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    Serendipity: Ten Romantic Tropes, Transformed
    Serendipity: Ten Romantic Tropes, Transformed
    Serendipity: Ten Romantic Tropes, Transformed
    Audiobook7 hours

    Serendipity: Ten Romantic Tropes, Transformed

    Written by Elise Bryant, Elizabeth Eulberg, Leah Johnson and

    Narrated by Aida Reluzco, Alaska Jackson, Ewan Chung and

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    About this audiobook

    Love is in the air in Serendipity, a collection of stories inspired by romantic tropes and edited by #1 New York Times bestselling author Marissa Meyer.

    The secret admirer.

    The fake relationship.

    The matchmaker.

    From stories of first love, unrequited love, love that surprises, love that’s been there all along, 10 of the brightest and award-winning authors writing YA have taken on some of your favorite romantic tropes, embracing them and turning them on their heads. Readers will fall for this collection of stories that celebrate love at its most humorous, inclusive, heart-expanding, and serendipitous.

    Contributors include Elise Bryant, Elizabeth Eulberg, Leah Johnson, Anna-Marie McLemore, Marissa Meyer, Sandhya Menon, Julie Murphy, Caleb Roehrig, Sarah Winifred Searle, and Abigail Hing Wen.

    A Macmillan Audio production from Feiwel & Friends

    Editor's Note

    Twisting romance tropes…

    A collection of the biggest names in YA takes on an alluring challenge with these short stories: To add unexpected twists to tried-and-true romance tropes. Marissa Meyer tangles with “there’s only one bed”; Sandhya Menon plays matchmaker; Leah Johnson imagines a pair stranded together; and plenty more authors write cute, subversive stories.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMacmillan Audio
    Release dateJan 4, 2022
    ISBN9781250831644
    Serendipity: Ten Romantic Tropes, Transformed
    Author

    Elise Bryant

    Elise Bryant was born and raised in Southern California. For many years, Elise had the joy of working as a special education teacher, and now she spends her days writing swoony love stories and eating dessert. She lives with her husband and two daughters in Long Beach. Happily Ever Afters is her debut novel. You can visit her online at www.elisebryant.com.

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    • 5/5
      This is a darling collection of diverse YA romance stories. I loved every one of them. The audiobook has a variety of narrators, each well chosen for the story. I was sorry when the book ended!

      Thanks, NetGalley, for the ARC I received. This is my honest and voluntary review.