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!
I studied Literature in college and FOR SURE there were people who looked down on romance novels. I won’t bore you with all the dumb stuff they said about them because I’m sure you’ve heard all of them. *takes them to the trash* Those takes are tiresome and not worth it. I say all of this because when I encounter, in a romance novel, heroes who read romance and love it so much they have big shelves of romance books in their homes, I become enamored instantly.
So I went to social media and asked my followers if they knew some books that had heroes who love and read romance novels. There were a lot of replies and I’m happy to see this grow. A romance book about romance books? Isn’t that the best thing you’ve ever heard?