I have never been one to fall in love with fictional characters. That is until I started reading Laurell K Hamilton Anita Blake series.

While I have characters that I enjoy immensely, I have never felt the pang of jealously that I feel when Anita Is with Jean-Claude. When it first happened, I ignored it. I mean Jean-Claude isn’t even real, right? So how could I be jealous? But when I felt like punching Anita for “getting” Jean-Claude I knew I had experienced the phenomenon so many readers have before me. I have finally fell in love with a made up person.

It is probably a testament to how well Hamilton writes that Jean-Claude is real enough to invoke such feelings.

Did you ever fall in love with fictional characters?

I have a question for all of you out there. How do you keep track of when your favorite authors come out with new books? Is there an easy way to do it instead of going to each publishing house website and signing up for emails?