Selection of Great Romance Novels Available at UTM Library
For those who need a bit of romance in their life, our UTM library holds a variety of delectable romance novels, including the exceptional ones listed below.
With Valentine’s Day coming up, some of UTM’s single students may be wanting to find romance in different places, even fictional places. At the UTM library, many different romance novels, both fictional and non-fictional, can be found.
Those who’ve been on Tiktok even a little bit these last few months have heard of the popular TV show Heated Rivalry. The series is based on a book by the same name, written by Rachel Reid. The story follows Shane Hollander and Ilya Rozanov, two hockey players working on opposing teams. Due to their professional positions, they start out as enemies before slow-burning into lovers keeping their casual hook-up-turned-relationship a secret.
Anyone who appreciates Greek mythology would love The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller, though simply calling it a romance novel is reductionist. The story of Achilles is told by Patroclus, his childhood friend, partner, and lover. The novel spans their whole life, following them through their childhoods, their involvement in the Trojan War, up to their heroic, romantic-agony-filled deaths. Their story is filled with twists and turns, but the love between the two men is fierce. The Song of Achilles is great if you like a book with less spice, and more emphatic, long-lasting love.
If you want to read a romance with hilariously good chemistry, check out The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren. This one contains the ever-popular “enemies-to-lovers” trope, following main character Olive Torres, Olive’s twin sister, Ami’s wedding gives all the guests in attendance food poisoning, leading Ami to ask her sister to go on her non-refundable honeymoon in her place, along with Ethan, the seemingly judgemental jerk, the only other guest who didn’t get sick. Though the two can’t stand each other initially, hijinks ensue during their week in paradise, leading to them falling in love. Their banter and wit, leading to their electric desire is the highlight of the novel. Last but certainly not least, The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid. This novel follows not one, but 8 different “love” stories, with actress Evelyn Hugo. It’s written in alternating perspectives, switching between Evelyn Hugo’s first-person perspective as she recounts her life, and the perspective of Monique, the present-day reporter who is interviewing her. Hugo married seven men throughout her lifetime, for different reasons. She married Ernie Diaz to get herself into the Hollywood sphere, she married Don Alder out of love until he turned abusive, she entered a lavender marriage with her best friend Harry Cameron, and so on. Though her constant, true love was fellow actress Celia St. James. Reid’s writing makes it impossible to put her books down, with the romance she created for the two women being so eloquently written.
