Just curious.
I know this character is rampant in romance novels, too, but it seems that every YA book I pick up or read about, there's the mysterious, gorgeous dude who flits in and out of the pages, enticing the heroine.
What do you guys think of this cliche? Do you have any "bad boy" characters? And how do you think one can make the bad boy their own?
I know I'm very guilty of having a "bad boy" in the novel I'm currently revising. He's dark, brooding, silent (really, you can't get him to say more than five words in a row), and gorgeous. But the power of healing others he got saddled with goes against his antisocial, I-don't-give-a-damn personality, and it forces him to care, not to mention struggle to let others know he cares.
Anyone read any well-rounded bad boys? Written any?
I know this character is rampant in romance novels, too, but it seems that every YA book I pick up or read about, there's the mysterious, gorgeous dude who flits in and out of the pages, enticing the heroine.
What do you guys think of this cliche? Do you have any "bad boy" characters? And how do you think one can make the bad boy their own?
I know I'm very guilty of having a "bad boy" in the novel I'm currently revising. He's dark, brooding, silent (really, you can't get him to say more than five words in a row), and gorgeous. But the power of healing others he got saddled with goes against his antisocial, I-don't-give-a-damn personality, and it forces him to care, not to mention struggle to let others know he cares.
Anyone read any well-rounded bad boys? Written any?