Slow Burn Romances (Fangirling on Friday)

It’s Friday again, so it’s time to do a little fangirling. On today’s edition of Fangirling on Friday (hosted by Books in the Skye) we’re talking about slow burn romances. It’s still February, after all!

An Ember in the Ashes was one of the first books that came to my mind when I thought about this topic. Elias and Laia have been interested in each other for what… nearly three books now? Something always seems to keep them apart. I don’t want to give spoilers away though.

Ms. Tahir better allow them to at least stay together at the end, but I’m pretty nervous. She’s always talking about all the characters she’s killing in Ember 4. Once she posted a list of all the people who were dead or hurt, with just the last fraction of a letter showing. I have a guess about who one of the dead people will be, but I’m not saying. She could have change it by now anyway.

The Rose Society and The Midnight Star feature a slow burn romance between Adelina Amouteru and Magiano. I was surprised (and a little sad) at the end of The Young Elites at what happened at the end of that book, but the surprise turned out to be a happy one after all.

However, Magiano and Adelina are friends for over a year between the end of The Rose Society and the beginning of The Midnight Star. Magiano is a very patient boy, I tell you. Anyway, I just love those two together… I love them so much, I’m writing a fanfic from Magiano’s perspective and another AU fanfic where they meet over World of Warcraft.

How appropriate that I get to fangirl about Fangirl today. This is an adorable story and I loved how Cath and _____ grew to be a couple. No spoilers though, because there’s more than one option if you haven’t read the book yet.

“Midnights,” a short story by Rainbow Rowell, is also a kind of slow burn romance, as it takes the place over several years (even though it’s a short story). It’s absolutely adorable.

The final book I want to fangirl over today is Carve the Mark by Veronica Roth. I’m excited that The End and Other Beginnings is going to have two Carve the Mark short stories in it! Akos and Cyra are a great couple, but since they start out as enemies it’s understandable that it takes a while for them to warm up to each other. Lately I’ve really wanted to read this duology again, since I’ve only read The Fates Divide once (on release day last year) and I’d love to read their story again before Ms. Roth’s new book comes out. October first! Yay! That’s going to be an amazing publishing day.

So there are some books that I really loved with some couples that it seems like ages before they become a couple. What are your favorite couples? I’ll see you again next week with my favorite book I read in February!