Love Redesigned

Love Redesigned belongs to the genre of contemporary romance. Although Love Redesigned deals with serious subjects, such as death, grief, and infertility, it is underpinned by lighthearted and comedic moments. Contemporary romances are categorized by their happy endings and familiar plotlines, but often focus on the main characters’ personal growth and the obstacles they must overcome to achieve their happy ending. As in Love Redesigned, most contemporary romance heroines and heroes are flawed; these narratives often show protagonists helping each other overcome barriers to not only becoming romantically involved, but also to being better, happier people.

Just as contemporary romance novels rely on familiar narrative structures, they also often feature tropes, archetypes, and common situations, such as friends-to-lovers relationships, marriage-of-convenience plotlines, and quaint settings. Love Redesigned uses many conventions typical of contemporary romance novels, including the enemies-to-lovers trope, in which two rivals must navigate their drastically changing feelings while considering their history and their futures.

Forced proximity is another common romance convention used in Love Redesigned: Continually being in the same settings and situations forces Dahlia and Julian to confront the feelings that they have been trying to avoid.