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Top Ten Slow-Burn Romances

Top Ten Slow-Burn Romances

February 14, 2017 Posted by angelreads Features, Top Ten Tuesday 13 Comments

TTT: Slow-Burn Romances

Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish. Each week they post a new Top Ten list that members at The Broke and the Bookish will answer. Everyone join as you please. This week’s topic is: All About Romance Tropes/Types and I am focusing on Slow-burn romances! 

Slow-Burn romances are my favourite! I love seeing the couple grown both with each other and with themselves. So here are some of my favourites. Some of the romances are contained to one book, while others spread over a complete series. And like always these are in no particular order.

Rose and Dimitri | Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead:  Rose and Dimitri are probably one of my robably one of my favourite couples of all time.  And them becoming a couple is a lengthy process. It takes time and resilience, but it was so beautiful. At first, they both had attraction, and as the novels went on it turned into something more.

Percy and Annabeth | Percy Jackson and the Olympians by Rick Riordan: This is a slow-burn romance like no other. But, what I love about these two is that they started off as friends and as they grew older it turned into something more.

Ruby and Arcus | Frostblood by Elly Blake: These two are one of my new favourite couples. There romance too nearly the whole book to take off, but the interaction and reaction between the two beforehand was one fire. | Full Review

Sam and Camilla | Life in Outer Space by Melissa Keil: Now, this romance was totally adorable and what made it that much better was the slow-burn romance between Sam and Camilla. | Full Review 

Jace and Clary | The Mortal Instruments by Cassandra Clare: Although there was heaps attraction between these two, there was also a lot standing in their way. This slow-burn romances had a lot of hiccups on the way.

Alec and Magnus | The Mortal Instruments by Cassandra Clare: I don’t know if I can really include this couple in here, but I had to. Alec and Magnus are simply amazing.

Kestrel and Arin | The Winners Trilogy by Marie Rutkoski: One of my favourite couples by far. The romance between these two is defiantly slow-burning. But, because of that, it was beautiful.

Cinder and Kai | The Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer: This is a difficult romance to put in a category because they did fall for each other quickly, but after setbacks, they have to fall again and boy is that a slow-burn.

Adrian and Sydney | Bloodlines by Richelle Mead: These two could have killed me. They are all about the slow-burn romance, and it was beautiful.

James and Rachel | Every Series by Ellie Marney: If you haven’t read this series, just stop everything and go start it now. Because it’s beautiful. And the romance – yes, please.

And that is it for this week! What, are some of your favourite slow-burn romances? Do we share any that is the same? Let’s Chat!

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  • J. Hooligan
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    February 14, 2017 at 4:17 PM

    I finally read the Percy Jackson series at the end of last year. I understand the hype now.

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  • Lauren @ Always Me
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    February 14, 2017 at 4:18 PM

    I’m really glad to see Alec and Magnus on here… 🙂

    Lauren @ Always Me

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  • Anne@Headfullofbooks
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    February 14, 2017 at 4:28 PM

    The only book on your list that I;ve read is Cinder. But I see what you mean about the slow burn. Good list. My TTT

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  • Chrissi Reads
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    February 14, 2017 at 4:50 PM

    Cinder and Kai <3 I definitely shipped them!

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  • Lauren @ My Expanding Bookshelf
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    February 14, 2017 at 7:24 PM

    Great list! I’ve only read Frostblood and City of Bones so far but I definitely agree with both of them. Frostblood is definitely one of my favourites. I do have copies of Percy Jackson, Cinder and The Winner’s Curse that I NEED to read and I definitely need to continue The Mortal Instruments.

    My TTT

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  • Olivia
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    February 14, 2017 at 8:09 PM

    Great list. I loved to watch Cinder and Kai develop! And I really need to read Frostblood!

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  • Deb Nance at Readerbuzz
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    February 14, 2017 at 10:55 PM

    I finally requested Cinder from the library, and it’s here, so I need to get to it!

    https://readerbuzz.blogspot.com/2017/02/love-stories-i-love-and-hate.html

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  • Lori
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    February 15, 2017 at 12:51 AM

    Rose and Dimitri is a good one! Although, I never liked Dimitri much lol. I LOVED Kestrel and Arin! LOVE!

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  • Brittany
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    February 15, 2017 at 3:38 AM

    Yesss I totally agree about Ruby and Arcus, I just love those two! 😀 Fabulous list!

    Brittany @ Brittany’s Book Rambles

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  • Grace Xie
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    February 16, 2017 at 9:31 AM

    Yes! I agree with you on Cinder, the burn was real XD Awesome list 🙂

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  • Jo
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    February 16, 2017 at 10:30 AM

    I did slow burn romances this week too and we actually share some, Percy and Annabeth and Rachel and Mycroft were on my list this week too!
    My TTT: https://jjbookblog.wordpress.com/2017/02/14/top-ten-tuesday-96/

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  • sarah
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    February 20, 2017 at 3:00 PM

    There are so many of these I need to read! Percy Jackson and the Winners Curse are really high on my list though. However I loved both Vampire Academy and Bloodlines, I’m all for slow burn romances. Instant love is such a turn off!

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  • Nereyda @Nick & Nereyda's Infinite Booklist
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    February 23, 2017 at 5:15 AM

    I freaking love slow burn romances so much! VA, Bloodlines, The Mortal Instruments are some of my favorites. My all time favorite slow burn romance is Seth and Gerogina from the Georgina Kincaid series by Richelle Mead.

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