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Ten of My Favorite Romances!
So hard to narrow them down, but I’m throwing up ten favorites.
These aren’t necessarily in order and I have other favorites as well!
An all-time favorite couple from an all-time favorite book,
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2. Akiva and Karou from
Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor
that they can feel it without even touching.
It’s incredible and lovely.
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Under the Never Sky by Veronica Rossi
I love it when a couple beats the odds or even the rules
or perhaps rewrite the rules
so they can be together and experience the love they share.
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This couple makes me happy, happy, happy, happy
even the road to ending up together is long and filled with
stuff like heartache, tension, and adventure.
I loved the build-up throughout the beginning of the series and
the shared romance – even with obstacles – in the latter part of the series.
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Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell
Please forgive me for including a couple that isn’t published
yet for everyone to read – but I couldn’t resist the opportunity
to tell everyone that this is a story that you will want to check out so
you can experience Eleanor and Park for yourselves.
Release Date: February 26, 2013
See my review HERE.
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put together and written as these two, so I probably won’t.
All I’ll say is that if you’ve read the books, you may or may not agree.
They’re one of my favorite couples, period.
(And I love how discussable they are!)
Talk about overcoming some odds and fighting to be together!
There are a ton of great bookish romances out there!
I didn’t even include any of my favorite classics in the mix
(unless you count Anne and Gilbert?).
Who did I miss? Who made YOUR list?
Leave me your link – I want to see your list!
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I am 100% with you on The Night Circus!
A few other books featured on your list, I hope to read soon.
Um, Jamie and Claire…Anne and Gilbert – holy heck these couples are amazing!
ALSO, I read and loved R. Rowell's Attachments so I can't wait to get my hands on Eleanor and Park!
I love all.of.these. We are completely on the same page about our romance loves. The only one I have yet to read is Eleanor and Park and I cannot wait for it!! My heart is a flutter thinking about these couples! And just you wait for ASUNDER. You have some goodness to come :).
Ooh loving your choices – especially Sean & Puck from The Scorpio Races.
Tanya Patrice
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Yes, Anne and Gilbert. They are the best 🙂
Oh Akiva and Karou! I had forgotten about those two, but I loved that romance. I wasn't a huge fan of the book, but I plan on reading the next one simply because of those two. And Aria and Perry. You know how I feel about those two. Favorite literary couple forever and always 🙂
YES! I have Aria and Perry on my list, they are definitely at the top!
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Don't know how I could have gone all of my 63 book-addicted years and not have read any of Diana Gabaldon's incredible novels! I have been listening to (and reading along with)Outlander and now Dragonfly in Amber and have fallen in love myself with Jamie and Claire. What wonderful books!
Sky and Holder are a recent fav of mine too. I loved Hopeless so much. :o)
Anne of Green Gables has swoony romance in it?! I never would have thought!!!
Jamie & Claire <3 Akiva & Karou <3 And I totally MUST read the rest on your list!
Aria and Perry, Akiva and Karou, and Sean and Puck are some of my favorites too! I love how perfect these couples are for each other and how they complement one another. Truly, the development of these romances was so beautiful. Fantastic list, Asheley! 🙂
I've seen a lot of Aria and Perry today. I really need to get to reading those books! I absolutely LOVE Meaghan and Ash. I'm reading The Lost Prince right now, and they're just so amazing together.
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Yep, Aria and Perry and Puck and Sean made mine too. I didn't include Akiva and Karou just yet. I'm waiting until the final book in the series but I feel pretty strongly they will be on that list:)
Can you believe that I have never read Anne of Green Gables? Yeah, it's embarrassing… but my library carries the whole set. Might just have to pick it up one of these days:)
Great list, Ash!
ARE WE KINDRED SPIRITS?! Yes, yes we are. Okay, so we had Puck & Sean (swoon swoon swoon) and Anne & Gilbert (I WILL fight you for him so don't even) but I totally could have included Karou & Akiva and Aria & Perry (actually made an image for them but took it out when I thought of a couple I'd loved longer). I still haven't read Days of Blood & Starlight (is that the name? I keep mixing it up with shadow and bone, smoke and blood or those other confusing titles mixing body elements with nature-y thing) because I don't even want to know what happens. And Aria & Perry just get better in Through the Ever Night – have you read that yet? I can't remember! Fail.
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I completely fell head over heels in love with Eleanor and park! And I love your 2, 3 and 6. I still need to read my copy of the night circus.
ASHELEY. So first of all, Puck and Sean really are kind of the best, aren't they? You're so right that their love is different from lts of other YA books because it's so slow and quiet and PERFECT. LOVE THEM LOVE THEM.
ALSO. HOW on EARTH did I forget JAMIE AND CLAIRE?!? How?! I don't even know. Because YES YES YES!! I actually just finished the audio of the most recent book. They are still awesome together. I WISH that I could have put Young Ian and someone on my list because HIM I adore forever.
I need to read Incarnate and Under the Never Sky, and now that I know that on top of the great-sounding stories there are Asheley-approved romances, I'll have to bump them to the top of the TBR!!
#1 and Anne and Gilbert almost made it to my list too:) but the others, need to read them soon
How could I forget Meghan and "the one she chooses?" Or Akiva and Karou (who, by the way, are forcing me to read Days of Blood and Starlight while holding my breath!) Picking just ten was way too hard. I really enjoyed your list!
I was thisclose to adding Perry and Aria, but I ran out of room. We did agree of Anne and Gilbert, though! Awesome list, as always. 🙂
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It makes me so happy that Sam and Ana are on this list. I loved that their initial connection became stronger due to music, and I loved how their relationship developed over the course of the book.
Of course, Sean and Puck are truly a wonderful romance as well – mostly because it's so unusual. I loved reading about them, and I truly rooted for them in the end.
No question, of course, that Gilbert and Anne are the best!