I think it REALLY depends on how GOOD/GREAT the writing and plot is whilst also if you're into angst or fluff. For instance, season 2 Bridgeton is a great enemies to lovers, I Cannot Reach You is a good friends to Lovers and Ackley Bridge has an AMAZING crushes to lovers. Because of this, Ackley Bridge and other types of media allows crushes to lov...... 1 reply
I think any story with any of these trope can be garbage or literal masterpiece just based on how good the writing is. Enemies to lovers is one of the most popular trope ever but so many author fuck it up completely.
Anyways here is the ranking
1. friends to lovers
This trope tends to be more natural, well constructed and realistic. Somethin...... 1 reply
1. Enemies to lovers but only in a fantasy or dystopian setting because with most contemporary romances, enemies to lovers, are just miscommunications or disagreements, so unless they're like enemies who actually HATEEEE for e.g they're on different sides of a war etc., with a good slowburn, then i wont read it.
2. Friends to lovers. Shadow and b...... 2 reply
1.friends to lovers but if it doesn't have tons of pining, miscommunication, jealousy and codependency i don't want it
2. crush to lovers. only if its not mutual for a long time. love it when one person is crazily obsessed with the other but gets rejected and just as theyre abt to give up after trying many times their crush is like "wait no i love...... 2 reply
enemies to lovers is of course first. Stories central on that trope always have the most intriguing plotline. Bonus points if it's fantasy romance.
then it's friends to lovers because it always has me screaming at my screen for one of the characters to make a mover on eachother. However I need the story to be slow burn because I can't deal with th...... reply
1. Enemies to lovers
But only if it's done well, without abuse, and when the characters actually hate each other, not just some beef or something. Bonus points if it's a slow burn
2. Friends to lovers
It depends on the type of friendship and how they interact with each other. Sometimes it can be done well and sometimes it's cringe and boring
3. C...... 1 reply
Ohh I love this one
3rd - Crush to lovers, this is the first time I have ever heard of this trope. Now that I think about, it's good but not that high for me.
2nd - Friends to lovers, I like the pining (and the angst), I would absolutely love to end up with someone who was my friend but it's a double edged sword to be honest. The constant tensions...... 1 reply
