Lost in My Library

Top Ten Tue s day is a weekly feature at The Broke and the Book ish . This week's theme: All About Romance Tropes! Happy Valentine 's Day! I just see this as the perfect opportunity to talk about romance in books, and th is week 's Top Ten Tue sday prompt made it even better. I love love stories wher e the characters are f riends first, so these are some of my favorite books where that happens! Wing and Aaron from THE HEARTBEATS OF WING JONES by Katherine Webber: I'm currently in the middle o f reading this book for the second time in the span of a week, which should show you how much I lov e it. And WOW, does this book give a whole new meaning to slow-burn romance! It's a little infuriating, but so satisfying . Charlie and Braden from ON THE FENCE by Kasie West : Every Kasie West couple is perfect - this is just the one that happens to f all into this trope category. Paige and Max from THE START OF ME AND YOU by Emery Lor d: Paige and Ma...

After my unromantic Top 10 Tuesday post ( 10 Books That Would Have Been Better WITHOUT the Romance ), I figured that I should probably make a more seasonally appropriate post. And when Epic Reads posted a Valentine's Day Tag on their YouTube channel , I figured that it would be a good way to get some holiday spirit on my blog. (Completely unrelated: why does that make it sound like I'm talking about Christmas?) Question time! 1. Who was your first book crush? I've n ever really been that much of a book crush person, but I do remember being especially fond of Laurie from Little Women . I read this book so many times when I was in elementary school , but I haven't picked it up in so long that I honestly can't rem ember what I found so attractive about him. Maybe I'll have to read it again to find out. 2. What book would you want as your Valentine? I'm gonna cheat a little bit here and go with a duology: To All the Boys I've Loved Bef...