I actually love a slow-burn forbidden romance. Those are probably my two favorite tropes. My Greenwood Trilogy is slow-burn and forbidden romance. It's a whole trilogy, because I wanted to drag out that slow burn for longer. lol at the beginning of the story, she's dating one of his closest friends, which is one aspect of the forbidden part. He's also a bit older than her, which is another part of the forbidden nature. I explore their friendship and very slowly developing feelings for each other, but at first not realizing it, and then suppressing it because "No, I can't have feelings for her. She's too young for me, and she's dating my friend." Personally, I loveeeee the way that forbidden romance can add to a juicy slow-burn. It's honestly harder for me to do a slow-burn without a forbidden aspect, because if nothing is forbidden, then why are they holding back? Forbidden love can help make it make sense for both characters to be holding back a lot, suppressing their feelings for a long time, and keeping their feelings from the other character (or even from themselves, while the reader knows full well how much they like the person they're telling themselves they don't like).
I am reading One Foggy Christmas, and the forbidden love (because the female lead "has a boyfriend") totally works! The way it's done is that the FL was broken up with before she moved to start her internship, but her ex-boyfriend still acts as a boyfriend because they've been dating since third grade and she expects they will get back together when she moves back home. The ML is her boss, so trope crossing.
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I actually love a slow-burn forbidden romance. Those are probably my two favorite tropes.
My Greenwood Trilogy is slow-burn and forbidden romance. It's a whole trilogy, because I wanted to drag out that slow burn for longer. lol at the beginning of the story, she's dating one of his closest friends, which is one aspect of the forbidden part. He's also a bit older than her, which is another part of the forbidden nature. I explore their friendship and very slowly developing feelings for each other, but at first not realizing it, and then suppressing it because "No, I can't have feelings for her. She's too young for me, and she's dating my friend."
Personally, I loveeeee the way that forbidden romance can add to a juicy slow-burn. It's honestly harder for me to do a slow-burn without a forbidden aspect, because if nothing is forbidden, then why are they holding back? Forbidden love can help make it make sense for both characters to be holding back a lot, suppressing their feelings for a long time, and keeping their feelings from the other character (or even from themselves, while the reader knows full well how much they like the person they're telling themselves they don't like).
I love that insight! Thank you for sharing!
I am reading One Foggy Christmas, and the forbidden love (because the female lead "has a boyfriend") totally works! The way it's done is that the FL was broken up with before she moved to start her internship, but her ex-boyfriend still acts as a boyfriend because they've been dating since third grade and she expects they will get back together when she moves back home. The ML is her boss, so trope crossing.