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.
The neighbor trope has a charming touch to it, doesn’t it? They don’t have to go that far to see each other, interesting things could happen *eye emoji*, and they could stay at each other’s place and still have time to go get their things in the morning or the night before. But obviously it also has its not-so-good parts, like what if they had a fight and are no longer together and yet they live literally next door?! It definitely adds a bit more intensity and angst, so maybe we also do like that secretly . . .
Without further ado, I will name the books because I know you are all here because of them.