Bite-Sized, #3: Talking Tropes and What Twilight Taught Us (Wrongly) About Anatomy

Romancing the Monsters Podcast

Let's talk about tropes, baby! What are the tropes we love and think should be more popular in romance novels? What are the tropes we (not so secretly) hate? Well, today's the day we reveal it all! Join us for an hour of laughs, recommendations and an anatomy lesson or two. Triggers: mentions of cheating, pregnancy, and breeding. Books mentioned: Ghosted J.M. Darhower Carter & Leah by R.J. Lewis The Tyrant Alpha’s Rejected Mate by Cate C. Wells Broken by the Horde King by Zoey Draven MacRieve by Kresley Cole Dreams of a Dark Warrior by Kresley Cole Kiss of a Demon King by Kresley Cole Whitney, My Love by Judith McNaught Taken by the Horde King by Zoey Draven The Bonds That Tie series by J. Bree Pack Darling Part 1, Part 2 by Lola Rock This Woven Kingdom by Tahereh Mafi Morning Glory Milking Farm by C.M. Nascosta Arrows Through Archers by Nash Summers The Bronze Horseman by Paulina Simmons Media mentioned: Eternal Love, Ten Miles of Peach Blossoms, directed by Lam Yuk-fan, Yu Cuihua, Ren Haitao, 2017 Find us: E-mail—[e-mail] Twitter—@theRTMpod Instagram—@romancingthemonsterspodcast TikTok—@Romancingthemonsterspod Find M: Instagram & Twitter—@foesandlovers Find S: Instagram & Twitter—@butthisbook Find Seff: Instagram & Twitter—@prosewithwoes Romancing the Monsters is a podcast that looks at the monster within: the shadow keeping the characters away from true and absolute happiness. This monster can be a prejudice, fear, insecurity, trauma and so on. We believe that romance novels are as much about one's personal journey as they are about finding love. After all, love makes us vulnerable and forces us to bare our monsters to another.