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, tropeon 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.
After watching ‘The Hangover’ (2009), I decided to create a list of romance books that have couples meeting in Vegas for the first time. The characters don’t know each other and decidedly hit it off the first night they meet. They might only have that one night there or the book might develop all in Vegas, there are many options!
I have so much fun reading books with this trope because everything is a mess. It might not be the perfect time for our characters to meet, they might be in Vegas for a wild weekend, for a bachelorette party, for time to think alone… but what we do know is that these two characters will meet and their lives will change no matter what and that is what we are looking for.