Happy TTT! The theme this week is a genre freebie. So I thought of listing down romance tropes in the order of my least to most favorite romance tropes. Bear in mind, this order keeps changing for me, especially the most favorite ones. I’m keeping it simple this time.
Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018.
- Abduction or Kidnap: Stockholm syndrome is not my thing.
- Love Triangle: I abhor love triangles, especially when a character strings two people around.
- Instant love or love at first sight: Instant attraction – Yes. Instant love – No.
- Cohabitation Romance: Love between the roomies? The storytelling is almost always predictable.
- Forbidden Love: Who can deny the charm of a forbidden romance? Apparently me. I don’t necessarily hate it. But I won’t pick up a book solely because of this trope.
- Second Chance: This trope has so much potential! But lately, books with this trope has been disappointing me with the poor and predictable quality of storytelling.
- Arranged Marriage: Mix this trope with POC characters and you’ve got me convinced!
- Fake Relationship: It’s an overused trope. But I find such giddiness when I find a rare story that uses it in a refreshing way!
- Friends to lovers: When executed well, this trope brings me unbridled happiness.
- Enemies to lovers: Oh yes! Bring me all that unresolved tension.
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No matter the trope, I love a good witty banter romance, which usually comes with a solid enemies to more trope. :Happy Top Ten Tuesday! 🙂
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Exactly! So many romances with promising settings have disappointed me because of the lack of proper banter. A good banter can make even the most boring of the plots interesting!
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Well, I don’t read much romance, but these seem to cover the topic!
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Haha. These days, an unpredictable romance without these tropes is VERY difficult to find.
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I’m not into abduction plots either.
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Glad you agree. 🙂
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Glad you agree. 🙂
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I love fake romances when they’re done well! (And enemies to lovers and friends to lovers.) I also hate abduction plots, which I think is a big reason for my general dislike of dark romances.
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Yeah, a good execution makes a big difference! My apathy for dark romances come from them all having similar premises (abduction plot being one) and being predictable.
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I adore the friends to lovers trope. That’s actually how my spouse and I ended up together. 🙂
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Hey, sorry for the late reply. But this is so cute! Friends-to-lovers tropes are always a delight to read. 🙂
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I don’t read tons of romance but love triangles would be at the bottom of my list and enemies to lovers would be at the top – especially if one of them is super snarky.
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Hey. I share your disdain for love triangles!
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I’m not a big fan of love triangles either and fake relationships are overdone. I enjoy friends to lovers when it’s done well though, I like seeing relationships develop naturally.
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#s 1 & 2 aren’t my favorites either. I do like some of the others, though.
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I do always love a good enemies to lovers romance, the sexual tension is always the best!
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I just saw this! Thanks for stopping by. And I agree that sexual tension is always the best!
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Yeah, I’m not into characters falling for their kidnappers. That’s just yucky.
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Great choice this week! I’m afraid I’m a sucker for any trope as long as it’s done right. It has to keep my attention and entertain me. 🙂
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I just saw this comment! Thanks for stopping by. And you were right. Execution is the key. 🙂
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