This book was so good! Original plot, a slow burn that had me rooting for the characters!!
I really enjoyed the comedy and the drama that was included in this story. So many great moments that had me gasping, crying and laughing.
Definitely will recommend to everyone!

This was a sweet romance novel and I loved the setting of Alaska and the outdoor scenes that came with it. That being said, I’m not a huge fan of the number of times the fmc pointed out a trope that was happening. I understand that’s she’s a romance author and that’s part of the plot/her character arc but I was not a fan of that. I also don’t like third act break ups. I think the story could have had similar events/repercussions without having the main characters break up with each other.

Spice: 🌶️🌶️

Thank you Atria Books and NetGalley for the ARC!

I was not expecting to be so swept off my feet with this story, but wow, I adored this book! I loved the depth of the characters, and the story was truly so sweet. The main characters, Forrest and Margot had me rooting for them since the beginning, and I love the tongue-in-cheek way the author addressed every possible trope in the romance genre.

This is a book I'm going to buy for my shelf to keep forever. Thank you again for the ARC!

This one is hard for me to rate as I almost DNFed in the beginning. Margot starts off as such a horrible character that I honestly didn’t want to continue. If this was a single POV book I would have DNF. Thankfully it was dual POV and I wasn’t stuck in her head the whole time.

Margot is a romance writer who is on the outs after she is exposed for not believing in the HEAs she wrote and for calling her readers stupid. He sister forces her to go to a retreat in Alaska to reset and get away from everything. In the first half of the book, she comes off as very, very condescending and unlikable. She slowly becomes a less horrible person, but this is mainly from having her thoughts and actions viewed by outsiders. For example, her sister writes her weekly letters while she is in Alaska and we learn a lot about her though the letters. After the first few chapters and when Forrest was introduced the story started to get better. I enjoyed the adventures in Alaska and the lodge.

Overall, I did enjoy the book, but at times it was a bit too meta for me. Margot constantly compares every man she interacts with to romance heroes. She constantly mentions tropes as they are happening. While on one hand this fits for a disgraced romance writer on the other it gets old when she does it all the time. There are several times she just comes off as childish and stamping her foot. Forrest and Savannah really saved the story for me and helped me grow to understand Margot better.

An ok but not great read for me. Includes one of my pet peeves, mc suddenly decides to call the love interest sweetheart or darlin’ despite that behavior not being in line with what we know of their character. To me this is and always will be creepy. Something about these two main characters just didn’t work for me. The spicy bits were uncomfortable “I don’t want to hurt you” who is he Edward Cullen?

Thank you, @netgalley for this ARC.

You want to know what I loved most about this book? Every trope know to us romance readers happened. Well, not every one but a huge chunk of them. While reading, you could probably get BINGO on a trope card. So be prepared as only one bed, he falls first, so cold we have to warm each other up, miscommunication, etc. happens.

But even though you know you will be presented with tropes left and right, it doesn’t take the cuteness and romance out of this book. The characters, Margot and Forrest, are who we read about daily when we pick up our romance books but I still was invested in their problems and blooming love story.

Cute, and it made me want to go to Alaska again but not do any nature exploration.

Trope overload? Or trope perfection? You decide.

This was the perfect mix of romance to plot. I loved how her being a romance author was such a massive plot point because it truly made me laugh with every comparison.

Fluffy and cute with plenty of romance. The ending was rushed, but it was perfectly predictable. This book definitely lives up to its name.

Margot Bradley is a best selling romance author that does not believe in Happily Ever Afters. In fact, she keeps a Happily Never After journal with alternate endings for all of her beloved characters. When her HNA journal is leaked online for her readers to see, Margot goes on a 6 week long Alaskan retreat to write a new manuscript and to escape the social media storm. She is hosted by Dr. Forrest Wakefield and his father, who is cared for by Forrest after suffering a fall. Forrest introduces Margot to the Alaskan wilderness and they spend quite a bit of time and mishaps together. Forrest wasn't sure there would be room for someone to love in his life again, but everything changes when Margot walks in the door.

I loved this debut romcom!! It is a love letter to romance & romance readers. There were endless Taylor references, forced proximity in a one person tent, a moose named Bullwinkle, wonderful side characters, and moments such as ✨️we must press our bodies together or she'll get hypothermia✨️ Forrest encompasses all of the best parts of Margot's mmcs in her books. I loved how Margot had no idea what she was doing out in the wilderness and Forrest was her guide. I not expect to find the perfect romance!

Thank you NetGalley, Atria Books, and the author for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.

Really enjoyed this book! Loved the different angle it told and I really enjoyed the characters. A few parts I felt could have been shorted which is why I rated it 4 stars instead of 5. I know a book box is doing a special edition of this book and I cant wait to own it.

3.75/5⭐
1.5/5🌶️

It's sometimes kind of trippy reading anything with an author MC. But this was fun! So spot on, it could've been real. I enjoyed the FMC and her relationship with her sister. I would've like just a smidge more depth for our MMC but he was for sure likable!

Thank you Atria Books and #NetGalley for this ARC!

Imagine getting hit by every rom-com trope in a snowstorm... and loving it. That’s basically Any Trope but You. Margot, a bestselling author who’s basically given up on love, runs off to Alaska to escape a scandal and accidentally signs herself up for the most chaotic romance novel ever.

Enter Forrest: grumpy doctor, reluctant lodge owner, and accidental heartthrob who quotes Taylor Swift at the gym (because obviously). Cue the enemies-to-lovers slow burn, forced proximity, one tent, one bed, six weeks of snowy tension, and more pining than a teenage diary.

Is it ridiculous? Absolutely. Does the book know it’s ridiculous and wink at you the whole time? Even better. Margot spends half the story roasting her own situation and I was living for the chaos.

The middle gets nice and steamy (if these two weren’t in love, their bodies sure didn’t get the memo), and the ending wraps up quicker than a TikTok recipe. Still, it’s fluffy, funny, and left me wanting more.

Read it if you love giggling, swooning, snowstorms, and books that make you want to pack a bag and accidentally fall in love.

Margot is a romance writer disillusioned by love whose whole career is in jeopardy after a private file gets leaked to her fans. A file containing happily never after events like divorce, ED, etc for some of her most popular characters. She goes on a writing trip to Alaska to try and reinvent herself as a mystery writer, but the moment she arrives, she finds the embodiment of all of her favorite tropes in one man, Forrest, the resort owner's son. Is he too good to be true, or can Forrest make her hard heart believe in love again?
I loved this story from their moose scare meet cute to the grovel at the end. It was fun to pick out all the different tropes throughout the book. And the spice is enough to burn down the sauna on the coldest night 😆. Great debut novel.
I voluntarily read and reviewed an advance copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

This was such a fun book, and I absolutely love the cover! This book has all the tropes, which was really fun. I also really loved the Alaska setting! I loved it enough that I just bought toe Aardvark hardcover copy!

Thanks to Atria for this e-arc in exchange for my honest opinion! Any Trope but You was such a good time! I loved the immediate sparks between Forrest and Margot, but the story had so much depth beyond what was a very cute premise. I loved that it felt like a love letter to romance novels, a love letter to finding your own spark, and a love letter to hard choices with an open heart. I felt like it balanced terrain that could have felt morose or maudlin with dexterity and charm in spades. A perfect read to warm your heart!

First of all, a huge thank you to Atria books for the opportunity to review this title.

This is a new author to me and the blurb just captured my attention and I had to know more about these characters and the fun storyline it promised.

As I began reading the story, the hurt and the pain was just too real for me. Being a chronic pain sufferer, I really related to Margot's sister, but I felt like Margot as a caregiver and Margot in her painful feelings of the HEAs she abhors were negatively affecting me as a reader and that made it very difficult to get into the storyline. I didn't see this as a fun story, it depressed me more than entertained me.

That being said, I am not in a good headspace mentally with all the stuff going on in the world right now and I think I read this book at the wrong time. In another time and place, I'd give this story another chance. It just isn't the book for me, or the story I need right now. Thank you.

Margot’s Happily Ever After (HEA) is my absolute favourite story. Any Trope But You was a literal rom-com trope wonderland of everything I love in a rom-com novel and I could not get enough.

Margot is a romance author fleeing to Alaska (thanks to her chronically ill sister, Savannah), swapping her usual rom-com plots for a murder mystery… after her Happily Never After file leaked and she was cancelled by her readers. Looking for a way to reinvent herself, she becomes immersed into the Alaskan wilderness, until burly (think handsome lumberjack) lodge proprietor Dr. Forrest Wakefield comes crashing into her world. Rather, she goes crashing into his after an encounter with Bullwinkle. Forrest himself understands the trials of caring for a chronically ill family member, with his dad being in a wheelchair and losing his mom to breast cancer.

Through their adventures over Margot’s 6-week stay, her willingness to push forward in a remote area knowing one of her sister’s letters are waiting for her, and one trope after another, Margot may see a new HEA after all.

𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞:
🫎 playing with fire
🫎 carrying the heroine
🫎 snowed in (cabin) ➡️ Margot’s fav!
🫎 one bed… sleeping bag
🫎 large 🍆
🫎 partners in ‘crime’
& of course…
🫎 enemies to lovers
and,
🫎 A HECK OF A GRAND GESTURE
🫎 “And he’s a doctor, for the love of God. You can’t even get a more basic trope, right?”

Also - can we please appreciate for a second how absolutely INCREDIBLE this was for a debut novel?! Victoria Lavine you knocked it out of the park & I cannot wait to read what you write next 🙋🏻‍♀️.

Thank you Atria Books and Victoria Lavine for the ARC prior to release in exchange for an honest review - ARC provided through NetGalley.

SUPER charming, emotionally affecting enemies to lovers romance with an unexpected but extremely welcome exploration of the emotional complications of caregiving for disabled family members. I went into this one expecting fun fluff and hot clinches, and I got that in spades plus so much more. STRONGLY recommended, a genuine delight!

Thank you to NetGalley for this E-ARC.

I love this book. With my whole heart. I was giggling, I was laughing, I was crying. This book is hilarious. I can’t say that enough. It is so cute. And with a small amount of spice. The spice was done very nicely. But again. It is so funny.

Margot Bradley is a best selling romance author. Her followers love her and her sister loves her. They love her happily ever afters. Margot, however, does not. She doesn’t believe in them. At. All. She actually has a hidden document of Happily Never Afters, alternative endings to all of her romance books.
That document gets leaked. Margot gets canceled. Her sister ships her off to a “writing” retreat in rural Alaska. Margot’s sister Savannah sends her away for 6 weeks, to work on her new book, a murder mystery.

But what Margot doesn’t know is that the universe will be sending her every single romance trope in the form of Dr Forrest Wakefield. Yum.

Again, I cannot stop saying how funny this book was. The writing is so good. Do you like a specific trope? It’s in this book. Don’t worry. Victoria Lavine made sure to include all the tropes.
Do yourself a favor and read this book.

Ever since reading The Simple Wild by K.A. Tucker, Alaska is one of my buzzwords. If it's set in The Last Frontier, I want to read it.

Any Trope But You is a romance that will appeal to anyone who is deeply invested in Romancelandia. Our heroine is a romance author facing a scandal after it is revealed that she seemingly doesn't actually believe in HEAs, even the ones she writes. Of course, that gets put to the test when her sister sends her on a retreat to Alaska and the handsome man who runs the tour group just won't stop falling into every trope that makes up the perfect book boyfriend.

I really enjoyed the dual POV and getting to be inside both Margot and Forrest's heads. They are both very selfless characters who have a lot of self-imposed responsibility and I really enjoyed getting to see them learn to explore what it is they actually want. I did find Forrest's character more compelling than Margot, but I was really able to relate to Margot in terms of being a bookish person and holding onto certain things due to fear.

This would be a great romcom to read on a winter's day when you want to curl up and escape to cold, snowy Alaska.

Thanks to Atria Books and Netgalley for providing me with an e-ARC in exchange for an honest review.