{"id":170811,"date":"2023-04-20T15:40:06","date_gmt":"2023-04-20T05:40:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/?p=170811"},"modified":"2023-05-25T14:08:58","modified_gmt":"2023-05-25T04:08:58","slug":"top-10-grumpy-sunshine-romances-to-give-you-all-the-feels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/2023\/04\/20\/top-10-grumpy-sunshine-romances-to-give-you-all-the-feels\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 10 Grumpy-Sunshine Romances to give you all the feels"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Are you even on #BookTok if you haven’t heard of the Grumpy\/Sunshine Romance trope? If you haven’t, here is a little explainer!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This trope involves one of the protagonists having a really positive disposition (read: sunny) while the other is negative, stoic, or a little less heart on your sleeve type (read: grumpy). When these two collide – sparks fly and funny situations usually occur. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are some incredible romance books that feature this trope, so if you love or want to see what all the fuss is about – check out our recommendations!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Love Hypothesis by <\/em>Ali Hazelwood<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

You must be living under a rock if you haven’t read this fantastic rom-com!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When a fake relationship between scientists meets the irresistible force of attraction, it throws one woman’s carefully calculated theories on love into chaos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ali Hazelwood’s other novel, Love On The Brain<\/a><\/em> is also a great Grumpy \/ Sunshine romance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It Happened One Summer <\/em>by Tessa Bailey<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Tessa Bailey is back with a Schitt\u2019s Creek -inspired rom-com about a Hollywood \u201cIt Girl\u201d who\u2019s cut off from her wealthy family and exiled to a small Pacific Northwest beach town\u2026 where she butts heads with a surly, sexy local who thinks she doesn\u2019t belong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Buy it here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Hating Game <\/em>by Sally Thorne<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Lucy Hutton, baker-of-cakes, exemplary assistant and professional ‘nice girl’, is waging war. She’s got the whole office on her side – except for tall, dark and charmless Joshua Templeman. He’s been nothing but hostile since the moment they met and now it feels like nothing matters as much as taking him down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This workplace romance has all the spicy tension you need, and it’s written by an Aussie author!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Buy it here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Unhoneymooners <\/em>by Christina Lauren<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

For two sworn enemies, anything can happen during the Hawaiian trip of a lifetime . . .<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Forced to play loving newlyweds, she and her nemesis Ethan find themselves in closer proximity than they ever expected. Soon, Olive finds that maybe she doesn’t mind pretending. In fact, she’s beginning to feel kind of . . . lucky.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Things We Never Got Over <\/em>by Lucy Score<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Runaway bride, Virginia setting and a grumpy male protagonist? Sign us up!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Act Your Age, Eve Brown <\/em>by Talia Hibbert<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In USA Today bestselling author Talia Hibbert’s newest romcom, the flightiest Brown sister crashes into the life of an uptight B&B owner and has him falling hard – literally. Perfect for fans of Helen Hoang, Sally Thorne and Alisha Rai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Buy it here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Delilah Green Doesn’t Care <\/em>by Ashley Herring Blake<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A clever and steamy queer romantic comedy about taking chances and accepting love – with all its complications. Perfect for fans of Alexandria Bellefleur, Casey McQuiston and Rosie Danan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Go Hex Yourself <\/em>by Jessica Clare<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

It’s one hex of an attraction in this romantic comedy from New York Times bestselling author Jessica Clare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reggie Johnson applies for a job in a newspaper ad, which ends up a job acting as a familiar to a real-life witch! The new job has a few perks – great room and board, excellent pay, and she’s apprenticing to a powerful witch. Sure, the witch is a bit eccentric. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And sure, there was that issue with the black cat Reggie would prefer to forget about. The biggest problem, however, is warlock Ben Magnus, her employer’s nephew and the most arrogant, insufferable, maddening man to ever cast a spell. Or is he?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Buy it here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Spanish Love Deception <\/em>by Elena Armas<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A wedding. A trip to Spain. The most infuriating man. And three days of pretending. Or in other words, a plan that will never work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Spanish Love Deception<\/em> is an enemies-to-lovers, fake-dating, SLOW-BURN romance. Perfect for those looking for a steamy slow-burn with the sweetest Happily Ever After.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Buy it here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Beach Read <\/em>by Emily Henry<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Two writers, one holiday. A romcom waiting to happen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He doesn’t believe in happy endings. She’s lost her faith that they exist. But could they find one together?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A classic contemporary rom-com that everyone should add to their #TBR. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Want more book recommendations? Listen to our podcast, Tell Me What To Read!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nhttps:\/\/www.omnycontent.com\/d\/playlist\/2fb3740d-3436-44af-8cc0-a91900716aa5\/413a2746-13c6-4f80-bf5a-afbf006ca6dd\/68234428-1962-44c9-9f41-afbf006ca703\/podcast.rss<\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Are you even on #BookTok if you haven’t heard of the Grumpy\/Sunshine Romance trope? If you haven’t, here is a little explainer! This trope involves one of the protagonists having a really positive disposition (read: sunny) while the other is negative, stoic, or a little less heart on your sleeve type (read: grumpy). When these two collide – sparks fly and funny situations usually occur. There are some incredible romance books that feature this trope, so if you love or want to see what all the fuss is about – check out our recommendations! The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood You must be living under a rock if you haven’t read this fantastic rom-com! When a fake relationship between scientists meets the irresistible force of attraction, it throws one woman’s carefully calculated theories on love into chaos. Ali Hazelwood’s other novel, Love On The Brain is also a great Grumpy \/ Sunshine romance. Buy it here It Happened One Summer by Tessa Bailey Tessa Bailey is back with a Schitt\u2019s Creek -inspired rom-com about a Hollywood \u201cIt Girl\u201d who\u2019s cut off from her wealthy family and exiled to a small Pacific Northwest beach town\u2026 where she butts heads with a…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":171402,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[73,1],"tags":[14117,15504,15469,1276,15503,14609,13138,15505,15498,15341,15425,15300,15499,7215,11487,14481,8514,14118,14608,15500,15501],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Booktopia-Social-Posts-74.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170811"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=170811"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170811\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":171817,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170811\/revisions\/171817"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/171402"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=170811"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=170811"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=170811"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}