enemies-to-lovers

== English == === Alternative forms === enemies to lovers ETL (initialism) === Pronunciation === === Noun === enemies-to-lovers (uncountable) (often attributive) A trope in romance fiction (particularly fan fiction) involving the development of an antagonistic relationship into romantic love. Coordinate terms: enemies-to-friends-to-lovers, friends-to-lovers 2023, Ali Hazelwood, praise blurb in Jessica Clare, What the Hex, page 1: And that’s because Go Hex Yourself is a romantic masterpiece, and the sexiest, most bewitching take on enemies-to-lovers I’ve read in ages. 2023, Tara, quoted Fabienne Silberstein-Bamford, "The 'Fanfic Lens': Fan Writing's Impact on Media Consumption", Volume 19, Issue 2, March 2023, page 156: When I read a book now, I think I'm much more trope-aware, because before I read fanfiction, I don't even think I fully understood what tropes were. So now I see, like, when a book has enemies-to-lovers, I see it, and I'm like, oh-oh. For more quotations using this term, see Citations:enemies-to-lovers.