Back in 2020, Erin got really really into reading Motorcycle Club Romances. So into them, in fact, that she wrote a whole series exploring different components of MC romance. There are charts and everything!
Here’s the whole series:
Erin Explores the World of Motorcycle Club Romance, Or, “What am I even reading right now?”
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: branching out in the world of Romancelandia has been eye-opening in many, many ways. I’ve read books I never thought I’d ever read. I’ve seen opinions, hot takes, and rants I probably could have lived without. I’ve seen some lovely things, too, of course! Ergo, much…
MC Romance: Setting the Stage and Setting the Mood
If I go to the trouble of remembering my grade school English lessons, I recall that setting does many things for a story. Sometimes setting acts as its own character, but most often it sets a scene and a tone that evokes certain thoughts or feelings in the reader. It is no surprise, then, that…
MC Romance: Oh, Brother!
If there’s one thing that’s universal about MC Smut, it’s that The Brotherhood is the most important aspect of the club. What that means for romance is that the hero has a readily available cortege of badass bikers to get fierce when the action goes down. How they all know how to handle themselves like…
MC Romance: Badass, Scary Biker Dude
My number one takeaway for biker heroes is that they rock some saucy hair. Especially facial hair. Hair like this: I’ll tell you what – the hero described with mutton chops straight up made my jaw drop. I feel like interesting hair or facial hair is a bold move on the part of an author…
MC Romance: All the Single (Old) Ladies
This is the segment I’ve mulled over the most since I started reading MC smut. After reading a few of these books, I definitely had certain impressions of the heroines, but breaking down the data after reading a lot of these books and tracking them was…informative. I also got a better read on why I…
MC Romance: She’s My Woman and Other Romantic Sayings
I don’t need any charts to tell you that one of the essential components of MC smut is that the heroes are extremely domineering. It’s fun because the heroes (many, but not all) might be terrible womanizers who are allergic to the word “relationship,” but when they meet the woman they want, it’s DONE. They’re…
MC Romance: Let’s Bone
If I were going to describe MC romance sex, it would be like this: 🍆🍆🍆🍆🍆🍆🍆 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 Mmmmkay? Short story: There’s a lot of sex, and it’s super duper detailed, hot and heavy. And also, in case you’re not caught up on all the other posts in this series, the heroes are also all dominant in…
MC Romance: “Club Business”
There’s not so so much to say about the business of MCs in romance novels, but if we’re looking at the MC in terms of characterization, there are some interesting things to consider. First, it’s not always clearly stated – in fact, I can’t think of a single book in which the MC specifically refers…
MC Smut: Problematic Politics
I do not think I have pulled my punches as I’ve discussed various aspects of MC romance during the course of this series. In fact, I could see how people who don’t know me personally would think that I don’t like or don’t approve of it based on what I’ve written so far. I’d certainly…
MC Smut: Conclusion
As we come to our peroration… Well, I’m sure there’s plenty more to say about MC Romance, but for now we arrive at the conclusion of Erin’s MC Smut Adventure. Thanks for coming along with me! To summarize: 1. The setting evokes feelings of free range biker cowboy men, even though most real MCs exist…
Saturday Smutty Six: Motorcycle Club Romance
If you’ve been following us, you might recall that Erin has been reading Motorcycle Club (MC) romance. It started with a sort of gleeful horror over Under Locke and someone else’s tweet about MC romance being a bad thing (to paraphrase). So she got curious about this corner of the world of romance and got…
The Smut Report 