The month of love continues and we take a DEEP dive into romance tropes we LOVE (and hate)! Of course we all have different takes on these hot topics that are all over the literary world! What works, what doesn't, what's overdone? Listen and chime in!

Love triangles, friends to lovers, fish out of water, brother's best friend, manic pixie dream girl, rivals to lovers, grumpy/sunshine, love at first sight, Byronic hero, single dad, age gap, nanny, billionaire romance...we chat about them all!

Books we mention:

The Rom Con, Devon Daniels

The Vow, Kim and Krickitt Carpenter

Memory Lane and Sweet on You, Becky Wade

One Foggy Christmas, Kortney Keisel

Shattered, Dani Pettrey

To All the Boys I've Loved Before, Jenny Han

The Happy Life of Isadora Bentley, Courtney Walsh

The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald

The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Stephen Chbosky

Looking for Alaska, John Green

Paper Towns, John Green

Jessica Wakefield

The Flat Share, Beth O'Leary

Dear Henry, Love Edith, Becca Kinzer

Love Cliches, Emma St. Clair

All the Yellow Posies, Elaine DeBohun

A Lady's Guide to Scandal, Sophie Irwin

Divine Rivals, Rebecca Ross

Tony Shiloh

Dangerous Beauty, Melissa Koslin

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