Fiction recs for BFF--> Romance
April 8, 2020 11:09 AM Subscribe
Looking for lighthearted entertainment (books, tv shows, movies) where 2 characters start out as BFFs & then later get into a romantic relationship.
Examples, hopefully these are all old enough that they don't count as spoilers!
Jim & Pam from The Office
Rob & Hermione from Harry Potter
Booth and Brennan from Bones
Unrequited yearning /UST is okay as long as the tone is light/uplifting, not bleak.
Examples, hopefully these are all old enough that they don't count as spoilers!
Jim & Pam from The Office
Rob & Hermione from Harry Potter
Booth and Brennan from Bones
Unrequited yearning /UST is okay as long as the tone is light/uplifting, not bleak.
Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell
posted by jeszac at 11:28 AM on April 8, 2020 [1 favorite]
posted by jeszac at 11:28 AM on April 8, 2020 [1 favorite]
Emma. The new movie is a fun adaptation if you haven't seen it yet.
posted by warble at 11:30 AM on April 8, 2020 [5 favorites]
posted by warble at 11:30 AM on April 8, 2020 [5 favorites]
When Harry Met Sally
posted by mefireader at 11:34 AM on April 8, 2020 [1 favorite]
posted by mefireader at 11:34 AM on April 8, 2020 [1 favorite]
Castle & Beckett from Castle!
posted by invincible summer at 12:04 PM on April 8, 2020 [1 favorite]
posted by invincible summer at 12:04 PM on April 8, 2020 [1 favorite]
Smart Bitches, Trashy Books has covered this a few times. Here's a recent discussion: Best Friends to Lovers Romance.
posted by paduasoy at 12:10 PM on April 8, 2020
posted by paduasoy at 12:10 PM on April 8, 2020
'Always Be My Maybe?'
posted by Selena777 at 12:25 PM on April 8, 2020 [2 favorites]
posted by Selena777 at 12:25 PM on April 8, 2020 [2 favorites]
My Favorite Half Night Stand, by Christina Lauren, fits this pretty well.
posted by gideonfrog at 12:38 PM on April 8, 2020
posted by gideonfrog at 12:38 PM on April 8, 2020
In Other Lands by Sarah Rees Brennan
posted by athenasbanquet at 12:38 PM on April 8, 2020
posted by athenasbanquet at 12:38 PM on April 8, 2020
13 Going on 30!
posted by past unusual at 12:43 PM on April 8, 2020 [3 favorites]
posted by past unusual at 12:43 PM on April 8, 2020 [3 favorites]
Gone to Soldiers by Marge Piercy has a lovely queer version of this.
posted by lunasol at 12:54 PM on April 8, 2020
posted by lunasol at 12:54 PM on April 8, 2020
OHHHHH one of the cutest books I read last year was The Flatshare by Beth O'Leary. The characters aren't lifelong best friends or anything, but there's a trajectory from wacky businesslike housing arrangement --> friendship --> very cute romance.
posted by catoclock at 12:59 PM on April 8, 2020 [1 favorite]
posted by catoclock at 12:59 PM on April 8, 2020 [1 favorite]
Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries. You MUST see it. The most smouldering co-investigator pre-relationship relationship since Mulder and Scully. (Just the show, not the books, which are good but don't fit the critieria.)
posted by showbiz_liz at 1:12 PM on April 8, 2020 [5 favorites]
posted by showbiz_liz at 1:12 PM on April 8, 2020 [5 favorites]
The TV show 'Better Off Ted' ends on that note, but worth watching regardless.
Some of us are rewatching 'The X Files' on fanfare right now.
posted by porpoise at 6:49 PM on April 8, 2020
Some of us are rewatching 'The X Files' on fanfare right now.
posted by porpoise at 6:49 PM on April 8, 2020
Love Sick. Excellent Netflix show.
posted by kjs4 at 7:07 PM on April 8, 2020 [1 favorite]
posted by kjs4 at 7:07 PM on April 8, 2020 [1 favorite]
The Anne of Green Gables books! (Well they start as childhood enemies before their friendship.)
posted by skycrashesdown at 9:53 PM on April 8, 2020
posted by skycrashesdown at 9:53 PM on April 8, 2020
Oh, and Wives and Daughters. The miniseries is excellent, the book also good.
posted by kjs4 at 10:48 PM on April 8, 2020 [1 favorite]
posted by kjs4 at 10:48 PM on April 8, 2020 [1 favorite]
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posted by jschu at 11:25 AM on April 8, 2020