10 Favourite Tropes
Hello reader! After writing Least Favourite Tropes or Trope that everyone dislike but I’m okay with, I wanted to write post on my favourite tropes. There are many tropes I enjoy but here are the 10 Favourite Tropes that are my all time favourites and I never get tired of them.
10 Favourite Tropes
Prophecy and Quests
Books that made me fall in love with read and fantasy genre had this trope. So obviously it’s going to have special place and one of the tropes that makes want want to read book instantly without even knowing what other thing there is in book. I love good adventure book and there isn’t any trope that can make story adventurous other than prophecies and quests.
Forbidden magic/romance
I basically like anything forbidden. It makes story interesting and me extra curious to know why it was forbidden and why characters break the rules or how they fall for each other even though it’s forbidden. I have read few books with this trope and enjoyed all of them. I guess I’ll never get tired of it.
Enemies to Lovers /Hate to Lovers
I don’t thing any reader needs much description or explanation why this makes amazing trope. Nothing is better than two people with differences slowly developing feelings for each other.
Celebrity dating
I’m always fascinated by this trope in romance or rom-com. I never dated a rich person and it already creates lots of possibility in my mind without reading it in fiction. It is also kind of part of forbidden romance, not exactly forbidden but one of the character is always going to think ‘oh how can I date someone who is out of league’ or something along the line. And let’s not forget the drama and fancy dates.
Arranged marriage trope
This one fascinates me in fictions. Being Indian I have seen many arranged marriages in real life and I don’t really like them. Some turns out real bad but in books I enjoy reading them. Somehow they give more hope and positivity in fiction and after reading books I don’t dislike it that much.
Second Chance
This has been my favourite trope for long time. I love to see characters drifting apart due to various reasons even hating each other after little spell of love and then getting back together after certain time period, rekindling feelings and love they had and clearing whatever misunderstanding they had in mind.
Kingdoms at war / Royal Politics
Cliched but I enjoy it. It makes story extra interesting with royal politics and when they throw in arranged marriage trope along with this one.
Veiled magical world / Parallel world
I liked Veiled magical world ever since Harry Potter and Percy Jackson and it’s never going to get old for me. Parallel world is something I have started to enjoy in recent years. I enjoy the contrast between real world and parallel magical world. Portals appearing characters learning things in new world… there is always abundance of imagination.
Heist
Another trope that doesn’t need to have why. Only mention is enough for me to get the book.
Forced proximity / Found Family
These two were fighting to get on list and I just couldn’t leave one behind. I have always enjoyed forced proximity in romance no matter how cliched it has become. They make story extra entertaining and I live for entertainment. Nothing can go wrong with Found family. They makes stories meaningful and uplifting.
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Hi, I'm Yesha, an Indian book blogger. Avid and eclectic reader who loves to read with a cup of tea. Not born reader but I don't think I’m going to stop reading books in this life. “You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.”
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Kal @ Reader Voracious
Love this list! I am such a fan of prophecy stories, found families, and parallel worlds. I just want to be in a world where magic is real if we pay close enough attention, you know?
Books Teacup and Reviews
Thank you! They are amazing tropes and I’m enjoying them ever since I started reading. It’s always amazing to find magic in real world.
ashley @ socially awkward bookworm
Great post, these are some great tropes! 😀
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I can’t agree more. Thank you! 😀
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Lashaan Balasingam @ Bookidote
I too find myself too intrigued by any book that mentions some kind of heist or veiled magic universe! Great post, Yesha! 😀
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Veiled magical world never gets old and so heist. Thank you, Lashaan!
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Nils
A girl after my own heart. My list would have been almost identical. Even though a lot of these have been done to death, in a new setting it always seems new to me. I love the haters to lovers one.
Books Teacup and Reviews
Thank you! Great to know we like similar tropes. Hate to lovers are always interesting to read.
todd
I don’t think I’ve ever actually put much thought into what my favorite tropes might be. I just sort of know them when I encounter them. But my favorite from those you picked would be found family. I really enjoy stories with a ragtag group of very different characters that all come together and become something more. And of course, heists are also a lot of fun. 🙂
Books Teacup and Reviews
I was like that before, didn’t give much attentions to tropes or what I like. I read almost everything. but now I’m picky with books so specifically see if the book has my favourite tropes or not. Both Found family and heist are amazing to read.
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Carla
I think Second Chance stories are my favourites, but I also love Enemies to lovers. I don’t read a lot of fantasy, so many of these are not ones that I really notice.
Books Teacup and Reviews
I think some of these are common for fantasy and romance as those are my favourite genres. Second chance is my favourite too.
WendyW
Second Chance and Friends to Lovers are my favorites. I have issues with the Celebrity dating trope sometimes, unless it’s done really well and it’s believable. One thing I can’t stand is the poor struggling woman who gets “saved” by the rich billionaire. And if it’s a celebrity, it’s hard to believe that the relationship can withstand the fame for years to come. I have seen this trope done really well, but I’ve also seen it done horribly.
Books Teacup and Reviews
That is interesting perspective and I get it. Books I have read with that trope were really well done and I’m sure heroine were not struggling in that so I started to love this trope.
Julie Anna's Books
Parallel worlds are an emerging favorite for me too!
Books Teacup and Reviews
That’s great! Thank you for reading and comment.
Satabdi
Enemies to lovers, forced proximity, and second chance – my favs.
Books Teacup and Reviews
That’s great to know we have some similar favourite tropes.
happytonic
Love your list, Yesha! I rally like all of them, apart from the arranged marriage one(because I I can’t remember reading a book with this trope). Thanks to Ruin and Rising I now have a new favourite trope ‘Like calls to Like’ which covers both friends-to-lovers and enemies-to-lovers. Great post!
Ashmita | thefictionaljournal
U had that right!! Heist requires no explanation ever. It’s everything. And so true!! The drama that comes with billionaire romance. And well, I am not a huge fan of second chance romance cuz it falls under the “cheating” trope and that’s just unacceptable. But I do appreciate it when characters drift apart for other reasons and then get back together. But for some reason majority of books make it so, that the relationship comes across as toxic I guess. Great post!
Books Teacup and Reviews
Thank you, Ashmita! So far I haven’t read a second chance that had cheating. Mostly they included miscommunication and misunderstanding.
Janhabi @ The Bookish Context
Oh wow, you have included so many of my favourite tropes! Would love to know some of your top reads for Royal Politics.
Books Teacup and Reviews
My most favourite with royal politics is Priory of Orange Tree. I enjoyed Queen’s Assassin, Cinder, and Siege and Storm.
Maya Rajesh
Enemies to lovers is everything & found family is awesome, too! Great post, Yesha!
Books Teacup and Reviews
Thank you, Maya! Every readers love these two tropes. I haven’t come across any one you would say they don’t like it.
Nehal Jain
Friends to lovers is the ultimate best 😌
Books Teacup and Reviews
I like that trope too but sometimes I want friends just friends.
Nehal Jain
Yeah, it is kinds overused sometimes.