To explain a little about what this post will be about, I’m taking the intro I did for the last one: In every romance book you read there are tropes or archetypes. You can also see them in shows, movies, plays, etc. Romantic tropes are everywhere, and they are fabulous. I adore them and I always tend to find my favorite ones in romance books so I can enjoy them more. I decided to do a sort of Trope Tuesday piece where I will be talking about many tropes and recommend you all some of my favorites that fit.
What is a trope? Urban Dictionary explains it best I think: “Despite the erroneous definitions already published here, trope on the interwebs really refers to an often overused plot device. It can also be described as another variation on the same theme. TV shows, movies, comics, games, anime’, & books are full of tropes & many rabid fan-sites now name & track said tropes with a self-explanatory title for each one.” We can name a few: accidental pregnancy, best friends to lovers, sibling’s best friend, marriage of convenience, and so many more for sure. Your favorite couples? They probably got a trope too! It’s always so nice to realize or find out your favorite romance trope and keep searching for books with the same theme.
First of January means a new year. New everything. But it also means it’s time to go back to school. Holidays are (almost) over or if not already over, and life is dragging you back. If you’re like me, you’re dreading going back to school because it just means that you’ll have homework, lots of work, you won’t be able to go out with your friends as much as you do it on holidays, and it’s all-around a really tiresome time. Sometimes books share the same feeling and you might want to read a book where you see a main character who also is going back to school or just starting school.
College-set romances are definitely something I can relate to. I am currently on my last year of my degree and I’m hanging in there! I love reading romance stories where they show characters that also feel either lost or found in this world (the college life!). Most of the times we find books that really don’t relate to us because how can these characters have a social life, can go to the gym, be able to do all their homework ON TIME, and even have time to have a part-time job? But either way, I’m pleased when I read these romances because these characters are my age, they are like me and I want to find my own love story so I really get high expectations when I finish reading them, but oh well.
Today I will show you some of my all-time favorite college-set romance titles and hopefully you can relate to them too and can love them just as much as I do.