This one's for the romance readers! Every sweet, swoony trope with the best comic relief! This book talks a lot about dependency, parent illness, cancer, abandonment, and shining a light on disabilities. However, even though we have these heavy topics, we get to watch Forest and Margot heal through laugh out loud moments, winter adventures, and falling in love! It has great steamy momemts and the cutest cast of characters. Every Trope But You is the perfect winter read for people who do and don't believe in Happily Ever Afters!

Thanks to NetGalley, Atria Books, and Simon and Schuster for this copy of "Any Trope But You."

So this is my last book featuring snow before Christmas (not a holiday rom-com, but close). And what an entertaining, hilarious, pulls-at-your-heart-strings book from debut author Lavine.

Margot is a best-selling romance author who has become cynical about love and HEA's (Happy Ever Afters). Her NNA (Happy Never Afters) file where she's written alternate endings for her books gets leaked.

Margot is also caretaker for his sister Savannah (more on her later) who sends Margot to a retreat in Alaska to recoup, reinvent, and write her next book - a murder mystery.

Of course she'll meet heart-throbby Forrest who is too good to be true and they keep finding themselves in romance trope after trope after trope.

So about Savannah- I'd love for her to have her own book - she's a wonderful character! I wanted more of her letters to Margot ("Stay safe, but not too safe.") Maybe we can convince author Lavine!

Victoria Lavine is one of my new favourite romance authors! Margot and Forrest’s story was so wholesome, filled with funny banter, and nice n spicy. Extra points for the Alaska setting!!! 🤍🩵🤍

Omg what a read, the rightful balance of emotions, drama, comedy, and romance all in one. A book of tropes within tropes itself running parallel to the story is a hilariously self aware touch. I found myself relating to both mains especially Margot, weve all been there, work through the proper emotions and life situations to achieve peace, love and a renewed look on things. Proud to have read this one. Two characters who initially misunderstood each and gradually understand life and each other.

One word chemistry!

Witty, full of tension, spicy and tons of banter. Literally what more do you want! The Alaska setting makes it a great wintery read

5⭐️

Wow, right at the end of the year, I’ve discovered my favorite romance of the year! My only disappointment is that this is a debut novel, and I can't immediately dive into more works by this author. It's truly impressive that this is a debut, and I can't wait to see where this author goes from here.

I absolutely loved both of the main characters, Forrest and Margot. They were endearing yet flawed, and their backstory felt raw and authentic. It was easy to understand why Margot is jaded by love and men; her experiences were relatable, making me empathize deeply with her character. The atmosphere of the book was also beautifully crafted. I adored the setting of the rustic lodge, surrounded by snow and disconnected from the outside world.

While I might have rolled my eyes at the number of tropes present in the story, the author is very self-aware and leans into them, putting refreshing twists on the common clichés.

I highly recommend this book to all romance readers. This author is truly something special, and I’m grateful for her bringing this story into our world. ❤️

Thank you to NetGalley and Atria books for this advanced reader copy. My review is voluntarily my own.

I absolutely adored this and can't believe it's a debut (?!!!?!). I love the characters, I love the meta-ness of confronting romance tropes in a romance novel, I love the setting, and I love all the supporting characters. This was the kind of book that's hard to put down, and I can't wait to read what Victoria Lavine writes next.

This was okayyyy. I feel like the Alaska setting was cute and I liked the love triangle with Ollie. But honestly the whole HEA, trope, rom com author theme was a bit cringe to me. There were a few laugh out loud bits though that I enjoyed.

Thank you NetGalley for the advanced reader copy!

Take any Hallmark moving involving a city girl being sent to the middle of nowhere for a retreat and falling for the big, strong lumberjack and you get the most basic of romance tropes.
And with that premise add a ton of sass and self-awareness, beautiful banter, and smut and you get this book.
It’s a perfect recipe for a great romance book.

Margot is a famous romance author whose secret is that she doesn’t believe in lasting love or happily ever afters, especially after her fiancé left her. She instead created a Happily Never After document where she writes the reality of most of her characters relationships - cheating, divorce, and general unhappiness.
When this document gets leaked to the public, her fans feel betrayed and they cancel her.

Margot’s sister decides to book a retreat for her in the middle of nowhere Alaska so that Margot can get out of her slump and start writing again.

And of course Margot runs headfirst (and jumps into the arms) of a strapping man (Forrest) who helps run the lodge she’s staying at.
And Forrest isn’t just a hot lumberjack chopping wood. He’s also a doctor, a cancer researcher, and an extremely kind and caring person. And that pisses Margot off more than anything.

This book serves up:
- dual POV
- Being hilariously self aware of the tropes it’s giving
- Chronic pain/illness representations
- Excellent banter
- Excellent smut
- Only one tent

Wow!! An amazing debut novel for this author!! Congrats!!! I freaking ate this book up.
I laughed and I cried. I cried a lot of sad tears and happy tears!!

I couldn’t put this one down. A best selling romance author has her world basically collapse on her when she gets cancelled. Her sister books her a getaway to a very remote location in Alaska to work on a new manuscript in a different genre to try to rebrand herself.
Little does she know her thoughts of HNE are about to whither away.

This book as all the tropes!! And I loved it. I loved the FMC and MMC and loved the dual POV!

I’m super excited to see what more this author will give us in the future!!

Thank you NetGalley and Atria for the advanced copy for my honest review!

I am blown away by Victoria Lavine's work. The beginning was so fun; I was blushing and giggling every chapter. The story felt very meta and like an homage to the romance genre with the FMC knowingly being hit with so many tropes. And then the story progresses to a deeper and more substantive connection between the 2 main characters that gave a warm glow to the reading experience.

Thank you Atria Books and NetGalley for providing me with an Advanced Reader Copy of this novel.

This was an absolutely BRILLIANT debut novel. The plot was interesting and unique, the writing was beautiful, and I absolutely fell in love with the characters. It was funny, and witty, and I truly felt like I was in Alaska with them! Definitely will be in my top 5 reads of 2024. FANTASTIC.

This book was just so dang cute! When the title mentions ‘any trope but you,’ it means we’re going to mention ALL the tropes and this perfect guy (who is too good to be true) is going to embody ALL of them! The banter in this book is spectacular, whether it be between the characters or even their own inner monologue. I loved Margot, and even though I felt she might have made some better decisions a few times, it was understandable why she did what she did. Forrest was *chef’s kiss* and we would all like one of him, please and thank you. The only thing in this book that was typical was the third act. We all know what happens there, but it still unfolded well. Victoria has written a spectacular debut, and I believe she will be writing more once this one hits the market and takes off.

Margot is a romance author who’s had her fair share of heartbreak. She normally writes happily ever afters but since her fiancé called off their wedding, she started writing alternate ending to her books that were happily never afters. Her HNAs get leaked by a hacker and her fans question every book she’s ever written. Margot’s sister, Savannah, does damage control by setting up Margot on a 6 week, no internet lodge stay in Alaska to gather inspiration on a murder-mystery book.

Margot meets Forrest who works at the lodge and is basically all the perfect parts of every man she’s ever written into a romance novel. There’s enemies to lovers, one tent/one sleeping bag, open door romance, cozy cabin vibes, snow storm, they both have a relatable situation that they feel connected over, & there were so many funny moments. I was laughing and giddy throughout most of the book.

Thank you Atria books and NetGalley for this ARC.

📚 Book Review 📚

Title: Any Trope But You
Author: Victoria Lavine
Genre: Romance/Fiction
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

This debut novel centers around romance author, Margot Bradley, who happens to not actually believe in happy-ever-afters. After a career-ending snafoo happens during a podcast zoom recording, Margot travels to Alaska at the insistence of her sister. With a handsome irresistible guy running the lodge she’s staying at, she finds a lot more than she bargained for.

This is a romance at its core, but with layers of heavier themes (i.e. breast cancer, death of a parent, autoimmune disease, and caregiving for a disabled parent). I enjoyed both the main and ancillary characters, and thought this was a cute, fun, and heartwarming story. My only complaint is that some parts were overly dramatic and saccharine for my taste. This book has SPICY 🌶️🌶️🌶️ scenes too, just a heads up!

*Thank you @netgalley and @atriabooks for this advanced reader copy. This book hits shelves April 2025.

'any trope but you' follows a romance author who doesn't believe in happy endings and goes to alaska to reinvent herself & write a new story in a new genre. this was overall really cute! i absolutely adored the setting, someone take me to alaska pls?? although i liked this one, i didn't love it. taylor swift is one of my favorite artists but when there are several references in a book, it's just too much sometimes 😔 i didn't really love the main characters.. i did love margot's relationship with her sister, savannah, and forrest's family was cute. the letters from savannah were so sweet and probably my favorite part. i would recommend if you're looking for a fun and easy escape to alaska 🫶🏻

thank you so much atria books & netgalley for the arc in exchange for my honest review!

Any Trope But You by Victoria Lavine
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
🌶️🌶️🌶️

-dislike to lovers
-cozy Alaska setting
-romance author/doctor
-one tent
-chronic illness/caretaker rep
-wilderness adventure
-spice
-dual POVs

I knew from the start that this book was gonna be amazing. Just the first chapter carried so much humor to suck me in and it just kept getting better and better. I think I spent the majority of the book giggling and smiling like an idiot. *still swooning*

But the plot carries a lot of deep and emotional themes as we witness both characters address those past hurts and current hang up’s. It’s a comeback and reinvention story you love to read.

“𝘾𝙝𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙩 𝘼𝙡𝙢𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙮. 𝙊𝙣𝙚 𝙠𝙞𝙨𝙨 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙬𝙤𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙄’𝙢 𝙖𝙡𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙮 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙛𝙪𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙤𝙜𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧.“

The tension is sooo good. Take your typical hallmark movie/book but make it more unfiltered and spicy. It’s an entertaining ride as romance author Margot finds herself resisting trope after trope in her perfect MMC in real form, doctor and wilderness guide Forrest, during her six-week getaway to remote Alaska.

“𝙄 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙠 𝙝𝙚 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬𝙨. 𝙄 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙠 𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙚𝙚𝙨 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙝𝙞𝙙𝙙𝙚𝙣 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙢𝙚, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙨𝙩 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧, 𝙗𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝙙𝙤𝙚𝙨𝙣’𝙩 𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙡 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙖 𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩. 𝙄𝙩 𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙡𝙨 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙝𝙤𝙢𝙚.”

“𝙊𝙛 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙨𝙚 𝙄 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙙. 𝙔𝙤𝙪’𝙫𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙙 𝙢𝙮 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝙞𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙩𝙚𝙚𝙩𝙝 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙙𝙖𝙮 𝙤𝙣𝙚, 𝙈𝙖𝙧𝙜𝙤𝙩.”

It’s the perfect mix of cozy winter vibes, humor, heartache, and spice. It was the perfect read and I’m only sad that it’s over.

Thank you @netgalley and @victorialavinewrites for opportunity to read this ARC! Release date is April 1, 2025.

Beloved romance author Margot Bradley has a dark secret: she doesn’t believe in Happily Ever Afters. Not for herself, not for her readers, and not even for her characters, for whom she secretly writes alternate endings that swap weddings and babies for divorce papers and the occasional slashed tire. When her Happily Never After document is hacked and released to the public, she finds herself canceled by her readers and dropped by her publisher.

Desperate to find a way to continue supporting her chronically ill sister, Savannah, Margot decides to trade meet-cutes for murder. The fictional kind. Probably. But when Savannah books Margot a six-week stay in a remote Alaskan resort to pen her first murder mystery, Margot finds herself running from a moose and leaping into the arms of the handsome proprietor, making her fear she’s just landed in a romance novel instead.

The last thing Dr. Forrest Wakefield ever expected was to leave his dream job as a cancer researcher to become a glorified bellhop. What he’s really doing at his family’s resort is caring for his stubborn, ailing father, and his puzzle-loving mind is slowly freezing over—until Margot shows up. But Forrest doesn’t have any room in his life for another person he could lose, especially one with a checkout date.

The best homage to the romcom ever! Totally loved this gem! I'm a sucker for any story about writers. This one was so well done it made me laugh. It made me cry. The 🌶️ spice in this book is top-notch. Pick up this amazing read. You won't regret it! 4.5⭐

Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for the advanced digital reader's copy (ARC) in exchange for an honest review!

Margot is a bestselling romance author who doesn't believe in Happily Ever After. After her fans find out about her secret file of alternate endings for her novels called 'Happily Never After', Margot gets canceled by the romance world. Her sister Savannah sends Margot off on a 6-week trip to a remote resort in Alaska to go on an adventure and write a new, not romance, novel. 

Not sure why, but I started this book with low expectations and was pleasantly surprised and would rate it 4 stars. I really enjoyed the dual POV, the banter between Margot and Forrest, the relationship between Margot and Savannah, and Trapper and Jo's meddling. As a romance reader, I enjoy escaping the shitshow of real life into a fictional story, but I would assume most people, romance authors included, don't believe in real life HEAs. I really enjoyed the idea Margot's file of Happily Never After and think it would be funny to read some of them. Margot and Forrest both have a sense of duty to care for their families and I'm glad they found each other and understand that it's okay to put family first sometimes. 

Thank you NetGalley and Atria Books for the ARC.

A romance author who doesn’t believe in happily ever after doesn’t seem right and when it comes to light, Margot gets cancelled. Fleeing to Alaska she works to find her new niche in murder mystery. Throw in a little romance and you got this book!