Witty Rom-Com Gives Heart Eyes and... Feathers! (Birding with Benefits book review)
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You know the saying “there’s nothing new under the sun”? Nobody really want to believe it’s true... even though, deep down, most of us know that it is . We’ve all rolled our eyes about books, shows, and movies, for the “ been there, read/seen/heard that before ” scenario. A movie about cop partners? Cue every cop-buddy-trope comparison out there. A show about a charismatic serial killer? Someone’s gonna make references to lotion, baskets, and fava. The toughest of them all, though? Rom-coms... where tropes positively thrive . Enemies-to-lovers. Opposites attracting. Someone needs rescuing. Pretend relationships. Friends-to-lovers. Forced spending time together. False or mistaken identity. Rich person falls for poor person. (Et cetera, etc.) But here’s the thing... Just because you’ve seen a thing done before... doesn’t mean someone else can’t come along and put a whole new spin on it. Sometimes— thank goodness! —magic still happens... as in newbie-author Sarah T