I t's almost impossible for a fantasy book to not include any tropes or rely on formula, but some authors push themselves to defy expectations and subvert the genre. While there's a reason that ...

5) Captain Marvel. Tropes: Damsel in distress, Amnesia. Carol Danvers is a powerful hero who has had to fight to get where she is. Her fight began with the Air Force, and it’s never really stopped.

For many readers, that world is Navarre, the setting of Rebecca Yarros’ wildly popular Empyrean series. The story centers ...

Making a deal with the devil or another powerful entity is a common trope for magical characters, and when it comes to DnD in particular, this tends to play out with Warlock characters.

Emily Henry's 'Funny Story' centers a new character in rom-com tropes : NPR's Book of the Day Two childhood best friends realize they're in love and break up with their significant others to be ...

In the modern publishing world, tropes have become a prevalent form of marketing to hook readers and make new releases feel familiar by using token phrases like “enemies to lovers” or “dark ...

Season 3 has continued to weaponize this trope, following Lottie’s death with that of Coach Ben Scott (Steven Krueger), who is perhaps the most doomed on-screen character in the last decade, in ...

Lea said she’s a fan of reading enemies-to-lovers stories for their built-in tension and the banter between characters, but the tropes she likes to read most change. When it comes to incorporating ...

Known as a “Mary Sue,” the trope featuring a female character who can do no wrong, appears time and time again in wildly popular media such as “Twilight” and “Star Wars.” ...