By popular (aka via twitter poll) demand, this week I'm reccing books with the enemies to lovers trope (pretty much the best trope, but half the time done subpar by authors, unfortunately). There's a mix of genres here, but all of these books have the hate to love slowburn done basically perfectly. (Yes, this is really late, but I went home for the weekend and left my computer at uni. Oops.)
Because of Miss Bridgerton by Julia Quinn
Synopsis: Sometimes you find love in the most unexpected of places...
This is not one of those times.
Everyone expects Billie Bridgerton to marry one of the Rokesby brothers. The two families have been neighbors for centuries, and as a child the tomboyish Billie ran wild with Edward and Andrew. Either one would make a perfect husband... someday.
Sometimes you fall in love with exactly the person you think you should...
Or not.
There is only one Rokesby Billie absolutely cannot tolerate, and that is George. He may be the eldest and heir to the earldom, but he's arrogant, annoying, and she's absolutely certain he detests her. Which is perfectly convenient, as she can't stand the sight of him, either.
But sometimes fate has a wicked sense of humor...
Because when Billie and George are quite literally thrown together, a whole new sort of sparks begins to fly. And when these lifelong adversaries finally kiss, they just might discover that the one person they can't abide is the one person they can't live without...
Comments: This was the first Julia Quinn book I ever read, and it's a great one to start off with. I really loved everything about the characters and the romance and just. Gah! It was so good.
Hold Me by Courtney Milan
Synopsis: Jay na Thalang is a demanding, driven genius. He doesn’t know how to stop or even slow down. The instant he lays eyes on Maria Lopez, he knows that she is a sexy distraction he can’t afford. He’s done his best to keep her at arm’s length, and he’s succeeded beyond his wildest dreams.
Maria has always been cautious. Now that her once-tiny, apocalypse-centered blog is hitting the mainstream, she’s even more careful about preserving her online anonymity. She hasn’t sent so much as a picture to the commenter she’s interacted with for eighteen months—not even after emails, hour-long chats, and a friendship that is slowly turning into more. Maybe one day, they’ll meet and see what happens.
But unbeknownst to them both, Jay is Maria’s commenter. They’ve already met. They already hate each other. And two determined enemies are about to discover that they’ve been secretly falling in love…
Comments: No one does slowburn romances with tension like Courtney Milan does. She's one of those authors who can make things excrutiatingly tense and her characters are always wonderful. Also, the main character of this one is a trans woman.
Whatver.: or how junior year became totally f$@cked by S. J. Goslee
Synopsis: Mike Tate is a normal dude. He and his friends have a crappy band (an excuse to drink cheap beer and rock out to the Lemonheads) and hang out in parking lots doing stupid board tricks. But when Mike's girlfriend Lisa, who knows him better than he does, breaks up with him, he realizes he's about to have a major epiphany that will blow his mind. And worse--he gets elected to homecoming court.
It's like the apocalypse came, only instead of nuclear bombs and zombies, Mike gets school participation, gay thoughts, and mother-effin' cheerleaders.
Comments: If you want a cute, occasionally angsty, coming-of-age story about a boy realising he's bi, this one's for you. Yes, I had a couple of problems with it, but on the whole, it was actually a good coming out story.
Unconventional by Maggie Harcourt
Synopsis: Lexi Angelo has grown up helping her dad with his events business. She likes to stay behind the scenes, planning and organizing...until author Aidan Green - messy haired and annoyingly arrogant - arrives unannounced at the first event of the year. Then Lexi's life is thrown into disarray.
In a flurry of late-night conversations, mixed messages and butterflies, Lexi discovers that some things can't be planned. Things like falling in love...
Comments: Ok, this one is less outright hate to love, and more like. Annoyance to love. But it's also really really cute and just thinking about it makes me want to reread.
A Crown of Wishes by Roshani Chokshi
Synopsis: She is the princess of Bharata—captured by her kingdom’s enemies, a prisoner of war. Now that she faces a future of exile and scorn, Gauri has nothing left to lose. But should she trust Vikram, the notoriously cunning prince of a neighboring land? He promises her freedom in exchange for her battle prowess. Together they can team up and win the Tournament of Wishes, a competition held in a mythical city where the Lord of Wealth promises a wish to the victor. It seems like a foolproof plan—until Gauri and Vikram arrive at the tournament and find that danger takes on new shapes: poisonous courtesans, mischievous story birds, a feast of fears, and twisted fairy revels. New trials will test their devotion, strength, and wits. But what Gauri and Vikram will soon discover is that there’s nothing more dangerous than what they most desire.
Comments: Roshani Chokshi is probably up there as one of my favourite authors. Her writing is just so gorgeous I would really read anything she wrote. This one is also the perfect slowburn enemies to lovers too.
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