Enemies to lovers is top tier for me. I like the tension that comes with it, and when they make the gradual change from enemies to grudging respect to *spark.* Especially when it's enemies turned reluctant allies in a fantasy setting. The only thing better than that is, when done right, academic rivals to lovers.
@songbirdb7382
Жыл бұрын
Yes please mafia romance recommendations!
@losj3020
Жыл бұрын
bodyguard romance is really up there with tropes like leader/trusted right hand for me. I used to find the relationship weirdly hierarchal but as I grow up it's what makes it work: the idea of one person truly devoting themselves to the another not in a submissive way, but as a protector who'd kill and die for the one they love. It also gets really fun when the "boss" turns protective and possessive of the bodyguard/right hand too, so you just have these two mildly unhinged people being repressed and pining after one another. It's definitely not the healthiest kinda love but it's fiction so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
@jessicar2609
Жыл бұрын
Recommendations please!
@lihfng
Жыл бұрын
You just put into words how it is that, while I really don’t like Enemies to Lovers in most book, I tend to really enjoy it on mysteries/police stories: the characters are forced to work together and it gives them time to slowly get to know each other beyond just having the hots for each other.
@gabrielacarolina_
Жыл бұрын
I was NOT expecting fake dating to make S-tier 😮😅
@edwardinzerillo1017
Жыл бұрын
I'd love to see the Mafia romance recommendations video!
@carolinaalves1161
Жыл бұрын
Chandler, it would be great it you recommended one book/your favorite for each trope!! 💖💖
@Scara433
Жыл бұрын
Please do the mafia recommendations. I have the exact same problem you mentioned about them and am yet to find a good mafia romance
@khalilahd.
Жыл бұрын
I can’t lie, I’m a sucker for a good bad boy, grumpy sunshine situation 😅❤
@marnierubenstein5234
Жыл бұрын
I wish boyfriend's/ex's best friend had been on this list! So angsty, and absolutely a fave of mine if done right. I actually happen to love workplace romances, but one that isn't at all like the one's you mentioned is Reckless by Stella Rhys. They're boss/assistant, but they're such a good team and have been for years that the power imbalance isn't really there. They bicker, but there's a lot of mutual respect and they've had years to really get to know one another.
@Brieeeee5
Жыл бұрын
Oooh suggestions for boyfriend/ex’s best friend"?
@JayGTheAwkwardBookworm
Жыл бұрын
Ugh hate accidental pregnancy 😬
@Nyakairu.K
Жыл бұрын
I love bodyguard romance. A lot of books don't do it well but I found one that so sweet "The Bodyguard" by Katherine Centre. The audiobook was amazing and I have read it twice in March because of how much I loved it. Even now I have to convince myself that I have more books to read. Def one of my favourite books of the year.
@Scara433
Жыл бұрын
Everyone in comments saying fake dating shouldn’t be s-tier is surprising me. Fake dating/ fake marriage is amazing
@oliviaemily6461
Жыл бұрын
please do the mafia romance recommendations!!!
@irissu02
Жыл бұрын
I must say even better than friends to enemies to lovers and childhood friends to lovers is the mix of the two childhood friend to enemies to lovers it’s just sooooo good it’s the best pinning and slow burn recipe ☺️😍
@linej88
Жыл бұрын
do you have an example book of this?
@LiteraryLily
Жыл бұрын
This was so interesting to watch! I love hearing people’s thoughts on different tropes
@NotSoAverageJo
Жыл бұрын
Grumpy/sunshine is my jam😭 This was so much fun!
@listenwithprecious
Жыл бұрын
Enjoyed this video
@clareh8484
Жыл бұрын
i would say strangers to lovers is usually mixed with another trope like how The Relationship Pact by Adriana Locke is strangers to lovers with a fake dating on top
@Dcong16
Жыл бұрын
I love brothers best friend specifically when it’s like we all grew up together but I crushed on my older brothers best friend. Then I feel like the tension for the hero makes sense because you watched this person grow up, that might cause some conflicting feelings about seeing them as a potential romantic partner (sort of similar to childhood friends to lovers) and I can see it being weird for the brother cuz it’s like then it’s weird to talk to your friend about their relationship cuz that’s your sister? BUT some authors take the brother’s ick way too far and it just comes off childish. But maybe I’m just a girl with two older brothers who both had crush-worthy friends😂
@rebeccaridgway1117
Жыл бұрын
You should do a in defense of love triangles with recommendations video!
@ktymchyn
Жыл бұрын
I love the reverse grumpy/sunshine when the girl is the grump and the man is the sunshine but the traditional man grump woman sunshine is overdone I agree. I am a simp for bodyguard romance there is an mm book.. Shiver that's a good bodyguard romance tat I would recommend.
@charoraimondogarcia
Жыл бұрын
I am a bigggg fan of enemies to lovers, but it exels in fic format (when the back story already exist) or in a saga, so you have the time tomse why they are enemies. Also, give me enemies like Jude and Cardan, who actually wanted to kill the other, no a ofice rival
@howthetidefalls
Жыл бұрын
It feels like every romance these days is split POV, and I don't often love the man's POV... Does anyone have any recommendations for romances that aren't split POV?
@MoJordanReads
Жыл бұрын
Omg this was so fun to watch and think about! Ok, for your description of only one bed and how you would enjoy it - you HAVE to read The North Wind by Alexandria Warwick! I love grumpy/sunshine but I would say it has to be done right because I do hate when it's overdone, especially when it's a girl who is literally made of sunshine and rainbows. Like, they can be grumpy/sunshine without being so exaggerated. I wish there were more age gap romances where the FMC wasn't like 20 and inexperienced. I'd like more 30 year old FMCs with a 40-50 year old man! I'd read that all day lol
@deraao
Жыл бұрын
I thought I was the only one who watched The Royals on E omg throwback memory!
@nikma3116
Жыл бұрын
I like love triangles but only if it is why choose, the ones where only one love interest is picked annoy me
@alliecampbell9718
Жыл бұрын
using my last 3 percentages in math class to watch this🤝
@Georgiajafa
Жыл бұрын
I thought slow burn was going to be higher but then I think I was actually thinking of mutual pining 😅
@camilavillamil9542
Жыл бұрын
Omgggg please give some recommendations for right person, wrong time!
@gloriaaaaa
Жыл бұрын
100% agree about the grumpy sunshine where it's just an excuse for the hero to treat the fmc (and other people) poorly, and it also goes hand in hand with childish, unnuanced heroines.
@gloriaaaaa
Жыл бұрын
You need to read a workplace sapphic romance because those hit different 🤭 tough I agree about the male alpha bosses being bleugh
@maddyrivera6943
Жыл бұрын
i tend to end up really enjoying secret relationship books because it tends to be a veryyyy common trope in queer books and I feel like as long as there isn't any glaring problematic things with how it is done I think it really is a very solid trope in a book and can add alot. anyway all this to say you probably have read more secret relationship books than you think lol
@charoraimondogarcia
Жыл бұрын
For me it depends because in a lot of cases one of them is in the closet and the other isnt and I fucking hate that. But when that doesn't happen is good
@maddyrivera6943
Жыл бұрын
@@charoraimondogarcia yeah thats super fair. I think the closet thing can be okay as long as that isn't the insighting factor that leads to a conflict. Like if there is open communication throughout and whatever, idk the closet can be done well but yeah youre right fuck that shit sometimes lol
@JemmaSimmons_
Жыл бұрын
I agree with most of your choices! Most "enemies to lovers" aren't even enemies, they're just people who are rude to each other! Lol. Do you have any "friends to enemies to lovers" recs? 😀
@xamberx8739
Жыл бұрын
Also FINALLY someone who like love triangle. I personally love the drama
@amy-qe3wj
Жыл бұрын
Any friends to enemies to lovers recommendations???
@mariafatma6656
Жыл бұрын
A king so cruel by Ellie Cassidy. I'll admit it not the best written book but it does have this trope and there's a VERY good reason for them to become enemies. It's kinda like a dystopian romance.
@breehill9042
Жыл бұрын
Love fake dating ❤ yes!
@annam5904
Жыл бұрын
Current boyfriends best friend hive needs to rise up like when will this takeover I’ve been waiting
@xamberx8739
Жыл бұрын
Okay… but workplace romance not in an office (imagine if authors wrote jobs that weren’t in offices)
@NicholaadelaHaye
Жыл бұрын
I agree with you about so many, I love Bully romance, friends to enemies to lovers, marriage of convenience and dislike workplace romances and billionaire romances. I feel more positive about Mafia books and I adore accidental or surprise pregnancy books but don't like books with children so single parent books get the thumbs down. Also love stepbrother books. Also I cannot stand bodyguard tropes (and I would widen it to police officers or fireman or armed forces personnel as well). Thanks for this video.
@marinadelgada
Жыл бұрын
I've never read mafia books because i don't know any books that are good like not toxic af soo pleeeease do the recommendation video hhehehe❤
@sydneysbooks
Жыл бұрын
Ok but where would you rank nursing back to health/sickbed trope? 👀
@whisper_dvm5157
Жыл бұрын
I thought it was kind of funny to put E2L so low with Bully romance so high. They seem like 2 sides of the same coin. 😆 I love E2L in a fantasy setting because then they can ACTUALLY be enemies for good reasons. However I think it works best in a real slow burn fashion. I’m a huge Buffy the Vampire Slayer fan and the Spike/Buffy E2L story is like my blueprint but I have yet to find that in a book.
@Anna-ns4om
Жыл бұрын
Can you do a book recommendation video of angst/tension filled books? I will eat anything up lol
@chandlerainsley
Жыл бұрын
i have one up :)
@LucindasBooks
Жыл бұрын
13:00
@Yaeza31
Жыл бұрын
Pregnancy stories would be cooler if more writers were willing to do "and then they got an abortion because they didn't want kids and getting pregnant didn't magically change their entire personality"
@ashleyk131
Жыл бұрын
Is right person/not enough time like when someone returns to thier small town but is only there for six weeks type of thing?
@bahrianyi
Жыл бұрын
I clicked so fast when I saw this video lmao
@TTTTania
Жыл бұрын
Fake dating trope is ❤❤❤❤
@jennshields1061
Жыл бұрын
I can’t stand billionaire tropes because the heroine is always so nonchalant about the fact that they’re a billionaire. Like, who wouldn’t be freaking out if someone with that much money was into you?!
@rebeccaf303
Жыл бұрын
childhood friends to lover’s recommendation video when ?? 🤨
@monicarlo15
Жыл бұрын
What is her planning channel called? I want to follow but I can’t find it!
@chandlerainsley
Жыл бұрын
plan with chan :)
@SophieCountsClouds
Жыл бұрын
I had no idea you had another channel! Would love to subscribe, what's it called??
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