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Fools in Love

Fresh Twists on Romantic Tales
Pages
288
Published
2021
Language
English

Synopsis

Fifteen bestselling, award-winning, and up-and-coming YA authors take on the tropes romance readers love most in this genre-spanning anthology, edited by Ashley Herring Blake and Rebecca Podos. A Passover dinner turns into a fake relationship, a golf tournament throws two rivals together, a snowstorm strands would-be sweethearts, and a superhero can't stop trading barbs with his nemesis — each of the fifteen stories reimagines a familiar romantic convention, from enemies to lovers and only one bed to second-chance romance and love triangles, often with a distinctly queer twist. Spanning contemporary settings, fantasy, and science fiction, and featuring predominantly F/F pairings alongside M/M and M/F stories, Fools in Love: Fresh Twists on Romantic Tales is a big-hearted celebration of how love finds its way, however messily, for teen readers ages 13 and up.

Frequently asked questions

  • How many stories are in Fools in Love, and who wrote them?

    Fools in Love: Fresh Twists on Romantic Tales collects fifteen original short stories, edited by Ashley Herring Blake and Rebecca Podos, who each also contributed a story. The other thirteen are by Rebecca Barrow, Gloria Chao, Mason Deaver, Sara Farizan, Claire Kann, Malinda Lo, Hannah Moskowitz, Natasha Ngan, Lilliam Rivera, Laura Silverman, Amy Spalding, Rebecca Kim Wells, and Julian Winters. Each story reimagines a specific romance trope — among them fake dating, only one bed, grumpy/sunshine, second-chance romance, and love triangles.