Ep 4: Enemies to Lovers

Today's topic is one that sets our hearts racing and pages turning: the Enemies to Lovers trope. We dissect some of the most iconic enemies to lovers stories in literature and on screen and dive deep into the intoxicating dance of characters who start off at odds, only to find their hearts entwined as the story unfolds and explore why this trope captures our imaginations and keeps us hooked, from the fiery initial clashes to the eventual tender admissions of love. 

 

Grab Leslye’s current favorite The Hating Game, the book https://amzn.to/3N9sUwa or the film https://amzn.to/3RaLzce.

 

Interested in the Save the Cat plotting method? Here’s the book: https://amzn.to/3uzsKaT 

And here’s a blog post that discusses the Thesis, Antithesis and Synthesis: https://savethecat.com/tips-and-tactics/revisiting-save-the-cat-strikes-back-the-three-worlds

Snyder goes more into this theory in Save the Cat Strikes Back: https://amzn.to/3MVUi0v 

 

Check out the only bully romance that Ines and Leslye could handle Never Sweeter by Charlotte Stein: https://amzn.to/3Rde1v9 

 

Check out the Kresley Cole’s unlikeable heroine in Kiss of the Demon King: https://amzn.to/3uxNzn6

 

Check out Angelina Lopez’s super strong heroine in After Hours on Milagro Street: https://amzn.to/3GpF5Ru

 

Laini Taylor’s Daughter of Smoke and Bone trilogy is chef’s kiss: https://amzn.to/3Ge4JIY 

 

Check out Ines’ nonfiction recommendation Body Work by Melissa Febos: https://amzn.to/47ucer4

 

Check out Leslye’s recommendation Dragon Chained by Kenley Davidson (The Dragon of 23rd Street series): https://amzn.to/3Gm0XNA 

 

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Get ready for Caressed by Ice, coming in next week! Grab your copy to read along: https://amzn.to/47Pnv5b 

 

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