i realized recently i do actually really love the friends to lovers trope (people we meet on vacation made me realize that) my issue was that the authors i was reading from was not making it angsty enough

@chandlerainsley

2 жыл бұрын

yes the angst is cruuuucial

@abigase135

2 жыл бұрын

same here!

@DANIReads8

2 жыл бұрын

i love friends to lovers and pwmov is one of my faves in that trope

Hey, Chan. Would you be interested in making a video ranking the common tropes in books? It would be fun!

@ursi7364

2 жыл бұрын

omg yes i wld love to see that too

I find LJ Shen is really good for angst, particularly in "The Villain" and "Bane". Also Sophie Lark's "Savage Lover". If you haven't already, check out Sara Cate's last two books in the Salacious Club series, "Eyes on me" and "Give me more". While each book explores different kinks (the heros are owners of a sex club), the stories are heartfelt and quite angsty, with a lot more depth to them than the usual raunchy sex club novels.

Your point on family relationships is one of the reasons why I loooove emily henry’s beach read😭 in addition to the great romance. Literally one of my favs of all time because of the love weaved in between hard life

@meganmclelland4860

2 жыл бұрын

Yes!! I didn’t like PWMOV or book lovers. But beach read was a QUALITY story. The depth in it really takes it to the next level

I haven’t been into most romance I’ve read, but I had so much fun reading The Love Hypothesis. It took me back into my fanfiction reading and I thought it was such a fun one.

I loveeee to hear you talk about books you love. I honestly could listen to you talk about 64 books you love 🙈🙈. I've read most of the books in this video and love them too. Out of all these I love Seven Days in June and Regretting you (one of CoHo's most underrated books imo) the most. You've also sold me on trying Spoiler Alert. I haven't heard much about it before, so I'll pick it up. One book on this list that did disappoint me is the Bride Test, because I loved it up to like 80/85% mark, & then it just wrapped up too many loose ends in one scene that made it so rushed and not realistic. Also Quan (like everyone else was my fave) & I felt he was written into the story to fit Esme's agenda instead of progressing his own, which I really felt frustrated about. Anywayyy rant out 🙊

Every Summer After might be a good one for you! It’s friends to lovers with angst and mutual pining.

@chandlerainsley

2 жыл бұрын

i'm reading that one this month! i'm hyped!

All rhodes lead here is one of the best things i ever read. It is such a comfort read to me, just all the best tropes and done amazingly So glad you liked it, Its such a shame that people don't talk about this MZ book as much as her other works

I loved the love hypothesis. It felt new? Different. I love a fan fic writer with quality

Love this video! Love hearing about books people love!

Watched every second even though I either already read every book and gave them 5stars or have them on my tbr. I feel like a true fangirl for being familiar with all of them from watching you!

Excited that a lot of your favorites are also my favorites! Also great suggestions for a few more I should pick up!

This was a great list. Definitely adding some things to my wishlist!

this video brightened my entire day! (as all your videos do), it's so nice to see your tastes change through watching your videoz! 🥰❤

videos where you talk about books that you liked are my faaavvveeeee

I was wanting this video from you so bad and was about to search your videos and saw you just uploaded it lol!!❤️👏🏼

We have such similar romance tastes! I know I can always count on you for a good rec and adding all the books I haven't read from this list to my TBR!

I’ve read all of these except Regretting You, and I’ve given all of them 4 or 5 stars. This is making me think I should read that too, even though I kinda wanted to never read a Colleen Hoover book ever again. This video was great for your viewers to kind of check in and see how their reading preferences align with your current preferences!

We love a good gush sesh!! I have read and loved most of these romances as well, so I feel like our tastes are pretty similar - unsurprising if you consider that I get most of my recommendations from your channel haha. It‘s really interesting to hear you talk in depth about what you like about these books, because I sometimes struggle to pinpoint exactly WHY I like something.

It Happened One Summer is my favorite rom-com romance book! I liked The Love Hypothesis but I didn't love it, for some reason it didn't wow me. I had to skip a few other books you talked about because I haven't read them yet, but when I do I'll come back and watch the rest. Seven Days in June is in my TBR for this month and I have to read All Rhodes Lead Here.

Chandler I'm truly living for all these posts

@chandlerainsley

2 жыл бұрын

ah thank you !!

Kindle Unlimited: End of Day by Jewel E Ann Rootbound or Funny Feelings by Tarah DeWitt The Plight Before Christmas by Kate Stewart YA: The Boys Next Door by Jennifer Echols

Immediately picking up All Rhodes Lead Here!! A book with hiking vibes? Sign me up!

i’ve been waiting for you to review the love hypothesis. i’m so happy you liked it!! I thought it was really fun and enjoyable

never heard of "spoiler alert" so I guess I have a new one for my tbr For mutual pining I would recommend "terms and conditions" by lauren asher and "between here and the horizon" by callie hart

@chandlerainsley

2 жыл бұрын

oo i'm reading terms and conditions soon so that's good to hear

I was in a real life friends to lovers relationship and I will tell you it was angsty, it was passionate, it was exciting and it might have destroyed me so do not knock the drama potential there

I haven’t heard of some of these, thank you!

I just finished Every Summer After and I LOVED it. A perfect friends to lovers with angst. I def think it’s comparable to People We Meet on Vacation.

Would loveeeee a video about your dream casting for It Happened One Summer!! 😍

I’m so glad you talked about Spoiler Alert, I thought it was great but I hardly saw any hype for it

KU or indie published is where the angst and pining is at! other than Tessa Bailey no one in trad published romance is writing great chemistry so this year im exclusively reading indie published romance (making exception to Ms. TB lol) if it has a cartoon, animated cover im not picking it up lol.

I LOVED THE LOVE HYPOTHESIS TOO!! Also love the content :)

if you want a book about mutual pining, I just read My Cone and Only by Susannah Nix that was pretty cute! not a friends to lovers trope, but I really enjoyed it!

early as! so looking forward to this, i loved your 'popular romance books i hated' video!!

Chandler: I'd like to see more of this in romances. Me: *sideeyes the romance I've been writing for a year that has all that*

Angsty romance rec- ‘for you’ by Kristen Ashley. Though some of that is coming from external circumstances. They have been kind of internalised!

HAHAHA "Owner of a PHD" I would've said the exact same thing! LOVE YOU!

All Rhodes Lead Here has become my fave Mariana Zapata :D

I am most definitely reading EVERY ONE of these books now:)

Your lipstick is so pretty 💖💖

The Beau and the Belle by R.S. Grey has some good mutual pining! Also Love and Other Words by Christina Lauren, but I think you've already read that. My favorite trope is for sure friends to lovers x mutual pining

i see a couple comments about every summer after and ooffff i don’t know, as a love and other words stan i think the books are too similar but different in a fundamental way that i could not get past it. can’t wait to hear your thoughts!

Ok so NOT a romance, but a YA fantasy series that will forever live in my heart because of the mutual pining is Air Awakens by Elise Kova. There’s a bit of an age gap (6 years; 18 & 24) and the male mc is the crown prince, so very obviously should be off-limits…. right? 😜 but Vhalla and Aldrik orbit around each other for so long and they both grow so much as people: he encourages her to accept and hone her newfound powers; she encourages him to believe in his decisions and instincts as a leader (and the next King). I just UGH I love them so much. And the whole series is on Kindle Unlimited!

@sierramyers8421

2 жыл бұрын

I love this series!!

when romance tastes align 🙏 im really excited fr your thoughts on the fine print by Lauren asher (I saw you were reading it on Goodreads i swear I'm ot a stalker)

@chandlerainsley

2 жыл бұрын

lmaooooo i just started it today! interesting so far... i'm reading it for a 5 star KU predictions vid (shhh don't tell anyone)

read 6/10 of the books mentioned here (which were were mostly 3-5 stars read for me), my last coho book was November 9 which was why i had to take a break from picking up a book from her but i'm going to give regretting you a chance because our reading taste do align 😭 i love me some angsty romance too but the ones i read (regretfully) have the cheating trope which just turns me off 💔 anywho if you're looking for something lighthearted i'd actually recommend my killer vacation by tessa baily, a very cute romcom 😍

A good mutual pining is binding 13 by Chloe Walsh but if u do read make sure your ok with slow burns and the trigger warnings honestly though even tho it’s long it’s a great book that I found really funny with good side characters

Remember Me? by Sophie Kinsella is a really good book (imo) that I really enjoyed that I haven’t seen anyone talk about !

Omg I loved Spoiler Alert! It spurred me to read more of Olivia Dade’s works and I’ve enjoyed every one that I’ve read.

I don’t know if you have read Beard Science by Penny Reid but that’s an absolute favorite of mine and it’s because of the personal growth element you mentioned. I really love when that is done well.

@chandlerainsley

2 жыл бұрын

i love that one!!

I love friends to lovers but I have a hard time reading it sometimes because I’ve been in that situation and lost someone who was my best friend at the time because a romantic relationship didn’t work out, I can see why it would be romanticized but there are a lot of risks

I realized my romance taste is very different from yours in this video! I didn’t care for the soulmate equation, People We Meet on Vacation is my least favorite by Emily Henry (i DNF’d) and The Bride Test was my least favorite Helen Huang while The Heart Principal was my favorite! 🤣

i don’t even need to watch this video to know im going to hear about it happened one summer

full disclosure I haven’t read this book yet lol but every summer after by carley fortune seems like it could be right up your alley. Also the straight hair is 🔥

I’m such a big fan of your channel! Have you ever read anything by Sonali Dev? Specifically her book A Bollywood Affair which has a misleading title (most of it takes place in Michigan 😂). I really enjoy her exploration of romance across cultures and the Indian American experience.

I’ve never been so early 💕💕

Your reasons for liking Spoiler Alert made me think of Alex, Approximately. It's YA but it's the same thing where they've been friends online forever on a classic movie forum and then meet in Cali and initially hate each other but of course fall in love. It wasn't a 5 star for me but I remember the tension being good and it being pretty sex positive despite no explicit sex scenes because YA.

@courtney9602

2 жыл бұрын

Also, Geekerella is almost an identical plot but again, YA. I read a lot of YA.

I love People We Meet on Vacation so much... I pick it up like once a month to read my favourite parts... The only other "romance" book that I do this with is Gone With the Wind....

for mutual pining CHANDLER you have to read a sky painted gold by laura wood you will love it the main guy is grumpy but not an ahole and the main girl is soooooo cute like she seems so genuinely nice and it really explores some deeper topics like addiction and alcoholism but it gives you the space to kinda consider those darker things yourself as a reader rather than just spoon feeding you information YOU WILL LOVE THIS BOOK

oh god, Regretting You still stings when i think about it. my empathy for the main character spiraled out of control and i still hold a grudge on her behalf.

Lyla James' books are VERY angsty. The German Heiress by Anika Scoot and These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong.

have you read eleanor and park? i absolutely love how rainbow rowell writes romance books. they are the perfect blend of swoon and story. ugh

I'm not sure if you have yet, but for mutual pining, you have to read Every Last Summer by Carley Fortune!!

@chandlerainsley

2 жыл бұрын

i'm so excited to get to that one!

Mutual pining rec- don’t kiss the bride by Carian cole. Slow burn but WORTH IT (coming from a person that usually doesn’t read slow burns)

The only book I haven’t read or don’t own is spoiler alert. So glad I only have to get one book and not an entire list of books this time 😅

I don’t hate The Love Hypothesis, but the book REALLY did make me uncomfortable for some reason. Most of their interactions were completely forced by her friend, not even part of their own plans at all, and that didn’t sit right with me. And also the “smut” scene… her hesitation made me feel uncomfortable, because it made me feel like she wasn’t a 100% sure, and that makes consent a little blurry, so I really didn’t like that. I did enjoy the tropes, the plot twist and the way he stood up for her, but I really can’t look past the things that ultimately made me not like the book!

"Adam is a phd...Not canditate?" lmao 😂

seven days in june iktr!!! 🙌🏽🤍 sooo happy (clearly lmao) to see it made your list! i feel like kennedy ryan has some angsty romances you might like! the Kingmaker duology was super good and angsty!

People hate “The Love Hypothesis”?! I loved it haha

Mutual pining, friends to lovers, and angst all in one, try “A Love Letter to Whiskey” by Kandi Steiner. An older book from 2016 but I still remember the feels. It’s on KA.

@chandlerainsley

2 жыл бұрын

i didn't love that one sadly :/

For romance recommendations with drama and angsty you must read " For the record I hate you" it's a 5 stars for me

Just found your channel. If you haven't done it already, i think a cool video idea could be "novels for people who are new to the romance genre." ^_^

EXCELLENT ✍️

“Do I agree with the moral stance Colleen Hoover is taking, like in say, November 9? F**k no!” 😄😄😄

I need to read an Emily Henry book so badly 😩

Have you read A Brush with Love by Mazey Eddings? There is def mutual pining. Read the TW because the FMC has anxiety, and theres an anxiety attack. idk if this might trigger for someone who reads it. let me know if anyone else has read it and what their thoughts were!

@chandlerainsley

2 жыл бұрын

i'm reading it soon!

i think the word you were looking for with adam is "doctor" lol

Can you do a video of your favourite books of all time?

@chandlerainsley

2 жыл бұрын

i've got one posted, it's only my favorite romances but i don't have many favorites that aren't romances haha

Marriage For One has much much pining.

Funnily enough, The Bride Test was the reason I started wondering whether or not I was autistic… lo and behold, yes I am 💀 Also: Honeytrap, by Aster Glenn Gray is PEAK angst and mutual pining. READ HONEYTRAP, BY ASTER GLENN GRAY, Y’ALL!!!!

Okay, I really wanna read Soulmate Equation and All Rhodes Lead Here now. ^--^ 💜💜 _(P. S. - 100% concur with your point about grumpy =/= asshole!)_

If you like the messy family drama of Remembering You, I recommend The Wrong Game! It’s cute, has great sex scenes, and a dead ex-husband with a lot of messy drama!

I read the The soulmate equation,after I DNF’d the unhoneymooners. I loved it and i read it cause of your recommendation!

Wait you like books? 🤪

It's not the tropes I didn't like in The Love Hypothesis personally, it's that the characters were supposed to be fully grown adults but felt incredibly juvenile to me. I felt the same with The Spanish Love Deception, if you put the female characters from both books in a highschool setting I'd probably like them a lot more but trying to convince me they're grown adults with high powered jobs like scientists (and whatever they were in TSLD) but also have the mentality of teenagers just lost me and I couldn't relate to them at all. Tbf I used to love fanfiction but I haven't read it in years so maybe it's just a style of writing I've grown out of idk. My fav fanfictions were the more grown up, well written type to begin with too.

@natb9919

Жыл бұрын

Have to admit I was 1/3 of the way through TLH when I wrote this and I actually really enjoyed the rest of it. It started to feel a lot more like I was reading about actual adults and now I know it's a kind of homage to fanfic I can excuse a lot of what I was perceiving as "juvenile" as legit fanfic tropes that were actually weaved in quite well.

The thing that makes or break friends to lovers for me is whether they both wanted something from the beginning. I liked PWMOV but I HATED When Harry meets Sally. There’s so much emphasis on the fact that they will end up together because they’re a man and a woman and we all know that friendship is a lie. That’s such a sad belief.

Chandler, can you please let me know the name of that book you've talked about called Eden something. You've mentioned it a few times and I really want to read it 🙏🏾

@chandlerainsley

2 жыл бұрын

Edenbrooke by Julianne Donaldson!

@MsHenrei

2 жыл бұрын

@@chandlerainsley Yay thanks. I'll read it and let you know 😁 I put it on hold at my library. They have it. I'm so excited 💃🏾

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I loved Spoiler Alert. Like, really really loved it. Couldn't wait to read All The Feels, Alex's story. Did not like it. Not one bit. I was so disappointed 😞

not related but what metal are your wedding rings?

@chandlerainsley

2 жыл бұрын

14k gold

I’ve never understood the friends to lovers trope. I think I would have to read a story of two young kids (pre puberty when you start to really explore sexuality/relationships) who are separated and then reunited when they’re older. But even that isn’t a gradual thing. I don’t like insta love per se but I do think there’s a distinction in how I approach relationships from a friendship versus lover perspective. I don’t know if I’m making sense 😂 I just can’t imagine falling for any of my guy friends. I love them for who they are as my friends but it would never be more lol

THERES A MOVIE FOR PWMOV?

@chandlerainsley

2 жыл бұрын

it's based off of When Harry Met Sally

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no sarah hogle!? this list now means nothing to me

U want angst. U read " A love letter to Whisky" ?!

@chandlerainsley

2 жыл бұрын

hated it haha

Olivia Dade is an auto-read author for me.

mutual pining

I could not STAND the miscommunication trope in the love hypothesis. Like the main characters are these super smart sciencey people but they can't say "I like you" to each other? Make it make sense 🤷🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️. I've heard that all of Ali Hazelwood's books involve heavy use of miscommunication so unfortunately she is not the author for me 😬