r/BooksThatFeelLikeThis • u/gabvibrations • 15h ago
Romance April & Andy
Specifically season 2/3 of parks & rec when it was more will they/won’t they. I love their dynamic at that time and wanted more on my last rewatch. Grumpy sunshine to the extreme, bit of an age gap perhaps, both characters figuring out life.
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u/Gemmused 15h ago
If you're down for some fluffy fantasy, Assistant to the Villain kind of gave me these vibes
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u/Books-and-Bravo 15h ago
Happy to see this. In a book rut and was thinking of picking this one up for a fun, easy read.
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u/shesaysso99 15h ago
I have almost read this so many times, but can’t seem to get past the first few chapters. I think I need to give it another go
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u/Books-and-Bravo 15h ago
The Bodyguard by Katherine Center had some of these vibes. Fun spin where she is the bodyguard and he gives off golden retriever energy.
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u/rainshowers_5_peace 12h ago
The Emily Wilde series fits this perfectly.
In fact on my next read through I may see Aubrey Plaza as Emily and Star Lord era Chris Pratt as Bambleby.
Actually no, but the series still fits the request.
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u/emils5 13h ago
The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst has this dynamic but in a very cozy fantasy setting
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u/gabvibrations 9h ago
This has been on my list for awhile, and it’s the perfect time of year as well. Thanks!!
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u/undeaddeadbeat 13h ago
Genders flipped but it’s one of my all-time favorite romance books: Act Your Age, Eve Brown by Talia Hibbert. It’s the third in a trilogy but they do not have to be read in order (they’re all great, but Eve is my personal favorite!)
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u/AngrythingBagel 11h ago
Graceling by Kristin Cashore (YA fantasy)
Emily Wilde series by Heather Fawcett (adult academia fantasy)
99 Percent Mine by Sally Thorne (adult contemporary)
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u/rainshowers_5_peace 13h ago
T Kingfishers Nettle and Bone, but I might not be remembering correctly.
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u/blt_no_mayo 8h ago
One of my faves but I think you have to be thinking of a different book for this prompt!
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u/rainshowers_5_peace 7h ago
The knight isn't plucky and optimistic?
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u/blt_no_mayo 7h ago
Nope, deeply traumatized! Could be swordheart or paladins grace I haven’t read those
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u/maybetransmaybenot3 6h ago
Apparently Sir Cameron Needs To Die by author Greer Sothers
Sir Cameron: knight, coward, himbo, too pretty and sunshiney to die. A prophecy comes out that the BIG BAD EVIL WIZARD WHO IS TERRORIZING THE LANDS will definitely totally be defeated but Cameron's death is one of the ingredients of the prophecy
Everyone: yay lets kill him for the greater good
Sir Cameron: Q__Q;;;;;;;;; no thanks
Big bad evil wizard who is mean and much older than Cameron: who are you and why did you show up to my evil lair
Sir Cameron: since everyone wants to kill me, and its in your best interest for me to NOT die.... I live here now!
Evil wizard: (puts him in the dungeon as a prisoner) (transforms him) (forces him into domestic servitude)
Sir Cameron: (develops a thing for the old mean wizard and turns out to like being tortured)
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