Over the years of reading, I’ve fallen in love with angsty characters (ooo-la-la, Mr. Darcy!), sweet characters (Donald in Finding Camlann), quirky characters (Don in The Rosie Project), and any number of alpha males (any of the SEALS in Suzanne Brockmann’s books). But the character that will steal my heart for real, is the one who shows humor. That goes for male or female. If a character makes me laugh, that’s most often a 5-star read for me.
I love good banter. Whether characters hate each other or feel that first 
spark of electricity, if they also share a great back and forth in their dialogue, I consider that a winner. Sarah Ney has written a series called How to Date a Douchebag, and all of them contain great banter, Her books make me laugh—and a few have made me tear up. Spectacular interaction. In fact, while writing this post I started reading one of the books in the series again. So, if you’ll excuse me, I plan to add a little humor to my afternoon.
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One Woman Only
Only a Good Man Will Do
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I agree that a sense of humor is very sexy. Life throws a lot at everyone–even more so in romance stories, where there needs to be a reason that the happy couple isn’t instantly HEA. So when the characters roll with the punches, even laughing at them and making the reader laugh also, then the journey into their lives is more enjoyable.
Thanks, Fiona!
That’s so true Dee, we can fall in love with our characters but laughing is the best. It reminds me of a book I read years ago, The Invisible Man. I can’t remember the author’s name but I do remember laughing at that poor man’s antics.
Thanks, Jan. We can use some laughter right about now.
I love banter as well, no matter the genre! Thanks for your post!
Kari
Thanks!