Welcome to another Top Ten Tuesday! Valentine’s Day is coming up, so this week we’re talking about favorite couples in books! Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl.
Fangirling on Friday’s topic is also about couples in relationships, so I’m combining topics, so consider this my Fangirling on Friday post too (a few days early)!
Dune (Day/June) – Legend
Day and June are absolutely my most favorite couple! They’re so cute together. They both go through so much, and they both are willing to sacrifice for each other. I just love them. After Champion, I was heartbroken because of what happened. I love them so much, I’ve written a lot of fanfiction about the two of them.
I loved Life After Legend and Life After Legend II. I’m eagerly anticipating Rebel, the fourth Legend book, this fall!
FourTris – Divergent
Four and Tris were probably the very first Young Adult couple that I fell in love with. I absolutely loved them together, and for me, they belong together forever.
Of course, the ending of Allegiant was heartbreaking to me. I wasn’t about to accept it. That’s what got me into fanfiction. Divergent fanfiction is fun to read, and I’ve written some Divergent fanfiction myself.
Adelina/Magiano – The Young Elites
Another couple that I’m absolutely in love with is Adelina and Magiano from The Young Elites. Even though Adelina is evil, Magiano is a good influence on her. It seems like I have a thing for cinnamon roll boys and the girls that love them… anyway, this is another story that broke my heart, but I’ve also written fanfiction to heal my heart. I haven’t published it yet, but I’m working on it.
Clace (Jace/Clary) – Mortal Instruments
Clary and Jace are a couple that I love as well. I ship them so much. Even though there’s other couples in The Mortal Instruments, they’re my favorites. Over the course of this six-book series, they go through so many trials, but they are always there for each other.
One of my favorite lines from Jace is “Break up with Clary? Are you insane?”
Akos/Cyra – Carve the Mark
I love Akos and Cyra together as well. They’re perfect for each other. Cyra causes pain to anybody that touches her because of her currentgift, and Akos disrupts the currentstream, which helps take away her pain. It’s a good thing that they end up liking each other!
I’ve written fanfiction for all five of the above couples. I guess that’s just a thing I have… if I don’t have enough of them, I write more!
Mariko/Ōkami – Flame in the Mist
Do I really need a reason to like them together? I just think they’re kinda hot as a couple. They had sparks flying even before Ōkami realized that Mariko was not a boy — which he found disturbing.
Will/Tessa – The Infernal Devices
I loved Will and Tessa together, and it was one of the reasons why I ugly-cried through the last two chapters of Clockwork Princess. Cassandra Clare masterfully dealt with the whole mess of how Tessa loved both him and Jem. I can’t wait to read more of their family’s story in Chain of Gold later this year.
Elias/Laia – An Ember in the Ashes
I feel for this couple so much. They just can’t seem to get a break. And now we have to wait until 2020 to find out what happens to them! Ms. Tahir, you have to put them together! If she doesn’t, there’s always fanfiction. Because they need each other. I need them to be together, finally.
Lazlo/Sarah – Strange the Dreamer
I love Lazlo and Sarah together. It’s so sweet how they meet in dreams and have their first kisses together and all that. And then they have to be broken apart…
But this story ends on a hopeful note. And there’s always fanfiction?
Free/Cole – Into the Hollow
There wasn’t a tenth couple that really jumped out at me when I thought of couples in books. I didn’t want to say Jude/Cardan because although I like them together, they’re a fairly toxic couple. But I really liked Free and Cole in Into the Hollow. This is a book that I didn’t think got enough love when it came out.
Free and Cole are such a wonderful couple together. They both come from dysfunctional homes that they’re embarrassed about, but they want to make a better life for themselves. And they’re good for each other as a couple. They might not be the first couple that I think about when I think of book couples on Valentine’s Day, but I loved this book, and I loved them together.
So what about you? What OTPs do you dream about or love? Yes, I’ve literally dreamed about some of these (and one dream became the basis for my book, The Brightness of Shadow). I can’t wait to see what everybody says this week.
On next week’s edition of Top Ten Tuesday, we’re going to talk about books that I loved that have less than 2000 ratings on Goodreads. Most of these books aren’t eligible for that (although I was surprised about one book). For Fangirling on Friday, we’ll be talking about slow-burn romances. A couple of these might show up again there. Be back then!
I am off to check out Into The hollow — I didn’t know of it before, but your write up convinces me that I most definitely should!
Oh good! It was a book I couldn’t put down so I’d love other people to enjoy it too.
I do love Clary and Jace… Will and Tessa I loved but that left me heartbroken because I also loved Tessa/Jem.
I found out the ending of the Divergent series before starting it so decided not to ever read it. I refuse to fall in love with a couple to have it end like that, lol.
LOL I don’t take that as my truth. There is a lot of good fanfiction to paper over that ending.
I was REALLY nervous when I read the Carve the Mark duology… especially with the tagline “She’d kill for him, He’d die for her.” Eeek! But the ending was satisfying.
Yes, Lazlo and Sarah were a great match.
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I’m glad the ending of Muse was left the way it was… with the hope still alive.
Into the Hollow does sound like an interesting read. I might have to check it out sometime.
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It was one of those books that I couldn’t put down. It’s sad that it wasn’t a book that got a lot of marketing support.
Love seeing Jace + Clary and Will + Tessa. I was totally sold on both those couples.
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I always liked Will and Tessa better than her with Jem, but I like how that turned out too.
Oh brother! I never even considered Divergent fic. This is a whole untapped world for me! I definitely went down that rabbit hole for lots of other YA series. Do you have any faves you would recommend?
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I did a Top Ten Tuesday on fanfiction last year and most of them are Divergent fanfics: http://www.brookereviewsnsweeps.com/2018/07/favorite-fanfiction-stories/
Every time you mention Magiano I get so excited, like I haven’t seen you mention him before. I loved him so much and really bought in to his relationship with Adelina.
LOL.
I really need to finish the fanfic I’m writing from his point of view. I don’t think I’ve seen anything like that done before in that fandom.
Finally! June & Day! I cannot tell you how much I need Legend 4, just so I can see how they are making out. It’s been killing me!
Definitely! I can probably start my Best Books of 2019 and put Rebel at the #1 slot. Sorry Wicked King!
FourTris is pretty awesome and I’m surprised I haven’t seen them on more lists! I kinda wish I would have put them on mine!!
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I’m surprised I haven’t seen them so far. They definitely make my top 3! I don’t know in which order they’d go, but they’re up there.
It sounds like you’re going to get to revisit some favourite in the next year or so (so many follow-up books for things)!
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Three of the above couples get to make another appearance in books this year! Day and June will be in Rebel, Akos and Cyra will be in a couple of stories in The End and other Beginnings, and Tessa and Will will be in Chain of Gold! I knew 2019 would be a great reading year!
The Infernal Devices is next on series TBR. I hope would love this pair as well!
I hope I didn’t give you any spoilers! This book has such a unique storyline, I’m actually glad I had spoilers or I might have been really upset partway through the series.
I had the ending of Allegiant spoiled for me years ago and now I refuse to read it!
That’s so sad. I admit I was unhappy with the ending (still am), but I credit that horrible ending for what got me into fanfiction, which led me to writing again. So in a roundabout way, the book that I’m editing would not exist if it wasn’t for that awful ending.
I’ve been sleeping on the Ember in the Ashes books for too long, and I’ve seen all the appreciation for Laia and Elias. I think once the series wraps up I’ll read them all together.
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Since the final book doesn’t come out until 2020, I’ll probably read them all again too.
Oh, yes, Four and Tris! I keep meaning to read Four’s backstory book.
I enjoyed that book, although it’s the one book of the series I never got around to reading in Spanish.
I keep meaning to read into Four’s backstory! Fun to be reminded of them.
Tris and Four narrowly missed out on being included in my list! Jace and Clary didn’t quite make it either because Magnus and Alec topped them! Great list!
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There’s just too many great couples to narrow it down to 10!
Ooh I love this! I didn’t actually ship Markio and Okami when I read the books, but I understand why so many people do.
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There’s something for everyone, right? There are a few couples that some people are fond of that I’m… not so much.