I've just read a book that made me realise I am so tired of this trope. Iv TV Tropes, it's along the lines of "Unequal Pairing" or "Age-Gap Romance."
I know there are lots of good books out there that don't involve this trope, romances included, but maybe there's a book that completely messes with the trope instead? I'm thinking of something like what the movie Cabin in the Woods does for the horror genre. It's a horror movie, but at the same time it sidesteps your expectations and flips the horror tropes on their heads. I love it. Is there a book out there that does this for the silly girl/god romance trope?
by DecadentLadybird
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{{A Cosmology of Monsters by Shaun Hamill}}
The Thorns Remain by JJA Harwood should fit. It’s set in Scotland during the Spanish flu epidemic, in a tiny village that lost most of its young people to the war. The young (early 20s) protagonist and her friends accidentally cross the local fae lord, who takes an interest in the protagonist. And then the trope subversion starts.
Maybe Not Another Vampire Book by Cassandra Gannon?