Dangerous Hero Addict Support Group discussion

In my 30+ years of reading books, I have never read a book where the hero or heroine was killed off until recently. My latest read was and my first read by Harlan Coben. It’s a mystery book, not romance book, but the hero did like the heroine. Myron Bolitar (White man/Jewish) and Brenda Slaughter (Biracial/ half black, half white).

I had written a long spoiler review.

Brenda Slaughter gets killed. I had a feeling half way through the book that she would, but was hoping she didn’t.

I have to say this bothered me. A heroine getting killed. I never ever again want to read a book where the hero or heroine gets killed, most like it the hero will never get killed.

I know in tv shows when an actor or actress don’t want to return, they are asked to be killed off or if the power that be doesn’t want a character anymore they tend to kill them off. This should not happen in a book! This would definitely stop me from wanting to read an author’s other books.

I haven't read the series but (view spoiler)[the main protagonist of the Grant County series dies in this book -Beyond Reach (hide spoiler)]

Got to know about it while reading the Will Trent series, which I absolutely love. That made me steer clear of the other series entirely cause I don't think I could've handled it.

I've got a curious relationship with the books where hero or heroine dies - of course it's sad and hard to read, especially if you're invested in a book, which you probably are, since otherwise you wouldn't read it in the first place, but on the other hand, those books in the end make the deepest impact on me, and looking back, those are the ones I remember the most.
And yes, I've read between 10 and 20 romances where one of the main characters dies. Technically, it's against the rules of romances, but on the other hand, it always made them more real and memorable, at least for me. In short, it is sad but it works for me somehow.

Pallavi wrote: "I haven't read the series but [spoilers removed]

Got to know about it while reading the Will Trent series, which I absolutely love. That made me steer clear of the other series entirely cause I do..."

I have some of Karin’s books amongst so many other books that I have that I have never gotten around to reading yet. I am familiar with the name Will Trent, because of the back cover’s description. She might not kill him off.

Eleven wrote: "I've got a curious relationship with the books where hero or heroine dies - of course it's sad and hard to read, especially if you're invested in a book, which you probably are, since otherwise you..."

The hero and heroine have to live, even the second hero that catches my attention has to live or the author has to go.

Arch wrote: "Pallavi wrote: "I haven't read the series but [spoilers removed]

Got to know about it while reading the Will Trent series, which I absolutely love. That made me steer clear of the other series ent..."

Do give the Will Trent books a shot. She's a really good author. Though to be fair, if I had started with the other series I'd have been too mad to give her other books a fair chance.

Pallavi wrote: "Arch wrote: "Pallavi wrote: "Do give the Will Trent books a shot. She's a really good author. Though to be fair, if I had started with the other series I'd have been too mad to give her other books a fair chance."

I’ll eventually get to her book.

This is a no-no for me in romance books. I really don't like it period, but it's more acceptable in a suspense/thriller, fantasy or horror book.

Danielle The Book Huntress *Pluto is a Planet!* wrote: "This is a no-no for me in romance books. I really don't like it period, but it's more acceptable in a suspense/thriller, fantasy or horror book."

In the 30+ years that I have been reading and that includes suspense books, I have never read where a hero or heroine was killed off, until I’ve recently read Harlan Coben’s One False Move book.

I’m trying out new authors to me and if stuff like this happens in their books, then that would turn me off from reading anything else by them.