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Themes & Tropes for My YA Romance Book

“The Night I Spent with Aubrey Fisher” out now everywhere books are sold in hardcover, paperback, ebook, and audiobook. Also available through Libby, Overdrive, Hoopla, or your local library!

Today is the 3-year anniversary. Book 1 in a planned trilogy, but can be read as a standalone. Manic Pixie Dream Girl Trope (intentionally to flip it on its head for the back half of the book). Teen angst. Poetic. Mental health rep. Please check the TWs.

A list of the different themes and tropes below:

#yabooks #yaromance #romancebooks #booksoflemon8 #bookaesthetic

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