Any Trope but You

A Novel

De: Victoria Lavine

Narrado por: Tim Paige, Jesse Vilinsky

A bestselling romance author flees to Alaska to reinvent herself and write her first murder mystery, but the rugged resort proprietor soon has her fearing she’s living in a rom-com plot instead in this earnestly spectacular debut by a stunning new voice.

Beloved romance author Margot Bradley has a dark secret: she doesn’t believe in Happily Ever Afters. Not for herself, not for her readers, and not even for her characters, for whom she secretly writes alternate endings that swap weddings and babies for divorce papers and the occasional slashed tire. When her Happily Never After document is hacked and released to the public, she finds herself canceled by her readers and dropped by her publisher.

Desperate to find a way to continue supporting her chronically ill sister, Savannah, Margot decides to trade meet-cutes for murder. The fictional kind. Probably. But when Savannah books Margot a six-week stay in a remote Alaskan resort to pen her first murder mystery, Margot finds herself running from a moose and leaping into the arms of the handsome proprietor, making her fear she’s just landed in a romance novel instead.

The last thing Dr. Forrest Wakefield ever expected was to leave his dream job as a cancer researcher to become a glorified bellhop. What he’s really doing at his family’s resort is caring for his stubborn, ailing father, and his puzzle-loving mind is slowly freezing over—until Margot shows up. But Forrest doesn’t have any room in his life for another person he could lose, especially one with a checkout date.

As long snowy nights and one unlikely trope after another draw Margot and Forrest together, they’ll each have to learn to overcome their fears and set their aside assumptions before Margot leaves—or risk becoming a Happily Never After story themselves.

©2025 Victoria Lavine (P)2025 Simon & Schuster Audio

Better Than The Title

This book was fun from the beginning and while the story was somewhat predictable, there were many twists and turns that kept my interest and added to the depth of the story. Steamy sex scenes!

Funny, easy read

I really enjoyed this book and laughed out loud many, many times. It is a predictable rom-com, which is exactly what I was looking for.

I thought the narration was good. It is dual narration, but I didn’t mind either of their opposite gender voices.

Overall, I would recommend this book.

Super cute story, super cringe narration

I really liked this story, I just wish I’d read it rather than listened to it. I always struggle a bit with female narrators doing male voices, but this gal was the worst I’ve ever heard. She made him sound like he was half asleep/mumbling/a really dull person. Which was SO different from the way the actual male narrator sounded, it was jarring. I physically winced along the way. I kept having to re-say the male dialogue in my head in a regular voice just to get through the scenes.

I wish all audiobooks with dual narration would just use the actual male/female voices when there is dialogue, no matter which POV you’re in! Abby Jimenez’s new book Say You’ll Remember Me does this and it was a breath of fresh air!

Boring!

I finally skipped a few chapters. Neverending tropes and I thought the main character was an idiot.

Interesting

I felt that the narrators, specifically the female when initiating the MMC(?) was very cringe 🫣

I liked the premise of this story but missed the mark for me

Some Many Tropes!

Any Trope but You is such a good listen! Jesse Villinsky & Tim Paige are great narrators for this book. Villinsky covers most of the narration which is no surprise since this is Margo's story. With their narrations, I was invested in Margo's story and her time in Alaska to regroup and reinvent herself after a livestream podcast gone wrong. Forrest, radiates “leave me alone” vibes. Jesse Villinsky is very good narrating Forrest's voice and Margo's annoyance when she discovers he is holding precious letters from her. I was so engrossed in this narration and in each trope appearing, Margo and Forrest and everything else that I was at the end before I knew it. I strongly recommend listening to this book!

Such a fun cute read

My Rating: ❤️❤️❤️❤️.5
Spice Meter: ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥 Spicy. More than some in the genre.
Narration: ❤️❤️❤️❤️

In Short: The pining, the will they or won't they, the comedic exploration of all the tropes! An excellent debut by Victoria Lavine.

General Thoughts: I decided to read this one after seeing how many of my friends absolutely loved it, and it did not disappoint. This book was such a fun ride. Predictable at times, but I never mind that. I think some of the best books are predictable. I loved the characters and how the author explored so many layers to them. The plot and the story itself were so fun and well done. This is an excellent, cute read. Banter was bantering. Tension was tensioning. I loved it, and I can't wait to read more by her.

Romantic Tropes:
-dual pOV
-meet cute but not so meet cute
-grump and grumpier (who's secretely a softie)
-one tent
-snowed in
-dislike to love
-close proximity
-FMC who doesn't believe in love and HEA
-and on an on

What a sweet and beautiful story!

Truly loved this story so much. It was heartbreakingly sweet and I loved the author’s play with tropes. It’s clear she loves writing romance and Im hoping to read more from her in the future!

Cringy female narration

The female narrator reading the guy parts was so cringeworthy. Though the rest of the narration was good, this made me regret buying the audiobook.