MEGATHREAD: MENTAL HEALTH REP

[u/A_Seductive_Cactus]

This megathread is going to be about: MENTAL HEALTH REPRESENTATION ROMANCES.

What is a MENTAL HEALTH REPRESENTATION ROMANCE? These romances feature characters with various mental health disorders (neurodivergent, anxiety, depression, PTSD, eating disorders, hoarding, panic attacks, etc.)

Here is a link to all MEGATHREADS. Megathreads are evergreen posts. Did you recently read and love a book? Find a megathread with the relevant tropes and add your recommendation! Don't see a trope you love on the megathread list? Drop a comment on any megathread and I'll add it to the list. Is there a megathread for a trope you love? Follow that post to be notified when people comment with their recommendations.

Here’s how this works.

• Drop a comment down below with your recommended book(s). They should ONLY be books that you liked, not books that you haven't read or finished.
• What’s the subgenre? What’re the pairing? Is it Paranormal Romance or Sci Fi Romance or...? MF, MM, FF...?
• Explain how it fits the trope. Which character has mental health representation? How is it presented? Is it a point of conflict or embraced?
• Tell is why you love the book. “Well written” doesn’t count: let’s just assume they all are. Things like “smoking hot” and “character growth” and “amazing world building” are all acceptable.
• What other tropes does the book have? Enemies to lovers? Slow burn?
• Character archetypes! Is one MC a single parent? Or a billionaire?

So tell us, what's your favorite MENTAL HEALTH REPRESENTATION ROMANCE?

[u/two-waymirror]

I haven’t shut up about it since I finished it yesterday,, but When a Scot Ties the Knot by Tessa Dare - FMC has social anxiety. HR, highlander, m/f. It’s a lighthearted read that’s so funny and so sweet! ❤️ The premise is so silly (teenage girl writes fake love letters to a fake army captain who turns out to actually be real because she used a common name) but there’s so much substance to it that it just works so well. The MMC also possibly has slight PTSD due to childhood trauma? A side character also has PTSD and another has anterograde amnesia.