To explain a little about what this post will be about, every Trope Tuesday post starts with the same introduction. In every romance book you read there are tropes or archetypes you find inside its pages. You can also see them in shows, movies, plays, etc. Every type of entertainment and media. 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 even more. Trope Tuesday is a weekly column where I share books that I know people will enjoy with a specific central trope.
What is a trope? Urban Dictionary explains it best: “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 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. 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. So really? I’m just helping you find that new favorite book of yours. If ever you want a post on a trope I haven’t done yet, do drop me a tweet at @thebookvoyagers and let me know!
Not everyone can do right by this trope to be honest. We know that this trope gets written with love triangles constantly. The childhood friend or the new dangerous love interest? Who will they choose at the end? Yeah, I usually hate this trope when it is written that way because the childhood friend thinks they “have” to be with the main character because of their history, their past, and all the things they have lived through together. That they are the “obvious” choice because of those reasons. So no, we aren’t going to recommend books like that.
Instead, we love childhood friends that have been there for the main character in a time of their life but suddenly have parted ways and in later years, find each other again. Or childhood friends that have become rivals/enemies and know every little thing about each other, know how to win against them but if they do win, their rivalry will be over and how will they be able to meet, talk and banter? Or childhood friends that were in your life and you two became distant but now your family needs you to be a fake couple for the crowd? We have a lot of good themes with this trope so it’s just a matter of searching what fits your likings. We hope that these five books that are below will have you find the perfect book for you!