History Literature / ViridianSaga

* AffectionateParody: Of both the ParanormalRomance genre and of CosmicHorror. For the former, it exaggerates every trope to a ludicrous extent, but at the heart of it it's still a convincing ifnsettling love story.[[note]]As in: it's a love story between an ExtremeDoormat and a super-duper-ultra-alpha male who's unapologetically evil - but they actually have great chemistry and their respective dysfunctions make them fit together perfectly.[[/note]] For the latter, it's Cthulhu turned into a heartthrob, which might not ''quite'' have been what Lovecraft had in mind... but the dark poetry and grandeur of the Franchise/CthulhuMythos is still very much present.

* NarrationEcho: So many times!

* TomeOfEldritchLore: Two in the series including the Necronomicon

* YouGoGirl: Andi confronting Riley.

* AbductionIsLove: What makes this story so different from other paranormal romances and weirdly interesting is that there are real stakes. It is ''always'' difficult to know what Riley is up to and you can genuinely wonder whether it's going to be the cute kind of kidnapping or not when Riley ties up Andi and brings her to his house while she is passed out.

* FatBestFriend: Bridget "Bree" Fifan. Her full name is actually [[SignificantAnagram an anagram for "big fat friend."]]

* NoodleIncident: Half of Uncle Neil's life. Also, the villain is repeatedly described as a "woman scorned," but we never actually learn what happened.

->''"Just kill me. My life is nothing without you. Drive me mad. Let me be your sustenance. Eat my soul. You’re… [[Film/TheRoom you're tearing me apart!]]"''

** One that only counts as a ShoutOut [[spoiler:because of the parody nature--[[TheRoom "You're tearing me apart!"]]]]

* AffectionateParody: Of both the ParanormalRomance genre and of CosmicHorror. For the former, it exaggerates every trope to a ludicrous extent, but at the heart of it it's still a convincing ifnsettling love story [[note]](as in: it's a love story between an ExtremeDoormat and a super-duper-ultra-alpha male who's unapologetically evil - but they actually have great chemistry and their respective dysfunctions make them fit together perfectly)[[/note]]. For the latter, it's Cthulhu turned into a heartthrob, which might not ''quite'' have been what Lovecraft had in mind... but the dark poetry and grandeur of the Franchise/CthulhuMythos is still very much present.

%%zce* BreakHerHeartToSaveHer: [[spoiler: Riley does this in chapter 19]]

* GenreSavvy: Andi, who almost guesses [[spoiler: Riley is extraterrestrial]] before her self-issues make her choose to doubt herself... ''[[HeroicSelfDeprecation yet again]]''.

* ThePowerOfLove: [[spoiler: How Andi and Riley overcome the Cult's first attempt at an apocalypse]]

* SheIsAllGrownUp: Vic at the end. DeconstructedTrope because he has lost all the attaching traits of the dorky UnluckyChildhoodFriend he used to be when [[spoiler: Ms. Epistola's MindRape]] turned him into a decent LoveInterest.

* ''Awoken'' (2013)
* ''Another'' (TBA)
* ''Aliven'' (TBA)

* BrownNote: This might become our first attested real-life example. After the chapter describing the heroine's reaction to Riley turning a classmate insane in ''Awoken'' was used as a teaser, some readers just... ''snapped'' and seemed to lose a bit of their grip on reality. Were they already mentally unstable? Is her style just so moving and controversial? Was Cthulhu somehow involved? We'll never know.

* [[ArcNumber Arc Letter]]: Every chapter title is one word that begins with "C."

* [[BreakHisHeartToSaveHim Break Her Heart To Save Her]]: [[spoiler: Riley does this in chapter 19]]

* AffectionateParody: Of both the ParanormalRomance genre and of CosmicHorror. For the former, it exaggerates every trope to a ludicrous extent, but at the heart of it it's still a convincing if somewhat unsettling love story [[note]](as in: it's a love story between an ExtremeDoormat and a super-duper-ultra-alpha male who's unapologetically evil - but they actually have great chemistry and their respective dysfunctions make them fit together perfectly)[[/note]]. For the latter, it's Cthulhu turned into a heartthrob, which might not ''quite'' have been what Lovecraft had in mind... but the dark poetry and grandeur of the Franchise/CthulhuMythos is still very much present.

* FanNickname: Andi is affectionately known as Lego Brick.

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* ForTheEvulz: One of the most refreshing examples of innovation in this book is how Riley isn´t humanized via HiddenDepths or CharacterDevelopment or FreudianExcuse, nor idealized with DracoInLeatherPants by the writer. Though Andi isn´t especially harsh, it´s clear that Riley is just a StarfishAlien bastard whose sheer selfishness has to be reckoned with, but since this selfishness makes him want to spend some time with Andi too, we love him for that.

* [[SheIsAllGrownUp He Is All Grown Up]]: Vic at the end. DeconstructedTrope because he has lost all the attaching traits of the {{Adorkable}} UnluckyChildhoodFriend he used to be when [[spoiler: Ms. Epistola's MindRape]] turned him into a decent LoveInterest.

-->''“Just kill me. My life is nothing without you. Drive me mad. Let me be your sustenance. Eat my soul. You’re… [[Film/TheRoom you're tearing me apart!]]”''

** LampShaded and made fun of by Niel

* TomeOfEldritchLore: Two in the series including the Necromonicon

* ShoutOut: Two to Franchise/HarryPotter, both hidden in Uncle Neil's shop.

A series of young adult ParanormalRomance novels by JustForFun/SerraElinsen. It is about a girl named [[MeaningFulName Andromeda]] "Andi" Slate who falls in love with Riley Bay, the human guise of none other than Cthulhu himself. Andi is a really special girl she has dreams of him in her dreams and notices... strange things about him.

* ShoutOut: Two to {{Harry Potter}}, both hidden in Uncle Neil's shop.

** Andromeda Slate: the character is supposed to be empty and thus is a blank slate. Also, in [[Myth/ClassicalMythology]], Andromeda was a princess who was sacrificed to a sea monster.

** Andromeda Slate: the character is supposed to be empty and thus is a blank slate. Also andromeda is, in mythology, a princess sacrificed to a sea monster.

!!Books in this series

* AffectionateParody: Of both the ParanormalRomance genre and of CosmicHorror. For the former, it exaggerates every trope to a ludicrous extent, but at the heart of it it's still a convincing if somewhat unsettling love story [[note]](as in: it's a love story between an ExtremeDoormat and a super-duper-ultra-alpha male who's unapologetically evil - but they actually have great chemistry and their respective dysfunctions make them fit together perfectly)[[/note]]. For the latter, it's Cthulhu turned into a heartthrob, which might not ''quite'' have been what Lovecraft had in mind... but the dark poetry and grandeur of the CthulhuMythos is still very much present.

* AbductionIsLove: What makes this story so different from other paranormal romances and weirdly interesting is that there are real stakes. It is ''always'' difficult to know what Riley is up to and you can geniuely wonder whether it's going to be the cute kind of kidnapping or not when Riley ties up Andi and brings her to his house while she is passed out.