Comments on: Sexy Romance versus Erotica Romance

By: heidenkind

heidenkind — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 05:25:10 +0000

Hard to say. I don’t read a lot of erotica, but it’s definitely becoming more widely accepted and available. It used to be you couldn’t find it in book stores at all (not around here, anyway), but now you can. And the readership for erotica and romance is also blurring.

On the other hand, it seems like sexuality in romance tends to go through phases. I think romances are actually less sexually explicit now than they were a few years ago. Maybe the boundaries between erotica and romance will become more sharp instead of less.

By: Texi

Texi — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 21:46:18 +0000

I see them as remaining very different. As a reader I enjoy both, but I look for in Romance what I look for in a good Hollywood love story. I’m looking to be aroused when I look for Erotica. Not equating it to a porn movie, though. That’s porn literature. Erotica is more the equivalent of a ‘Cinemax After Dark’ cable series. It’s often about love, but primarily it’s about two people enjoying sensual pleasures together. (The separation from Porn is more in style than in content, but this is true both in video and literary form.)

I can’t write Romance, but I love writing Erotica (sadly most of it deleted by my father while I was still minor!) I’m write very dark stuff, horror-erotica, which is what I suppose a horror fan should read if she wants to get aroused. To me though, that’s the difference.

It’s probably in the individual though. As a Lesbian, I don’t read traditional Romance inserting myself as the heroine. I still read Romance, even though the characters are straight, because I love a good love story. If that confuses straight women, just think about how many heterosexuals appreciated ‘Bareback Mountain’ a couple years ago. It’s the same thing.

By: Susan

Susan — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 00:40:42 +0000

I think the lines that seperate the two will not blur.
I believe author’s in their genres take pride in their writing style & will not merge over to the other side so to speak. Erotica romance will continue to be books–you’ll never read to your grandma & sexy romance will continue to be “tamer “in nature (books with sexy talk we don’t cringe hearing). Each type has a following so there’s no need to fear—losing readers.