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. I adore some of 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.
Last week’s Trope Tuesday was snowbound romances, but they were not necessarily holiday romances as well. This time around I’m actually going to center this Trope Tuesday to holiday-only romances because we’re almost to December and December means lots and lots of holidays. I love the parties and the celebrations and this means that there will be lots of food, don’t you love that?
Most of the time in romances, we get holiday stories as novellas or short stories. It’s weird to see it as a full novel but sometimes it can definitely happen. I think most of the titles I will mentioning today will be novellas so they are perfect! Because maybe you don’t have lots of time this holiday season, you got stuff to do, buy some presents, be with family, but you also need that reading time, even a small amount of time for reading a feel-good romance story. I got your back. You can read them all and not spend such a long time doing it and yet you get such fun love stories.
Some things you can find on holiday romances that create so much amazing content: family gatherings, fun creative dates, a lot of food, the holiday spirit, and a beautiful romance in between. I hope you have such a good holiday season this year.