My All Time Favorite Fictional Romances in Books
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- Опубликовано: 30 июл 2024
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0:00 Introduction & Background
1:07 Favorite Fictional Romances
20:06 Final Thoughts
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While I agree there was a growing period for Vin and Elend, it was still super quick and barely escaped being Insta-love.
My top fictional couples would be:
1) Aral and Cordelia Vorkosigan from the Vorkosigan series. The very definition of Power Couple though they don't start out that way.
2) Trevor Belmont and Sypha belnades from the Castlevania tv show. They're deadly, smart, funny and just super entertaining to watch. They work just as well as a comedy duo and an action duo as they do a couple.
3) Guts and Casca from Berserk. Two very damaged souls trying to help each other heal.
Guts and Casca is one I wish I had remembered.
Totally agree with Castlevania and Berserk, two of the few series that actually made me really care about the romance.
Guts and Caska from Berserk.
Lisa and Ally from Sunstone.
Jesse and Tulip from Preacher.
John Constantine and Kit Ryan from Hellblazer.
Hiramaru and Aoki from Bakuman.
Mashiro and Azuki from Bakuman.
I realize these are all from comics. Maybe there is a regular old book romance that's enjoyable but I haven't found it yet. Glokta and Ardee is decent enough, I guess.
Oh man I didn’t even consider Guts & Casca. Dang.
Berserk and Preacher have such badass romances!
My favorites are Margaret and Mr Thornton from North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell. Close second to Lan and Nynaeve.
Mike you are a stud. I’m 22 and you are by far my favorite booktuber on RUclips. Don’t think you are “old” or any of that crap you are incredibly youthful on camera! You inspired me to read dune, which was amazing and was my first over 300 page book and now I’m reading LOTR. Thanks for all you do man!
You are incredibly kind. Thanks so much!
just watch "some" of his why i recommend vids and you're TBR will be filled for the next decade
Some of my favorites are Susebron and Siri from Warbreaker, Taran and Eilonwy from the Chronicles of Prydain, Lan and Nynaeve from Wheel of Time. But my favorite might be Eowyn and Faramir from LOTR.
I love Taran/Eilonwy and Faramir/Eowyn too!
Jane Eyre and Mr Rochester is in my top 5 favorite book romances! And I also think Stephen King writes some pretty great romances! I absolutely loved 11/22/63 and the romance between Jake and Sadie.
Jake & Sadie are the gold standard. Love them.
Jane and Mr R? Going only by the various films I've seen, I never liked their relationship. Is the book different/better? I'm quite curious... although not curious enough to dive right into that rather weighty volume.
@@rkgrkg the book is so much better than the movie! It gives you way more insight into both of them. I read it when I was very young so I was more impressionable then, but it’s stuck with me through the years. It’s my favorite classic.
@@bonniek5 Thanks for the reply! Good to know, and I might try it someday. The films usually made him look like kind of a jerk.
@@rkgrkg The book is better. In the book we see a lot more of Jane when Rochester isn't around, and we see her develop other relationships (e.g. friendships with Helen Burns, Miss Temple, Mary and Diana Rivers). There's a lot more to her character than her love for Rochester, and most movie adaptations tend to reduce her to that one thing.
Mike, you forgot to mention your fave romance of all time!
Bella Swan and Edward Cullen.
Recipe for a great video:
1. Sing the introduction
2. Mention Gone With the Wind
Haha I loved this video, Mike!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Yep, 11/22/63 made me cry. That book means so much to me. It also got me back into reading books again.
It's just phenomenal.
I really enjoyed the Todd Hewitt + Viola romance in the Chaos Walking books by Patrick Ness. That was my first book series that resonated with me.
Yes! Done really well--not insta love, not much drama, and they cared about each other as people, not just as Love Interest.
The thumbnail had me rolling 😂😂😂😂
New subscriber and viewer here mike. Really love your stuff, esp. this vid.
Could you recommend your fav. romances in fantasy? I love the genre, but the romances are usually... lacklustre (cough, cough, Wheel of Time).
I think good romance is one of the most enjoyable elements of a story.
I love this video 😂. Great recommendations and yes I agree that SK can right romance. I add it on my TBR list Far from the Madding Crowd.
It’s so good!
Okay first of all, please do a review of Princess Bide in ypir costume. I would get a kick out of that and 🤣🤣🤣
Ret and Scarlett 💔 just remember that tomorrow is another day!
I bingee Dresdin Giles up to Ghost Story. I feel like the relationship between him and Murphy was very organic and I lived it so much 😭
Lan and Nynaeve...oh yes! One of the parts of the show that I liked. Amd what she did for him in book 11, chills every time!
Great video.
Fun topic! I don't read romance, but generally enjoy it when it's with another genre. Might be too broad, but how about a video on favorite non-romantic relationships? eg Frodo/Sam, the March sisters
Nice pose in the thumbnail Mike! HAHAHAHA
Some things can just make your heart go a flutter.
Yes to Glokta and Ardee. Super unexpected but made so much sense looking back on it. The banter between them is just gold.
She's about the only one that could pierce that dark cruel heart of his.
@@mikesbookreviews True but it's less "dark cruel heart" and more "black empty void where his heart should be" by the time the Wisdom of Crowds ends lol
Just finished The Blade Itself the other day and I shouldn't have gone straight to the comments of this video. I'm sure their romance would have surprised me too.
@@jarltrippin don't worry, there are LOTS of other surprises waiting for you. Enjoy 😊
I liked this video. Consider doing a list like this but for tv (like Angel/Buffy)
This gets me even more excited to read Mistborn this month! 11/22/63 was pure magic.
My favourite romance couple is definitely Geralt and Yennefer from The Witcher. The journey they both went through in the books to realize they are meant to be with each other is beautiful.
Mike will never understand that one because he hasn't finished the Witcher story and he is reluctant to do so.
Ha. I've only read through Blood of Elves but I could see it getting there if/when I finish the series.
I am a heartless soul.
My favourite romance novel is Lady Chatterley's Lover. it has such beautiful prose and love scenes have such passion.
Luke Skywalker and Mara Jade are an awesome couple. The characters compliment each other so well-Yin to Yang like you said!
Yep. And paced perfectly. Made you wait for it, but never to a point you felt exhausted by it.
Maquan and Fidele! They were amazing, and I loved their story!
Yay. First to comment! My favorite book romances: Anne Elliott and Captain Wentworth--Persuasion. And then pretty much any fun and flighty Georgette Heyer couple, especially Sophy and Charles. I guess my taste in romance is old-fashioned. Fantasy genre couples: Luke and Mara Jade, Harry and Murphy (sob), Aragon and Arwen, Harry and Ginny, Ron and Hermione. I just realized most of my fantasy isn't that romantic. Heh. Although my 13-year-old heart did ache for Tarzan at the end of the first book. Poor guy.
True love doesn't recognize age.
Mike: *talks about how good of a couple Fidele and Maquin make*
Me who’s only just started reading Valour: WHAT?!!
It's amazing.
Ha ha, whoops
haha I've never thought about it since reading the series but Maquin and Fidele really does seem unfathomable until it happens.
LOL same!
Guts and Casca :)
I wish I had remembered this one.
I really enjoyed all relationships on Liveship Traders trilogy, each felt really unique with its complex characters but (spoilers all below)
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Malta and Reyn takes the spot for me. They clicked since the beginning, despite Malta being such a immature girl wanting to grow so fast, and seeing her developing throughout the story makes their reunion so satisfying.
I'll find out next year!
That relationship just creeped me out. Mainly because of the drastic age difference.
That thumbnail 😂
I do swoon for Rhett & Scarlett.
I think you’d like the book I wrote. It is a love story, and one of the main characters is a giant Stephen King fan. I added a few King pop culture references throughout the book because King references are awesome!
I was thrilled to see Luke/Mara on this list. One of the first couples I ever “shipped”
My other favorite book couples: Arwen/Aragorn, Faramir/Eowyn, Harry/Ginny, and a whole bunch of Jane Austen: Mr Darcy/Elizabeth, Anne Elliot/Captain Wentworth, Elinor Dashwood/Edward Ferrars, Marianne/Colonel Brandon
Wearing a Beatles shirt and opening with singing a Ronnie Milsap song -- okay, I'm clicking Subscribe.
Favorite romances -- Juliet Marillier writes some gorgeous ones (Daughter of the Forest, Son of the Shadows, Wolfskin, Heart's Blood, Blackthorn & Grim, the Warrior Bards trilogy). She knows how to bring her couples together without diminishing either of them as separate people; she lets you see clearly why each person would be drawn to the other; and there's not a single super-tropey love triangle in sight.
Re: the damsel in distress trope -- I appreciate it when fantasy power couples have to bail each other out from time to time. Practically everyone needs rescuing at SOME point. Where it starts to annoys me is the point at which the female lead (it's usually a female lead) seems to have no capabilities of her own and no function in the plot except to get into trouble, repeatedly, and need rescuing, repeatedly. Good writers know how to create rescue situations without falling into this trap.
Scarlet O"Hara is one of the great characters of American literature.
You might like the romance in Tigana (Guy Gavriel Kay), and another great one (even though the books are clearly "influenced" by the original Star Wars trilogy) are Sagan and Maigrey in Margeret Weis' Star of the Guardians. My brother dislikes romance and he raved about this one. It's one of my favorites in sff. It's kind of like Vader and a female Obi-Wan go friends to bitter enemies to forced to work together to lovers.
The next colab with Philip chase is now required to have a duet in the intro of some kind.
Although I don't know if the viewers would be able to handle such tonal excellence all at once.
I’m here for Philip to sing some Grateful Dead.
@@mikesbookreviews I believe there was some tie dye before the tweed.
I would watch that.
theres a book called the magic casement By dave duncan but the relationship between Rap and Inos was always one of my favorite relationships.. I read that book when I was young so maybe its not as great as I remember it but I just remember loving those books because of the relationship.
Wheel of Time romances are the best! Out of the blue romances 😂
For real.
Nynaeve: I love you!
Lan: *recites poetry*
I mean, what the hell?
My favorite fictional romances
1. Gideon and eva the bared to you series by sylvia day
2. Gabriel and julia the gabriels inferno series by sylvian reynard
3. Jaime and claire Outlander series by diana gabaldon
4. Four and tris the divergent series by veronica Roth
5. Bella and Edward twilight saga
6. Roland and Susan wizard and glass by Stephen king
7. Aliena and jack pillars of the earth
8. Poppy and Hawke the from blood and ash series by Jennifer l armentrout
I have a manga recommendation is psychological horror called “no longer human” by junji ito is a brilliant peace of literature which was a manga adaptation of a real person’s autobiography with fictional exaggerations.
My favorite is still Claire and Jamie from outlander. Lan and nynaeve are fantastic throughout the story
Only watched the show, but I do like their relationship.
It's sad Mike's not read Outlander!
Love this video Mike! You should try and do a cringiest fiction romances and scenes lol
Best Intro :D:D:D:D
99 & 44/100th percent.
Bathsheba and Gabriel! You are awesome!
Jake and Sadie are one of my favorites too. It was so genuine.
100 percent. It was just the best.
My top is Perrin and Faile. There is a large gap between that and any #2
I agreee completely but its so frustrating that he made me HATE them in winters heart just because that chase was one of the most boring parts of the entire series
I always said “Eeland” as well. When I saw somebody on RUclips talking about the book saying “Elland” it sounded so weird.
My favorites:
Rourke & Dallas from In Death series
Royce & Gwenn from Riyria series
Ahhhhh this is an interesting topic
I thought it was good since I get accused of hating romance in fantasy all the time.
@@mikesbookreviews havent watched the full video yet but imo ed and lorraine warren from conjuring movies deserve a mention.
Idk sth about shared trauma a couple can go through makes me root for them more n more
Gone with the Wind ❤
Ahhh. Like and Mara. I need to re-read the Thrawn trilogy.
I can't say I really pay much attention to the romance in fiction novels. It doesn't really register when I'm reading. The only ones that I really remember/care about are Romeo & Juliet, and the Time Traveler's Wife (but I just remember their experiences and not their names in TTW).
Now in movies, I can list a whole slew of couples.
This video for movies or TV would be 9 hours long.
@@mikesbookreviews 😄 haha
Maqin and Fidele is great
An teenage romance I liked was Percy Jackson and Annabeth Chase
One of the romances in Liveship is also amazing
I love John Carter and Deja Thoris. I have the first three books. Barnes and Noble edition.
They’re amazing together.
Guts and Casca all day
My top romance is Etain and Darman in Star Wars Republic commando.
I'm NOT a huge fan of romances. I really do kinda like horror, classics and fantasy. I was a bit surprised that you had a couple Stephen King couples. I couldn't agree with you more. I started that novel cold, didn't know anything whatsoever about it. Then realized it was a time travelling type thing about JFK etc. That romance was unexpected. I was completely caught off guard. That story made me cry. It's a great novel, and a great story.
Loved the two good couples in Dark Tower too. Lots and lots of tears there too.
OMG i forgat about Roland and Susan i love those 2. I mean, the Wizard and Glass is my favorite Dark Tower book but somhow i forgat about the relationship that makes it so good
And super heartbreaking.
@@mikesbookreviews for suuurrrree but oh so bitter sweet 😶
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Darrow and Victra would've been great, much better than with Mustang. I thought I was the only one thinking that!
I shipped Murphy and Harry for the longest time, but that conversation she had with Harry in the elevator in Proven Guilty kinda put a nail in the coffin for me on their relationship. Which is what surprised me after they ended up together later on.
Roland and Susan was perfect. It's the main reason why Wizard and Glass was my favorite Dark Tower.
Everyone tells me I was insane for thinking Darrow & Victra should have been a thing. They would have been totally evil ruling the galaxy as benevolent dictators, but it would have worked ha ha
@@mikesbookreviews Agreed. Although much of her harshness was out of defensiveness rather than something genuine. She was definitely one of my favorites and I definitely wish she and Darrow had a chance.
Yes. The Princess of Mars.♥️
Dejah was my first sci-fi crush.
Becky Thacher and Tom Sawyer.
Good one!
Always top 10 list versus tier list. You are right, tier list is for chickens. "Nobody calls me a chicken". A little bttf reference:)
I think Vin and Elend's relationship is earned. It may start off as lust, but they do earn it by the ending. There's also time jumps long enough that we don't see between books where they have time to grow closer.
To switch to WoT. I feel Rand and Aviendha's relationship was earned, and it should have just been her Rand ended up with, nit binded to all three (which is just weird to me). Rand and Elayne was teen hormones in my opinion. It also feel very YA to me. Rand and Min I can kind of see earned, but Min kinda just clings to Rand and it's odd to me. I also spent the last 3 books thinking "Rand and Aviendha are in the same place again, let something happen" but no, it was just Min sitting on his lap in every scene they were together. I understand Aviendha was proud and wanted to be a wise one before approaching Rand for a proposal, but it felt as if Rand almost ignored the fact she was around and it was frustrating.
Vin and elend's relationship starting as lust implies that they even had some semblance of chemistry in the beginning.
They didn't.
It was very much a case of Sanderson slapping on a relationship between them without all the proper build up and expecting the reader to buy that these people who've only talked a handful of times are soulmates.
But I agree that it does feel believable and "earned" by the final book
I'm getting a lot of pushback for that one but I was in favor of the development.
One small suggestion if u like, while talking about book keep that image in screen it's better and don't have to go back again in video to know about book name and it's also good presentation format.
Jake and Sadie ❤️ but the ending was insta-tears
Some say that Stephen King's romance is cringe, but I disagree. I never have a problem with his romance. Your examples from 11/22/63 and Wizard and Glass are perfect examples. I don't usually care for romance, myself, but some authors have me rooting for their love-couples!
I've been introduced to a new historical fiction author this year, Sharon Kay Penman, and each book I've read had a featured romance. I thought she did such a great job keeping me invested, that may have to re-evaluate my perspective on the topic 😀
I feel the types that say that are the same ones that call him a "shlock writer." And I know not to take those opinions seriously going forward. Heh.
I was the fifth Beatle. I was in that pic between John and Paul.
You could say this about the book and movie. Michael Corleone's true love was Apollonia Vitelli in The Godfather and he married Kay just because he wanted kids. I always really enjoyed Michael and Apollonia.
Have yet to read the book but I love the movie.
What an evil thing to say.
@@mikesbookreviews Really interesting to see the differences, I'm sure you will love the book and LOL, I can see why Frank Sinatra thought the book was mocking him.
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Matt and Tuon. Beren and Luthian, slightly different couples both great
You’ve watched Outlander but not READ it? Sad because it’s a very solid book, science fiction time travel, and the greatest romance spanning multiple books and years. I’ll have to hope this eventually makes the list. Tulach Ard!
as you wisssssssshhhhhhh!!!!!!
I liked Vin and Elend in The Final Empire. Wasn't a fan of where he took it in book 2, and was only okay in book 3.
Luke and Mara are fantastic.
I know Sara j Maas is not well loved in this community, but don’t sleep on throne of glass, I actually loved it, yes it’s YA and the first book isn’t great, but the rest of the series is amazing and honestly the romance in it between Rowan and aelin is actually great, she definitely excels at writing romance
I never judge what others are reading, I just want people to read. Her fan community is large enough for me to say she's doing something right, even if I knew I'm not the target demo.
@@mikesbookreviews to be honest I’m not either, when I first became a constant reader, I just googled “assassin fantasy” and read a bunch of descriptions and went with throne of glass mostly cuz every book on good reads was over a 4, for whatever that’s worth, and it was 7 books and completed, I wanted a long series. If I had to say for you, after following you for about a year now, you’d definitely like it more than the Leigh bardugo books (I also thought they were trash haha) but whether or not you’d finish the series im not sure. Part of me thinks you might cuz it does get a lot better as it goes on, and it’s DEFINITELY character forward writing, but also as a man in his 40s I could see why you’d not enjoy it as much as if you were in your early 20s
Love the list! Love triangles are the worst, and I will actually abandon books/series over them.
I will 100% bail on a series for that.
Same, they make me cringe so bad 😅
Sorry. When even the author admits Ron/Hermione a mistake and it should've been Harry/Hermione, I'll say that romance was missing something.
As for Harry and Murph, there are only 2 words that describe my emotions. And one of them I don't use. The other is a proper noun.
But I'm going to say Beren and Luthien for my favorite. It's the one true romance Tolkien put in text. And it's perfect.
She’s said nothing but dumb things trying to retcon the series since she’s finished it. For me, it didn’t take away how from age 11-17 your feelings will slowly change from hate to friendship to love.
I’m team Harry and Hermione lol. Although that’s definitely influenced by the movies
75k celebration dressed as dread pirate roberts?
I’m not against it.
I agree about YA romance but I have to give credit where it's earned and Rick Riordan earned it with Percy Jackson and Annabeth Chase.
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Also, I think Sam and Rosie deserve a spot. It's not a super delved into relationship but when you save your best friend numerous times, then drag yourself and your best friend up the side of a volcano to dispose of inherently evil jewelry to save the entire world you deserve to get the girl....
Good pull on Sam & Rosie Cotton.
I saw Ronnie milsap in concert while back. I waved. He didint wave back 😕
What? You’re telling me Egwene/Gawyn romance wasn’t one of your favorites?
I swear Jordan really only had the min and nynaeve romances lined out. The min one especially really worked for me but almost all other romances just fail.
@@Isaiah_McIntosh Yeah, I really wish he just kept those two. As much as I love the Wheel of Time, the biggest complaint I have are the romances. They’re just not good and really bring down the series.
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Not sure if you read Goodkind's Sword of Truth series but Richard Cypher and Kailyn Amnell are a couple worth mentioning. Everything is against them and they are some of the most interesting characters in their respective roles in the story. I highly recommend.
Never thought of you as someone who hates romances in books,Allen on the other hand...
Allen hates everything. Except Daniel Abraham.
You missed the best romance of all, Perrin and Faile
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Vin and Elend are two of the most boring characters I've ever read; ditto for their romance.
One that I absolutely love though is King Simon and Queen Miriamele from the sequel trilogy to MEMORY, SORROW, AND THORN by Tad Williams.
Huh. I feel the opposite. About both couples listed.
@@mikesbookreviews I thought you hadn't read the sequel trilogy though? Just the first three?
Mike, you should put a spoiler warning before this video. I'm in the middle of reading first law for the first time and you just spoiled who will be with who. Great video nonetheless.
Don't you sing at me! I'm out of here.
Sam & Frodo!
Everyone needs a Sam, Loco.
@@mikesbookreviews Yep. Always begging you to share a load. Lol
No Kip and Tissis? You are an evil man, Micky.
After Kip in book 4?
Great video but no more singing please 🤣
Keep reading, but...stop singing, please.