Relationship dynamic tropes
How the two of them orbit each other: enemies, friends, rivals, fated, before it all catches fire.
A predestined bond, by fate or by soul, that ties two together: undeniable and unbreakable.
Fourth Wing
Rebecca Yarros
Iron Flame
Rebecca Yarros
A Court of Mist and Fury
Sarah J. Maas
A Court of Wings and Ruin
Sarah J. Maas
Kingdom of Ash
Sarah J. Maas
Quicksilver
Callie Hart
When the Moon Hatched
Sarah A. Parker
Zodiac Academy
Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valenti
A Fate Inked in Blood
Danielle L. Jensen
The Crown of Gilded Bones
Jennifer L. Armentrout
The Book of Azrael
Amber V. Nicole
A Curse for True Love
Stephanie Garber
Two people who start as bitter enemies and, against the odds, slowly fall deeply in love.
Fourth Wing
Rebecca Yarros
A Court of Thorns and Roses
Sarah J. Maas
Words of Radiance
Brandon Sanderson
Throne of Glass
Sarah J. Maas
Iron Flame
Rebecca Yarros
A Court of Mist and Fury
Sarah J. Maas
Shadow and Bone
Leigh Bardugo
A Court of Wings and Ruin
Sarah J. Maas
The Cruel Prince
Holly Black
Crown of Midnight
Sarah J. Maas
Heir of Fire
Sarah J. Maas
One Dark Window
Rachel Gillig
Fierce competitors chasing the same goal who turn their rivalry into desire, then into love.
Six of Crows
Leigh Bardugo
Throne of Glass
Sarah J. Maas
Skyward
Brandon Sanderson
Zodiac Academy
Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valenti
The Atlas Six
Olivie Blake
Zodiac Academy 3
Susanne Valenti, Caroline Peckham
The Final Strife
Saara El-Arifi
The Awakening As Told By The Boys
Peckham, Susanne Valenti
Academy Obscura
Cassia Briar
A Court of Splintered Harmony
Sarah J. Maas
A Study in Drowning
Ava Reid
Academy of Sorcery: Term 2: Fallen Master
Alexa B. James
Longtime friends, sometimes since childhood, who realise their bond runs deeper and risk everything to become lovers.
A Court of Frost and Starlight
Sarah J. Maas
House of Earth and Blood
Sarah J. Maas
Get a Life, Chloe Brown
Talia Hibbert
Love and Other Words
Christina Lauren
My Friends
Fredrik Backman
Twisted Hate
Ana Huang
Binding 13
Chloe Walsh
Take a Hint, Dani Brown
Talia Hibbert
The Bromance Book Club
Lyssa Kay Adams
The Right Move
Liz Tomforde
The American Roommate Experiment
Elena Armas
King of Sloth
Ana Huang
Two strangers with no shared past who meet, connect, and build a love story from scratch.
Icebreaker
Hannah Grace
It Happened One Summer
Tessa Bailey
Get a Life, Chloe Brown
Talia Hibbert
Act Your Age, Eve Brown
Talia Hibbert
The American Roommate Experiment
Elena Armas
Radiance
Grace Draven
Geekerella
Ashley Poston
The Maddest Obsession
Danielle Lori
Under Loch & Key
Lana Ferguson
Royally Screwed
Emma Chase
Nice Girls Don't Have Fangs
Molly Harper
The Last Necromancer
C.J. Archer
Constant teasing, friction, and push and pull that slowly turns sharp tension into desire.
A couple torn apart by betrayal who become enemies, then fight to find their way back.
A casual, no-strings arrangement, even a single night, that quietly grows into real, undeniable romantic feelings.
