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Enemies to lovers. Grumpy x sunshine. He falls first. One bed. Bodyguard x princess. Reverse age gap.

The ao3 taglist that once allowed us to choose our preferences in fanfiction content have now become the norm in book marketing.

And I hate it.

Think about the last book you've seen on social media where you actually know what the synopsys is. Not the tropes or genres. I'm not asking if it's reverse harem dark enemies to lovers dragon shifters one bed forced promixity romance. I'm asking you...

"Do you know what kinds of words come to mind when thinking of Wolfsbane?" is the first sentence of the novel, and it's not just a sentence, it's a question.
It's asking you directly if you know what it means.
We don't know who is talking yet.
We don't have context.
All we have is their (narrator? author?) own definition : "Corruption, poison, death."
Then follows a warning : "In other terms, beware. I can become all those things. I will become all those things. That's a promise."

Then the...

We've been in the book-space enough to read these few lines : 'em-dashes, the oxford comma, excessive use of similes and metaphors...' are AI tells in writing.
Then starts the witch hunt on social media, the mass-hate campaigns to boycott authors and ruin their entire careers and reputation over the opinion of one (often uninformed, uneducated) person who has no actual proof beyond 'it's giving ai'.
All of this is happening while actual AI generated books flood the KU market - with absolutely...