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My Recent favourite Literary Couples
I’m back with a romance-themed Top ten Tuesday which is a Love Freebie topic (because it’s Valentine’s Day tomorrow). I decided to do this a little differently this time and choose some of my favourite couples of recent years – the catch being that I had to choose couples I haven’t specifically ever listed before in ‘couple-themed’ posts (for Valentine’s or otherwise).
This isn’t to say I haven’t talked about them before (I most likely have) but they haven’t been the focus of specific discussions. This should be fun (for me anyways!) so buckle up folks! 😉
1. River and Rain from the River of Rain duet by C.E. Ricci
Maybe something of a controversial take because River and Rain are fairly toxic at the start of their relationship but they grow so much by the end it’s impossible not to root for them.
2. Suren and Oak from the Stolen Heir duology by Holly Black
Another semi-toxic pairing but I can’t help but enjoy them (even if I don’t love them quite as much as Jude and Carden… at least not yet anyway).
3. Ari and Josh from You, Again by Kate Goldbeck
Ari and Josh are so cute together I just can’t even… Honestly, I loved them together – it was a slowburn but so worth sticking around for.
4. Monroe and Brodan from the Adair Family series by Samantha Young
Childhood friends to lovers (throw in a period of being enemies too) and I am there for it! I’ve loved all the couples in this series (and the spin-off The Highlands) but Monroe and Brodan are, hands down, my faves!
5. Wei Wuxian and Lan Wangji from Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation (Mo Dao Zu Shi) by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu
There wasn’t any way these two wouldn’t appear on this list! I became obsessed with them when I first watched The Untamed (the drama series based on the web-novels) and I was only more hooked as I began to read the translated series.
6. Atreau and Narsi from Master of Restless Shadows by Ginn Hale
I am a huge fan of all the main characters (and pairings!) but I was totally and utterly surprised by how much I ended up loving Atreau and Narsi (especially Atreau – he is my baby!)
7. Bitterblue and Giddon from the Graceling series by Kristin Cashore
I shipped Bitterblue with Giddon before they ever officially became a couple and I was vindicated when Cashore returned to the series many years later!!
8. Phoenix and Lennon from The Words by A. Jade
The author just knows how to write chemistry between characters – who love, hate, then love again. Lennon and Phoenix have the most complicated relationship but I love them and their flaws just make them more real to me.
9. Hazard and Somerset from the Hazard and Somerset series by Gregory Ashe
Emery Hazard and John-Henry Somerset… their relationship took forever but boy was it worth the wait. Their’s is not a perfect love – they are messy and flawed and just beautiful. I hope for many more books about them.
10. Bianca and Oakley from the Royal Hearts Academy series by A. Jade
Bianca and Oakley were a pairing that I honestly thought I would hate (admittedly because I struggled to like Bianca in the earlier books) but they ended up being my favourites. It’s clear how deep their love runs and it was a joy to live it with them.
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These all sound like such cute couples.
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