You’re reading a romance novel or one with a major romantic subplot and then the designated love interest of the female (or male) protagonist does something that hurts the protagonist and you hate them for it, and wish they didn’t end up together… but sure, they end up together.
Due to the nature of this discussion, spoilers from the books are included.
Example of how to write:
Gideon de Villiers from The Ruby Red Trilogy.
>!spoiler here!
I read it very young so with a child’s perspective: Amy in Little Women. I couldn’t comprehend either how Laurie could end up marrying the sister of the girl he professed his love for, or why Amy would want him afterwards.
This is also my least favorite, but Jo and Bhaer remains my favorite literary love story.
So much so that I can’t recommend the series to anyone knowing where it is headed, even though up until book 5 I fairly enjoyed it.
LITERALLY SAME.
It just sort of rubbed me the wrong way. It felt like Amy was plan b instead of being the one he truly loved.
This is exactly what I came here to write, so thank you for saying it!