Haha... Well, I don't think of it as subverting. To paraphrase Homer Simpson "In this household we follow the rules of smut!" I kind of just wanted a funny explanation for it.
ATWB is what I call 'long-form smut'. There isn't much in the way of sex in the early chapters. But keep with it - it will get pretty smutty. I should also add that the tags are intended for the novel as a whole and do not necessarily apply to individual chapters. *** I have...