![]() ![]() Since it’s such a common trope, writers focusing on LGBTQ romance have found interesting and fun ways to adapt the trope for queer romance. Sometimes, the simple miscommunication between friends isn’t enough to get me to root for the main pair. For heterosexual romances, enemies to lovers has always been a higher mountain to climb (in my interpretation) than friends to lovers. It tends to be pretty popular in romantic comedies as well.ĭepending on your interpretation, enemies-to-lovers has a very long history in romance novels, at least back to Pride and Prejudice. Like many romance tropes, enemies-to-lovers is a stumbling block in a romance plot that has to be believable enough to keep the main couple apart, while still being something that they can overcome in order to get together at the end. Two sworn enemies who are thrown together by circumstances, or simply learning to understand each other, is always a wild ride. Find her at .Įven though I know the outcome because it’s in the name, enemies-to-lovers, when it’s done well, can excite and delight me like no other trope - especially LGBTQ enemies to lovers. She loves fandom, theater, cheese, and Edith Piaf. She has a BA in International Studies from the University of Chicago and an MA in Media Studies from Pratt Institute. After a complicated situation, it seems the only solution to their problems is marriage.Julia is a professional nerd who can be spotted in the wild lounging with books in the park in Brooklyn, NY. Instead, she escapes and hides her magic as a thief in the underworld.īut she’s not ready to be hunted by Reid, a huntsman who is ready to eradicate the occult. Lou’s death would have solved an ancient war, but she refuses to become that chess piece. She decides to prove them wrong!īut when raiders invade her ship and then her crew mysteriously vanishes, she must uncover the truth with the help of a handsome prince from a rival kingdom. ![]() Seventeen-year-old Reyna has lived her life without any care of people telling her she cannot be an explorer. This standalone fantasy novel is ready to be read. And suddenly she has to agree to a marriage of convenience between Thia and the crown prince of Illucia. ![]() Her sister is busy running the kingdom after their mother’s death. ![]() After the Illucian empire invaded her country, her life changed forever. The Storm Crow by Kalyn Josephson (July 9)Īll Princess Anthia can think about right now is everything she has lost. But her annoying neighbor Eli insists on going too-and if she doesn’t take him, he will tell on her to her mother. If you’re looking for an enemies-to-lovers story in a contemporary setting, Kristina Forest has something for you.Ĭhloe is forbidden to go to a dance audition, so she creates a plan to drive to the nearest one. I Wanna Be Where You Are by Kristina Forest (June 4) But when one of the most dangerous grimoires is released, she will have to face justice and turn to her sworn enemy for help. She is there to keep them away from the kingdom and protect it with her life. Who doesn’t love libraries and monsters? Sorcery of Thorns starts just like that Elisabeth has grown up surrounded among the tools of sorcery-magical grimoires that can transform into grotesque monsters of ink. Sorcery of Thorns by Margaret Rogerson (June 4) Both legends need to retrieve an artifact. Enemies on different sides of history, Zafira and Nasir cannot expose their true intentions. One of the most anticipated books for this year, We Hunt the Flame is the story of Zafira the Hunter and Nasir the Prince of the Death. We Hunt the Flame by Hafsah Faizal (May 14) ![]()
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