According to Google, unspecified polls (whatever that means) tell us that only 24% of people have actually had a threesome. Yet it seems there are a lot of people out there who like to read romances that feature a ménage à trois. Why so popular? Is it the forbidden aspect of it? Does the addition of one more person add to the hotness?
It’s pretty commonly known that many men find the idea of two women together a hot fantasy. Even for women, the idea of being a little bicurious with another woman can be intriguing. For women readers, the appeal of two men at the same time is understandable—if one hot guy is good, two is better!
When we think of worldbuilding, we’re likely to think about fantasy or paranormal romance where a writer creates an entirely new world for their characters to inhabit. But worldbuilding isn’t just for fantasy; when an author writes a contemporary romance, she is building a world. A world that readers have never been to. We may all live in contemporary settings, in houses and apartments, and work in office buildings or whatever; but nobody has ever seen the world an author’s characters inhabit―because she’s making it up.
As a reader, I like characters who aren’t perfect, characters who make mistakes and have flaws. But I still have to like those characters. So how far can a character go without losing the sympathy of a reader? Can he commit murder? Can she lie or cheat? Can he steal?
