Mormon Romance

I just want to vent about the poor quality of writing in Mormon Romance novels (as I call them.) HOLY COW do we need to be hit in the face with the most obvious statements ever? Are Mormon readers so dense that we can't pick up on foreshadowing or double entendres or... well... anything?

Statements like "...the way he'd already begun to find his way into her heart" or "she told herself he couldn't possibly feel the same way about her" (after he's almost kissed her like five times) and basically stating the most inane, pointless phrases over and over and over. Like we didn't get the point five thoughts ago!

You know that phrase "a picture is worth a thousand words?" Well, LDS authors out there, paint us the picture with educated-sounding words and then let us draw our own conclusions. Don't slap us in the face with the meaning, and the interpretation, and re-interpretation of what that 'picture' meant in middle-school terms. Aaaaaaa.... I love writing that says the very most meaningful things in the shortest # of words possible.

I know, I should be reading something higher in quality but I'm so depressed after the tragical ending of Life of Pi that I accepted what Grandma Williams handed me to read. I'll find something a little more stimulating next.

P.S. this book also has my most pet-peeved statement ever: "I don't drink, it's against my religion." Any of you that use your religion as an excuse for not drinking need a little more substantial reason, which is welcome to include your BELIEFS.