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!
A few years ago, you didn’t find many sports romances with athlete heroines. Even less with people of color. Which was strange for me being a huge sports fan and and knowing so many athletes of color. And when I look at the books, authors were really whitewashing the sports. So I left the sports romance side of romance for a while. I was seriously disappointed and people were doing it all over the place. (Hello, 10+ baseball with an all-white cast? Not possible). Plus the hero was ALWAYS the one doing the sport.
But this time around, things are looking up! I’m still scared to pick up a sports romance because of the reasons above, but I’m seeing more and more things I like coming out. I’m going to mention some books that you seriously have to pick up if you’re a sports romance fan and if you love seeing athlete heroines at the forefront.
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Don’t forget the amazing Mariana Zapata who has two slow-burn romances with heroines who are athletes! From Lukov (ice skating) and Kulti (soccer/football) are both awesome with bad ass main characters. <3