Hello readers! Happy Valentine’s Day. Today my Valentine is myself. I actually made myself a bag of items, along with one for my mom and my daughter. I thought, why not? I deserve it! I hope everyone has a great day, even if you are single. And don’t be afraid to treat yourself!
I know I haven’t posted since Sunday even though I was going to. And, honestly I have been feeling really burnt out this week, so I took a few days off. I really needed it. I don’t think it’s just the blog, but also my schooling. I am in week 6 of 8 of the term I am in, and am doing surprisingly very well in both my courses. But, it isn’t easy at all,
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Prompts: Happy Valentine’s Day! What are your favorite romance tropes? What books would you recommend that have those tropes? Are there any books with those tropes on your TBR? Do you have any least favorite romance tropes?
I have seen a lot of discourse over the past few months about the tropification of romance books. I have noticed that some authors try to make their books 5 or 6 different tropes at once, which can be non-nonsensical. One was Yours Truly by Abby Jimenez. That book is forced proximity, fake dating, sort of the one bed trope, and enemies to lovers. It was too much for me.
But I do love when other people mention what tropes are in books so I know what to pick up. I think the one romance trope I don’t like is really unpopular, but we will get to that later on.
My absolute favorite romance trope is grumpy sunshine. Honestly, I love this trope even when it isn’t romance centered. I love that mix of a golden retriever type and a sassy character. They are polar opposites, and it works so well.
The sassy one is always so surprised someone could be genuinely so nice and the nice one is surprised the other could be so pessimistic. They are perfect opposites, even if their in a romance or just friends.
Here are some of my favorite books with this trope:
When it comes to the trope I don’t like, I have to say second chance. I know everyone else LOVES this trope and I just cannot stand it. This trope can be used in a few different ways, and I don’t mind one of them, but the others are a no go for me.
Most of the time, it’s the ones where they dated before and one person randomly decided to leave the other. If the reason is something that doesn’t seem logical to me, which it usually doesn’t, I cannot get behind them getting back together.
A really good example is Happy Place by Emily Henry. I know, everyone LOVES this author in general. I like her books except for the romances. And now that I think of it, both of the ones I read were second chance ones. In Happy Place, I was waiting for Harriet to realize her self worth and dump that man.
If it’s the type where they almost dated, but just didn’t. I also don’t love these. I just feel like this one and the previous one are like a different version of the miscommunication trope. This is a relationship. I need communication. Especially when they’ve known one another for 10 plus years.
I recently read Love Redesigned by Lauren Asher and it had this version of the trope. One conversation could’ve prevented the whole issue ten years before. These two people knew each other their entire lives.
The type that I don’t usually mind is the one where it’s combined with the brother’s best friend trope. Where they could’ve dated as teens, and now it’s 10 years later and they still are into each other. I can see how dating your best friend’s sister could be an awful idea, especially in high school. That could break up a friendship easily. But, if the friendship has lasted this long, it most likely will be fine.
What is your favorite romance trope?
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