Hello Book Friends! Join Danielle, Leah, and Sam as they rate romance tropes, talk about romance and fantasy tropes, and give a lot of book recommendations.
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Danielle: pagedivingwithdani
Leah: leahtalksbooks
Sam: booksnknitswithsamii
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(00:00) Intro/List of Fantasy Tropes
(02:20) Ranking Romance Tropes
(11:33) Normal Romance
(21:22) Dark Romance
(29:01) Fantasy
(44:41) Monster Smut
(48:27) Closing Remarks/Outro
Books mentioned
Normal Romances
The Pumpkin Spice Cafe by Laurie Gilmore
Resting Scrooge Face by Megan Quinn
Big Nick Energy by Morgan Elizabeth
The Christmas Fix by Lucy Score
Raw and Real Love by Georgia Price
Hook, Line, and Sinker by Tessa Bailey
The Summer I Turned Pretty By Jenny Han
Purple Hearts by Tess Wakefield
Ugly Love by Colleen Hoover
Save Me by Ali Marie
Verity by Colleen Hoover
The Love Wager by Lynn Painter
It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover
It Starts With Us by Colleen Hoover
People we meet on Vacation by Emily Henry
Icebreaker By Hannah Grace
Birthday Girl by Penelope Douglas
Dark Romances
A Touch of Darkness by Scarlett St. Clair
Hooked by Emily McIntire
Scream for Us by Molly Doyle
Melt for Us by Molly Doyle
Butcher and Blackbird by Brynne Weaver
Bloodshed by Molly Doyle
Haunting Adeline by H.D. Carlton
Hunting Adeline by H.D. Carlton
Priest by Sierra Simone
Game of Fate by Scarlett St. Clair
Twisted by Emily McIntire
Fantasy
Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
Zodiac Academy by Suzanne Valentini and Caroline Peckham
Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling
The Sucken City by Emma Noice
Lightlark by Alex Aster
Signs of Cupidity by Raven Kennedy
ACTOAR by Sarah J. Maas
A Fate So Wicked by K.E. Austin
The Serpent and the Wings of Night by Carissa Broadbent
The Unfortunate Side Effects of Heartbreak and Magic by Breanne Randall
Gild by Raven Kennedy
Petty Cupid by Sarah Blue
One Dark Window by Rachael Gillig
Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
The Coven by Harper L. Woods
Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris
Powerless by Lauren Roberts
Assistant to the Villain by Hannah Nicole Maehrer
Lost Boy by Christina Henry
Assassin’s Blade by Sarah J. Maas
Monster Smut
A Very Krampus Holiday by Katee Robert
Frisky the Snowman by Lauren Biel
The Incubus by Marilyn Harper