I have a feeling some of the books I’m going to talk about in this series will be complete wildcards. I would like to reinstate the fact that these books aren’t necessary written to be friends to lovers, but they have a friends to lovers arc I like.

A British Girl’s Guide to Hurricanes and Heartbreak by Laura Taylor Namey

I’m about to mention this for the second book in this post, but I’m a sucker for a childhood friends to lovers books and this one is so cute. I don’t want to say exactly what happens because this book has only been out for less than a year, but the synopsis does pretty much confirm one relationship.

I had such a great time reading this book and the friendships (and relationships) were super cute. It does deal with some heavier topics like grief, so do be aware of that before you pick it up.

Synopsis: Winchester, England, has always been home for Flora, but when her mother dies after a long illness, Flora feels untethered. Her family expects her to apply to university and take a larger role in their tea-shop business, but Flora isn’t so sure. More than ever, she’s the chaotic “hurricane” in her household, and she doesn’t always know how to manage her stormy emotions.

So she decides to escape to Miami without telling anyone—especially her longtime friend Gordon Wallace.

But Flora’s tropical change of scenery doesn’t cast away her self-doubt. When it comes to university, she has no idea which passions she should follow. That’s also true in romance. Flora’s summer abroad lands her in the flashbulb world of teen influencer Baz Marín, a Miami Cuban who shares her love for photography. But Flora’s more conflicted than ever when she begins to see future architect Gordon in a new light.

Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo

Now my love of Alina and Mal comes more from the show than the books. Mal sucks in the books, but I do like him more in the last one. Well, he mostly sucks in the second book.

They’re a classic case of being in love with your best friend but being too scared to tell them and I actually quite like that trope. They’re not my favourite friends to lovers couple, but childhood best friends to lovers has a special place in my heart.

Synopsis: Surrounded by enemies, the once-great nation of Ravka has been torn in two by the Shadow Fold, a swath of near impenetrable darkness crawling with monsters who feast on human flesh. Now its fate may rest on the shoulders of one lonely refugee.

Alina Starkov has never been good at anything. But when her regiment is attacked on the Fold and her best friend is brutally injured, Alina reveals a dormant power that saves his life—a power that could be the key to setting her war-ravaged country free. Wrenched from everything she knows, Alina is whisked away to the royal court to be trained as a member of the Grisha, the magical elite led by the mysterious Darkling.

Yet nothing in this lavish world is what it seems. With darkness looming and an entire kingdom depending on her untamed power, Alina will have to confront the secrets of the Grisha . . . and the secrets of her heart.

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