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.
No strings attached trope is such a fun trope. Why? Because you already know it always leads to more. It starts off as maybe once a week or just when they feel like it. But then they start talking on the phone, texting each other because something good happen in their daily lives, they start spending so much time together, feelings start to develop and they invite them to spend time with their families. Even their families know something is going on!!!! I tell you, it’s so fun to see them/read them still saying to everyone around them “it’s not serious, we’re only just spending some time together” when we all know that’s. Not. it.
I love when they start caring about each other but the other one doesn’t know because obviously the big issue is not communicating their feelings, but I always find that fascinating. I feel with them as well, so when one of them is obviously bummed out because hey they just found out they love their no-strings-attached person and possibly they don’t love them back so they get sad, AND I GET SAD TOO. But I always try to remember that romance books always end in happy endings so I know that by the end, something good is going to happen!
Let’s start talking about books, alright?