Every Wednesday, YA Highway asks their readership a simple question to answer on your blog. Once you answer, you link your blog in the comments for other readers to hop on board. This is Road Trip Wednesday.
Today’s question: Who are your favorite literary couples?
This should be a super-easy question. I mean, who doesn’t have couples they love seeing together? Right?
The problem with this is, I’m a cynic. My normal response to love and mushiness is the eye roll and gagging. Hubby’s accepted this, you can too. Because of this “limitation,” finding those great literary loves is difficult. Most of the time I only like one half of them.
Vicky Austin & Adam Eddington
Books: A Ring of Endless Light, Troubling a Star
Why: Even though Vicky’s in high school and Adam is so not, it’s not creepy. Their relationship isn’t one of those sticky sweet high school things, but more grounded in reality.
Anita Blake and Nathaniel Graison
Books: Burnt Offerings, Blue Moon, Narcissus in Chains, Cerulean Sins, Incubus Dreams, Danse Macabre, The Harlequin, Blood Noir, Flirt
Why: What started as a real off-putting, one-sided weird fest* turned into one of the best relationships I’ve read in paranormal. Nathaniel is supportive and balances Anita’s Type A personality in ways the other dozen men in her life** don’t.
Georgia Nicolson & Dave the Laugh
Books: The entire Confessions of Georgia Nicolson series
Why: They get on awesomely. It’s one of those great friendships where each of them get more silly around the other. Plus, Dave the Laugh did introduce the concept of putting the word “pants” in place of critical words in most theatrical productions***.
Lurkdom, if you could pair any two characters together, who would they be?
Housekeeping Note
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* And to be honest, lots of stuff in the later Anita books fall under the weird fest category. (Not to mention the NC-17 category.)
** Am so not kidding on the number. Like I said, it turns into a weird fest.
*** The hills are alive with the sound of “pants” is much more interesting than “music,” for example.
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Vicky and Adam!!! Ooooh!!! Awesome pick! I didn't even think of them.
I hang my head in shame because Georgia Nicolson & Dave the Laugh are the only ones I've heard of. lame sauce erinn, lame sauce
I've never heard of any of these couples! I'm like Erinn, I'm so ashamed!!
I'm not familiar with these couples, but your reasons for loving them are pretty convincing!
I've never read any of these books, but I love the type of relationship you described in Confessions of Georgia Nicolson.
Oh man, I haven't read any of these either! Vicky and Adam sounds pretty interesting though. 🙂
Have not read any of these, but I must! Starting with the two Vicky and Adam picks. (:
Oh, I must say that Vicky and Adam creeped me out. Plus there was Vicky and Zach, which was even weirder. K I'm getting off-topic.
Darcy and Elizabeth! They have this amazing spark. 🙂
I haven't read any of your list either, but I have read a few of Hamilton's other series…you're right, def NC-17
I haven't read any of these either!
ooh! Vicky and Adam–NICE! I never would've thought of those 2!
I haven't even read any of your choices. I need to work on that.
I no longer feel any guilt for not reading any other books because most of you haven't ready A Ring of Endless Light.
Anyway.
Yahong, I want to know what creeped you about about Vicky and Adam. I can definitely guess about Vicky and Zach. I'm split on that one.
Jennifer, I'm assuming you mean the Merry Gentry series. And yes, that is NC-17 as well.
Thanks for stopping by ladies and don't forget to write a haiku.
I'm not familiar with any of these couples, but it's fun to read about different couples than those most of us are picking!
How do i not know ANY of these? I have to remedy this deficit!
Love Vicky and Adam!
I always imagined they were just like Madeline and Whatshisface.
Oh I love Vicky and Adam! I love those books full stop. I wish she had written just one more…or maybe two. I want to know MORE about what happened to them all.
Oooh – these sound very interesting. Sadly, I've not read any of them. See, this is what happens every Wednesday… I find more and more books to add to that ever-growing TBR list. Such a terrible problem to have. 🙂
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I admit I haven't read any of those books. >.> But I agree on being a rather turned off by the sappy. Gotta read these books now. 🙂
Thanks to this brilliant post, I will forever and always substitute "pants" for important words. Can you imagine Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream Pants? Or "The Phantom of the Pants is here… inside my mind!" Wow. That's creepyfantastic. 🙂
I have been meaning to read Anita Blake! I hear nothing but good things about her, and several of her menfolk 😉
Jess, substituting "pants" for pretty much anything is awesome. Song titles especially.
Again thanks for stopping by ladies!
No I have not read "endless night" but now I sure will. Thanks for the idea!