Favorite Tropes (Fangirling on Friday)

It’s Friday again, which means it’s time to fangirl. Fangirling on Friday is hosted by Books in the Skye. This week, we’re talking about favorite tropes.

Cinnamon Roll Boys

I’m not a big fan of bad boys in fiction. I was never attracted to them in real life, and I don’t really care for them in fiction either. That doesn’t mean that they can’t be strong either, I just love when they’re super-sweet, even though they might have gone through some things.

Maybe this is why I just love certain authors? I just love Four and Akos from Veronica Roth’s Divergent and Carve the Mark, or Magiano from the last two books of Marie Lu’s Young Elites series.

Enemies to Lovers

I tend to love the enemies to lovers trope as well. Bonus points if the boy is a soft, squishy cinnamon roll! I think this might be one of the reasons why I enjoyed Echoes by Alice Reeds. Fiona and Miles didn’t really have a reason to be enemies, and once they figured this out, they discovered they were into each other. Marie Lu’s Legend is a classic enemies to lovers story that I just have to read again every once in a while. I have my fingers crossed that Chatine and Marcellus from Sky Without Stars will have their own love story in the sequel.

Strong Girls

I don’t think all girls need to be deadly and kick butt like Aelin in the Throne of Glass series, but I do prefer girls that have some spine to them, like Keralie from Four Dead Queens or Nathalie in Spectacle. A lot of Cassandra Clare’s female characters aren’t pushovers either, even if they don’t always make the smartest decisions (but who does?).

Perhaps I tend to like strong female characters because I tend to be pretty stubborn myself. Whatever the reason, a strong female character will often give a book bonus points in my mind.

Next week for Fangirling on Friday, we’ll talk about my least favorite tropes. See you then!