Citations:friends-to-lovers

English citations of friends-to-lovers and friends to lovers

Noun: "(often attributive) a trope in romance fiction (particularly fan fiction) involving the development of a friendship into romantic love"

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• 2016, Jules Bennett, From Friend to Fake Fiancé, page 2:

  When I started the Mafia Moguls series, I knew I wanted a friends-to-lovers trope—one of my absolute favorite storylines.

• 2021, Claudette Vega, "Friends to lovers", February 2021, Cooglife (University of Houston), page 16:

  If you enjoy the friends to lovers trope as well, here are some of my media suggestions for you:

• 2021 Jessica Khorana, "The Top Ten RomComs To Watch On Valentine's Day", The Innis Herald (University of Toronto), 5 February 2021, page 11:

  Between the classic friends-to-lovers trope, incredible dialogue, and undeniable chemistry between Meg Ryan and Billy Crystal, this is one film that you MUST watch.

• 2021, Angela Anderson, "Book Review: Waking Up Married", The Heat Seekers Magazine, April 2021, page 21:

  It is a friends to lovers romance at its finest.

• 2022, Kaitlin Donnan, "Hot Summer Reads", Rochester Home, July/August 2022, page 50:

  This friends to lovers romance will offer you an escape to a summer cottage that you’ll never want to put down.

• 2022, Sarah Adams, praise blurb in Allison Ashley, Would You Rather, page 2:

  A sparkling, warm romance that reminds us why the friends-to-lovers trope is superior!