂

]]> By: Jennifer Estep https://www.jenniferestep.com/realist-or-idealist/#comment-1185 Tue, 24 Apr 2007 23:26:11 +0000 https://www.jenniferestep.com/blog/?p=170#comment-1185 The gorgeous hero is fun and really just a modern version of old Prince Charming, I suppose.
Although now, whenever I think about Prince Charming, I always think of the obnoxious guy from the “Shrek” movies! 😆

]]> By: celeber https://www.jenniferestep.com/realist-or-idealist/#comment-1184 Tue, 24 Apr 2007 22:24:48 +0000 https://www.jenniferestep.com/blog/?p=170#comment-1184 I definitely prefer the realistic guy. I think the gorgeous chiseled hero is fun, but I always preferred Clark Kent over Superman.
Too good to be true syndrome I suppose.

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