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’m a die-hard fan of Beauty and the Beast retellings. Who isn’t? The story is always compelling if it’s done right. Because it can take a very wrong turn rather easily. But these titles I’m sharing with you today all do a wonderful job of showing us the beauty of this retelling and the romance that is just very iconic. It is a timely story that, to be honest, I can read all the time in retellings. I never get tired of them. Both of these characters are searching for something, a person who understands them completely, a family who is there for them, someone who doesn’t make fun of them for the simplest of things, etc. These next retellings all share one thing and that is that they all feature some great love stories.