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Trope Tuesday: Found Family

I am back with another Trope Tuesday Link-Up! This week is Found Family. As a reminder each week there will be a trope for you to use as inspiration, find the trope list here. All post types are welcome: lists, book reviews, anything really, feel free to make it your own. Please link back to All the Books and Chocolate in your own post so that others know where to find more information. You…
May 26, 2020
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Trope Tuesday: Chosen One

Welcome to the first Trope Tuesday Link-Up! As a reminder each week there will be a trope for you to use as inspiration. All post types are welcome: lists, book reviews, anything really, feel free to make it your own. Please link back to All the Books and Chocolate in your own post so that others know where to find more information. You can find the link-up link at the bottom of the page.…
May 19, 2020
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Trope Tuesday: A Link-Up

I had so much fun doing my trope battles last month and #MaytheTropebeWithYou Readathon this month that I thought maybe it should be a more regular thing. Yes, Trope Tuesday is nothing new, but there are so many fun tropes out that and I would love to get some of your book recommendations. I will be starting this next week with a relatively easy trope, the Chosen One. So I hope you will…
May 12, 2020
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Trope Tuesday: Second Chance Romance vs. Soul Mates

This is the last trope battle of the month for the #RomanceReadsApril Instagram challenge.  I have to say I think this one may be the hardest yet, Second Chance Romance vs. Soul Mates.  Not only is this hard because a lot of times I feel like Second Chance Romance can also be soul mates, so that does complicate things.   Second Chance Romance:  Definition: A trope in fiction where a couple learns to love…
April 28, 2020
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Trope Tuesday: Love Triangle vs. Forbidden Romance

I am back with another Trope Tuesday battle and this week it is Love Triangle vs. Forbidden Love.   This one is an easier one for me to pick a winner because let's be honest, I don't love a love triangle.  However, there are some that aren't annoying.   Forbidden love is one of my favorite tropes, it covers a lot of different things and it can be very fun.   Love Triangle:  Definition: When two…
April 21, 2020
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Trope Tuesday: Fake Relationship vs. Stuck Together

I am back with this week's Trope Tuesday match up. If you haven't checked out the #RomanceReadsApril Instagram challenge, do so.  There is still time to join.  Today's Trope Tuesday is Fake Relationship vs. Stuck Together.  If you missed last weeks be sure to check it out for some enemies to lovers and friends to lovers Trope recommendations. Fake Relationship:  Definition: A trope in which two characters who are not in a romantic…
April 14, 2020
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Trope Tuesday: Enemies to Lovers vs. Friends to Lovers

I am taking a break from my usual top ten Tuesday to bring you Trope Tuesday.  Every Tuesday this month, in honor of my #RomanceReadsApril Instagram challenge.   I will discuss the merits of two tropes as well as give you some reading recommendations for each of trope.  Today's Trope Tuesday is Enemies to Lovers v. Friends to Lovers.   Enemies to Lovers:  Definition:A trope in fiction where characters start off their relationship as enemies…
April 7, 2020
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Who’s Your Daddy?

This post is going to have spoilers, so I want to make sure that you are well aware of that.  I tried to pick older books so that the spoilers are at a minimum. So this isn't Wednesday, it isn't that sort of Daddy.  This is more the "Luke, I am your father" sort of thing.  You know when the villain ends up being the father of the main character, sending the main…
September 10, 2019
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The Fake Relationship

In my opinion, there is almost not better rom-com set up than the fake relationship! Unlike Enemies to Lovers, this trope is almost exclusively found in romance and is basically a Hallmark movie.  Let me tell you how it usually goes down.  Two characters meet somehow, perhaps through an ad, or just coincidence one or both of them need a significant other because of some variation of one of the following: 1. want…
June 11, 2019
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Enemies to Lovers

I am starting a new series called you guessed it, Trope Tuesday.  The Second Tuesday of the month I will give you some great book recommendations based on some popular troped in fiction. For the first Trope Tuesday, we are starting with wy all-time favorite trope in fiction is Enemies to Lovers, also known as Hate to Love.  While I'm not exactly sure why I suspect it has something to do with strong…