🏷️ Friends To Lovers
9 entries tagged with this trope
People We Meet on Vacation
Emily Henry · 2021
Alex and Poppy are best friends who take a trip every summer. Two years ago something went wrong and they haven't spoken since. One more trip to fix it. The tension between 'we're just friends' and 'we've never been just friends' is unbearable.
Hook, Line, and Sinker
Tessa Bailey · 2022
Fox is the charming player everyone underestimates. Hannah is the serious film scorer who sees right through him. He falls so hard, so fast, and he's terrified she'll never see him as more than a friend.
Love and Other Words
Christina Lauren · 2018
Macy and Elliot were childhood best friends who fell in love through words. Something tore them apart. Now they've run into each other again. The dual timeline reveals what happened piece by piece.
The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller · 2012
Patroclus tells the story of Achilles — from boyhood friendship to the Trojan War. You know how it ends. You read it anyway. And it DESTROYS you. The last page is one of the most devastating in literature.
Normal People
Sally Rooney · 2018
Connell and Marianne orbit each other from school to university. They're together, then apart, then together, then apart. The miscommunication is painful because it's so real. Rooney writes love like a wound.
Beautiful World, Where Are You
Sally Rooney · 2021
Four people. Two couples forming. Long emails about capitalism, beauty, and whether anything matters. Rooney's most ambitious book. If you liked Normal People, this is the grown-up version.
Romancing Mister Bridgerton
Julia Quinn · 2002
Penelope Featherington has loved Colin Bridgerton for years. He's never noticed. Then he does. The Lady Whistledown reveal is EVERYTHING. Fan favorite of the series.
When He Was Wicked
Julia Quinn · 2004
Michael has been in love with Francesca for years — while she was married to his cousin. After tragedy strikes, guilt and desire collide. The most emotionally complex Bridgerton. Real grief, real love.
All the Young Dudes
MsKingBean89 · 2017
The Marauders era, told through Remus Lupin's eyes. This fic is so well-written that people forget it's not canon. Widely considered one of the greatest fanfics ever written. Bring tissues.