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!
Living so closely to the ocean throughout all my life, it has meaning to me. It has been a side character since my very first day of being born. Actually it’s a true story – my parents took me to the beach, to the ocean, a day after I was born and bathed me in salty water. It’s a story I never forget, plus my parents love telling it, so impossible to forget really. The ocean is part of me and whenever I’m home, a trip to the ocean cannot be missed. So in these next romance books, the characters that I will be talking about, are as close to the ocean as I am with it. If it’s because of a job, a setting, a childhood memory, the ocean will become part of their lives.