{"id":12358,"date":"2022-01-18T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-18T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=12358"},"modified":"2022-01-19T09:09:14","modified_gmt":"2022-01-19T15:09:14","slug":"serendipity-romance-short-stories-edited-by-marissa-meyer-ya-book-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=12358","title":{"rendered":"SERENDIPITY romance short stories, edited by Marissa Meyer (YA book review)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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That grand romantic gesture!
Stranded together – oh my!
The Matchmaker’s magic! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whether it’s a character suddenly realizing they’re In Love with their Best Friend or the Makeover that opens the eyes of an admirer, classic tropes<\/a> (story patterns) lead readers of romance writing to a satisfying HEA – Happily Ever After.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These ten stories about teens (including a graphic novel chapter) give familiar patterns a fresh look in every color of the rainbow, from the social Class Warfare to Just One Bed on a school trip to Trapped Together in a small space to the Fake Relationship that becomes oh-so real.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Technology plays a part in some stories, while school dance jitters loom large in others. Trying to fit in is a common theme, but fear not – being true to oneself triumphs in the end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And just look at the stellar crew of YALit contributors to this collection!
Elise Bryant,
Elizabeth Eulberg (Revenge of the Girl With the Great Personality!<\/a><\/em> ),
Leah Johnson,
Anna-Marie McLemore ( in Hungry Hearts<\/a><\/em> anthology),
Sandhya Menon (remember When Dimple Met Rishi<\/a><\/em> ),
Marissa Meyer (gotta love Cinder<\/a><\/em> )
Julie Murphy (Dumplin’<\/a><\/em> forever),
Caleb Roehrig,
Sarah Winifred Searle,
and Abigail Hing Wen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Enjoy this January 2022 release, then see how many romantic tropes you can identify in the books you read in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Which story pattern leads to your favorite HEA?
**kmm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Book Info<\/strong>: Serendipity: Ten Romantic Tropes, Transformed \/ Marissa Meyer, editor. Fiewel & Friends, 2022. (editor site<\/a>) (publisher site<\/a>) Review copy & cover image courtesy of the publisher, via NetGalley<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

That grand romantic gesture! Stranded together – oh my! The Matchmaker’s magic! Whether it’s a character suddenly realizing they’re In Love with their Best Friend or the Makeover that opens the eyes of an admirer, classic tropes (story patterns) lead readers of romance writing to a satisfying HEA – Happily Ever After. These ten stories […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[237,19],"tags":[22,7,4,11,5,113,16,44,43,187,39,49,15,21,226,35,6,8],"class_list":["post-12358","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diverse-books","category-fiction","tag-behavior","tag-beliefs","tag-belonging","tag-communication","tag-coping","tag-dance","tag-determination","tag-friendship","tag-growing-up","tag-lgbtq","tag-love","tag-memories","tag-relationships","tag-self-image","tag-short-stories","tag-surprises","tag-travel","tag-us-author"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12358","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12358"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12358\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12393,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12358\/revisions\/12393"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12358"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12358"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12358"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}