Valentine’s Day is a beautiful holiday for lovers all over, but sometimes there is no one to share it with. When there is no significant other, it can feel like Valentine’s Day is just there to hurt you and make you feel bad about yourself.
However, here are some great romance novels to keep anyone company on their lonely Valentine’s Day.
1. “Beauty and the Beast” by Madame Le Prince de Beaumont
This version of “Beauty and the Beast” follows more closely with the Disney version than most others that can be found. It tells the story of Beauty, a peasant girl, who takes her father’s place as prisoner to the beast, but there are no more dancing candlesticks, only Beauty and the Beast. The Beast finds a way to make Beauty fall in love with him through the kindness in his heart and Beauty’s magical trips through the castle.
2. “The White Rose” by Sharma Jean Wilcox May
“The White Rose” is a mix of mystery and romance. An American woman meets an Irish man on the streets of Paris, the City of Lovers, and immediately hits it off. Their mutual love and appreciation for art makes them fall in love quickly. They are married soon after and waste no time conceiving, but tragedy strikes before their trip to Ireland where white roses begin to appear randomly.
3. “The Song of Achilles” by Madeline Miller
This book follows the journey of a young boy who is disowned by a Grecian king and falls in love with the hero of the Trojan War, someone who was born to die. The boy struggles with his self-worth, the seriousness of war and the constant interference of multiple gods in his unapproved relationship with the famed Grecian hero Achilles, main character in the Illiad.
4. “The Twilight Saga” by Stephenie Meyer
As cliche as this book is, it is still a fairly popular romance novel and romance series. It contains the romantic tension of a love triangle and an entertaining relationship between two species that you can’t find anywhere else. It gives every girl an example of a fiercely loved and loving heroine.
5. “Girls of Paper and Fire” by Natasha Ngan
This story is violent, vibrant and breath-taking. This book follows a girl with golden eyes as she is forced to become a sex slave to a demonic warlord. She is ridiculed, torn down and made to feel different from everyone else, until someone catches her eye and she falls for someone that she is forbidden to love.
These books simply prove that Valentine’s Day is for book lovers as much as it is for traditional lovers.
Kayla LeBeau
Kayla LeBeauis a first-year Secondary Education major with a concentration in English. She was the Arts and Entertainment editor at Montoursville Area High School for two years and has continued as the Arts and Entertainment editor on the Eagle Eye staff. Kayla has written a variety of articles for the Eagle Eye beyond Arts and Entertainment. She loves to read fantasy, adventure, and Sci-Fi novels, especially books by Brandon Sanderson and Sarah J. Maas.
