Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly blog meme hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl.
It’s time for another Top Ten Tuesday post! This week’s theme is books with your favorite trope, so I decided to go with one of my favorite romance tropes: starcrossed lovers!
I love rooting for a couple who was never meant to be together, especially if it’s something grand-scale in their circumstances keeping them apart (like royals from warring nations, etc.).
10 of my favorite books with star-crossed lovers!
- Captive Prince // C.S. Pacat — like I said, royals from warring nations gets me every time. Add in the family drama… oof.
- Cemetery Boys // Aiden Thomas — I mean, gosh, Julian is a ghost. It doesn’t get much more doomed than that!
- Hate to Want You // Alisha Rai — I don’t hear this book get enough hype, but it’s such an angsty modern Romeo & Juliet retelling and the yearning is immaculate.
- Girl, Serpent, Thorn // Melissa Bashardoust — We have a Persian princess who isn’t able to touch anyone without poisoning them, and a demon the princess is supposed to hate. So good.
- The Hunger Games // Suzanne Collins — The Peeta shipping in this house has gone strong for too many years for me to not put this doomed-from-the-start couple on the list.
- Six of Crows // Leigh Bardugo — Maybe this one’s a stretch, but I think Nina and Matthias fit the theme.
- The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo // Taylor Jenkins Reid — *cries forever*
- The Fault in Our Stars // John Green — I know, I KNOW, but I’m probably never going to let go of Hazel Grace and Augustus Waters.
- The Lunar Chronicles // Marissa Meyer — I kind of feel like all of these couples count to some degree or other? And while I still haven’t read Winter (for shame, I know), I really love all three of the couples I’ve met so far in this series.
- The Bone Season // Samantha Shannon — I didn’t think about adding this until the end of the list, and it was kind of a face-palm moment, because DUH, this series has one of my favorite star-crossed couples of all time? They’re so tragic and angsty!
What are some of your favorite romantic tropes?
Let me know in the comments, or drop a link to your T10T post for the week!
— destiny ♥
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Nina and Matthias for sure fit! Girl Serpent Thorn is a good read. And I really need to reread The Bone Season and then read the rest of the series.
Girl Serpent Thorn was so good! I hope you like the rest of The Bone Season books <3
One of these days I really should read Cemetery Boys.
My post: https://lydiaschoch.com/top-ten-tuesday-books-with-your-favourite-theme/
Cemetery Boys is so good! I hope you like it if you do read it!
Ooh, yes, this is such a great trope and not one I read enough of. Evelyn Hugo really does have me crying forever 🥲 (that book has such power over my emotions LOL)! And yes, Cemetery Boys. So good 😍 Awesome list, Destiny!
Thank you so much! ♥ Evelyn has such a GRIP on us all, doesn’t she 😂
Nothing matches “star crossed” as much as Fault in our Stars! That book really made me cry buckets.
Oh my gosh, right?! I still get so emotional when I think about it!
I hadn’t realized so many contemporary novels include this trope!
Here is our Top Ten Tuesday.
Yeah, it’s more common than I realized as well! I need to read more books with the theme!
There are so many good books on this list! The Hunger Games and Evelyn Hugo are two of my all-time favorites.
THG and Evelyn Hugo are both such good books and definitely all-time favorites for me, too! ♥
Ooo, great topic! Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo is such a fabulous read. I love so many of your picks!
My TTT!
Thank you, Leslie! 😀 I’m glad you agreed with them!
Great list! I loved Cemetery Boys 🙂
Thank you! Cemetery Boys was so good ♥
Ooo! Love the Evelyn Hugo choice!
Thank you! <3
Love the books on this list. Great way to take this topic. Thanks for sharing.
https://thebookconnectionccm.blogspot.com/2022/03/top-ten-tuesday-top-ten-books-with-my.html
Thank you, Cheryl! 🙂
HUNGER GAMES! That’s very much overdue a re-read from me. I have read and loved Cinder, I just need to read the rest of the series.
I re-read the first THG book a couple of years ago and honestly loved it so much all over again. I need to re-read the other books in the series, though! I haven’t read books 2 and 3 in ages. 🙂
I love The Hunger Games, and Six of Crows. I’ve never understood why people love Gale more than Peeta because he had me at baking, I’m a sucker for a baker! I liked Girl, Serpent, Thorn but I wasn’t that invested in the romance, and I have to admit I’m one of the few people who didn’t really like The Fault In Our Stars. I also wasn’t massively keen on Cinder, though I did enjoy the second book in that series more.
My TTT: https://jjbookblog.wordpress.com/2022/03/08/top-ten-tuesday-358/
Haha I feel you on Gale/Peeta! I was so sold on Peeta from the start that I couldn’t fathom being Team Gale. 😂 And for what it’s worth, I also felt that the later books in The Lunar Chronicles were better than the first book!
Yeah I just never saw what she saw in Gale, though the movie did get me slightly closer, I’ll admit. I have heard that a lot, maybe one day I will finally finish the series.
I’ve been Team Peeta for like ten years, so I understand. I love love love Cemetery Boys. I’m holding out hope we get a sequel.
Haha Team Peeta for life!! Oooh, a Cemetery Boys sequel would be AMAZING! I would so read that! 😍
It’s always fun to watch a star-crossed romance happen. I love it when the couple triumphs against great odds!
Happy TTT!
Susan
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Yes, agreed! 😀 I’m glad you get me haha!
I loved Kaz and Inej. Great list!
Thank you so much! Kaz and Inej are lovely ♥
I love your take on this week’s prompt. I was surprised you picked for the Six of Crow Nina & Matthias, and not Inej & Kaz, but I like it 😀.
Here is my post: https://herseriallife.com/top-12-romances-with-my-favorite-tropes/
Thank you! Haha I had to go against the grain a little, I guess 😂😂
I still need to read Winter as well. Maybe we could do a buddy read of it if you’re up to it??
I would love that! I might need to find a recap of the series first, because I’m not sure I remember the events of Cress very well, or I might re-read that one beforehand lol!
Yay!! Just let me know when you are ready to read it.
I’d say Nina and Matthias fit. 🙂
I’m glad I’m not the only one who thought so! 😀
Cemetery Boys!! I loved the romance so much and the angst of Julian being a ghost 🥺 This also took me back to my Hunger Games and The Fault of Our Stars days – the nostalgia is real 😄
Oh my gosh, yes haha! The nostalgia!!
Ooooo Girl, Serpent, Thorn huh? Is this going to turn into another book you recommend me that I need to invest in? Also, a demon you say? Also, Cemetery Boys is so freaking good. Hands down one of my favorite books! ♥
Hahaha yes, I actually really think you would enjoy Girl, Serpent, Thorn!
*makes entire list of books Tiny recommends*