Worst Love Interests in Books

Hello, Fellow Book Worms!

The search for love in novels can be quite a daunting task with evil-doers, scoundrels, and creepers abound. But true love does happen on occasion, but when it goes wrong it can be catastrophic. Here is my list of the worst love interests in books.

  Worst Love Interests (possible spoilers ahead)

1.    Opie from the SilverBlackthorn series by Kerry Wilkinson- I have been enjoying reading the Silver Blackthorn series. In this trilogy our main character is torn between two boys: Imrin and Opie. Imrin is infinitely stronger a character than Opie, and often I feel Opie can be a bit whiny. In book three readers will finally see who she ends up with. I hope it is Imrin. He is a lot more interesting a person than Opie. 

 

2.  Jack Torrance from the Shining by Stephen King- How can you not add this man to this list? Jack is an abusive alcoholic who has harmed his young son in the past, and has lied countless times to his wife. An unfortunate victim of domestic violence as a child, he inherits his father's penchant for harming his family. When he accepts a job at an decades-old hotel in the middle of Colorado he becomes the conduit for dark forces that inhabit the  hotel. During a blizzard he destroys the CB radio and only snow-worthy vehicle they have. Then he takes to the halls of the hotel with a roque mallet determined to bash in the brains of his family.

3.  Cooper Turner from the Lucky Santangelo series by Jackie Collins- Self-centered and super-rich, Cooper Turner is the aging Hollywood idol from Jackie Collins' popular Lucky Santangelo series. He is a Warren Beatty wannabe with a lust for actress Venus Maria. He cheats his way through life leaving nothing but anger and pain in his path. Any woman crazy enough to get involved with him needs a prayer.

 

4.  Frank Farman from Deeper Than the Dead by Tami Hoag- This officer of the law did everything in his power to discriminate against a Latino detective in the sheriff's station that he worked. Emotionally and physically abused his wife and son. And eventually took things too far when his out-of-control behavior almost cost school teacher Anne Navarre her life. A shameless bigot and an equal opportunity offender, Frank remains one of Hoag's worst love interests in her novels.

5.  Scarlet O'Hara from Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell- Okay, this may get me some resistance. But let's list Scarlett's attributes: high maintenance, self-centered, and often infuriating. This southern belle is a lot to handle, and I bet Rhett has to bite his tongue many times. Thankfully she worked to change during the course of the novel. But, wow! She is a handful!

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