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 know, I know. I’ve already written a Trope Tuesday article with the grumpy/sunshine trope. But I am 100% sure that they all feature couples where the hero is the grumpy one while the heroine is the sunshine one. It’s very common for this trope to be this way. I think people find it very cute that the heroine is going to melt the hero’s heart and be the only one who makes him smile.
But this time around, I’m mixing it up and actually giving you romance books that have a GRUMPY heroine and the SUNSHINE boy who falls for her. Let’s find the heroines who respond with one-word sentences and are cold as ice. Let’s find the heroes who can’t help but resemble overly energetic Golden Retrievers, alright?
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Love the recs! I've read the chloe liese one and it was really good, the whole Swedish family thing is also a huge bonus.
I have the Talia Hibbert one so I'm excited to get into it, I've read her brown sisters books and she writes romance sooo well.
Definitely going to check out the other 2 because that one sounds amazing, never read 2 grumpy ppl together