Confession, I have read them. It was never a book that I would have picked up off the shelf and said "oh man this is something I have got to get into" But I was flattered into it by someone saying I reminded them of a character in the series. Of course, my vanity got the best of me and I was hooked. It was the underlying "love conquers all" sentiment that got me. I consider myself in a healthy supply of testosterone but am not afraid to say I have read the series because romantics love company. And every now and then people need a sappy happy ending.