When the bookstore shelves Mercedes Lackey’s Tales of the 500 Kingdoms series under romance? Sure, they’re published by LUNA, which is under Harlequin who publishes romance novels, but do most of us read the 500 Kingdoms for the romance? I know I don’t.

I read it because, like the Elemental Masters series, 500 Kingdoms was a retelling of the fairy tales. The romance was a bonus. I enjoyed it because of the magic and fantasy. I’m so used to finding all of Mercedes Lackey’s books under the fantasy section of Kinokuniya, so when I was looking for her latest book from the series and only to find it under romance, I was more than a little unhappy. It’s like filing Kelley Armstrong’s Womenof the Otherworld under romance, which is SO VERY WRONG.

So tell me, am I totally unreasonable for being angry at this mis-shelving of books?