Across
- 2. When two people pretend to be together
- 3. Two people who hate each other, and then start to fall for one another
- 5. Two people who are close friends and then start having feelings for each other
- 7. Common trope to ramp up tension, usually in enemies to lovers
- 9. When one or more of the main characters aren't quite human
- 10. Present in a lot of YA fantasy and dystopian like Harry Potter and Hunger Games
- 11. Two people who were once together are now giving love another chance
- 15. Two people are meant to be together, usually in fantasy
- 16. When someone is going to have a baby
- 17. Men that are overprotective and controlling of the FMC
Down
- 1. My favorite is the academic subtrope version, two people who are on competing for something and fall in love
- 4. Edward, Jacob, and Bella
- 6. When the romance story is set in an area that's kind of off the grid, everybody knows everybody
- 8. Subgenre of romance that's more twisted and problematic
- 12. When the protagonist isn't quite a full hero
- 13. When someone is unfaithful to the other
- 14. When none of the characters are blood related, but they all still have each other's backs