Books with my preferred compatibility arc

The main reason I didn't enjoy Spellbound by Allie Therin is that the more the characters learned about each other, the more it felt like they were ignoring red flags in order to make it all work (for more details, refer to the review linked above). I prefer books where, as the characters learn more they find out that either they're more compatible than they thought, or at least that what seemed like insurmountable issues can be substantially erased or mitigated in a durable and mutually supportive way.

Please enjoy this non-exhaustive list of books and series I've enjoyed where it originally seems like it won't work and then it does as the characters learn more about each other. Most of these are fantasy and/or romance.

Authors who frequently write this kind of story:

• Most things Seanan McGuire writes, if there's a relationship it tends to be this style.
• October Daye
• InCryptid
• T. Kingfisher's World of the White Rat books
• Clockwork Boys / The Wonder Engine
• Swordheart
• Paladin's Grace / Paladin's Strength / Paladin's Hope
• Most of what Ilona Andrews writes:
• Kate Daniels and associated books
• The Edge books

Stand-alone books:

• The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna
• The Lights of Prague by Nicole Jarvis
• The Wicked Bargain by Gabe Cole Novoa
• Bone Weaver by Aden Polodoros
• Curses by Lish McBride
• The Midnight Bargain by C.L. Polk
• Peter Darling by S.A. (Austin) Chant
• A Far Wilder Magic by Allison Saft
• Winter's Orbit by Everina Maxwell (stand-alone story in a shared universe)
• Ocean's Echo by Everina Maxwell (stand-alone story in a shared universe)

Ongoing series:

• Sorcery of Thorns by Margaret Rogerson
• A Marvellous Light by Freya Marske
• Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao
• A Strange and Stubborn Endurance by Foz Meadows

Completed series:

• The Celestial Kingdom Duology by Sue Lynn Tan
• Daughter of the Moon Goddess
• Heart of the Sun Warrior
• Witchmark by C.L. Polk (Book 1 of The Kingston Cycle trilogy)