The month of love continues and we take a DEEP dive into romance tropes we LOVE (and hate)! Of course we all have different takes on these hot topics that are all over the literary world! What works, what doesn't, what's overdone? Listen and chime in!
Love triangles, friends to lovers, fish out of water, brother's best friend, manic pixie dream girl, rivals to lovers, grumpy/sunshine, love at first sight, Byronic hero, single dad, age gap, nanny, billionaire romance...we chat about them all!
Books we mention:
The Vow, Kim and Krickitt Carpenter
Memory Lane and Sweet on You, Becky Wade
One Foggy Christmas, Kortney Keisel
To All the Boys I've Loved Before, Jenny Han
The Happy Life of Isadora Bentley, Courtney Walsh
The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Stephen Chbosky
Looking for Alaska, John Green
Dear Henry, Love Edith, Becca Kinzer
All the Yellow Posies, Elaine DeBohun
A Lady's Guide to Scandal, Sophie Irwin
Dangerous Beauty, Melissa Koslin
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