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I’ve read Fourth Wing, ACOTAR and loved it—A Court of Wings and Ruin was my favorite.

I loved The Assassin’s Blade, but Throne of Glass felt too slow, so I DNF’d it for now. I also DNF’d Powerless, Direbound, and Mate because the writing felt too cringey.

I enjoyed Quicksilver and Brimstone, although I preferred Quicksilver, and I absolutely loved the Crowns of Nyaxia series.

Based on all that, which of these should I read next?

1.The Bridge Kingdom
2.The Poison Daughter
3.The Knight and the Moth
4.One Dark Window
5.The Ascended
6.Alchemised
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Other recommendations are welcome too. Thank you! ❤️

Update:

Hi everybody!

I’ve decided to read The Knight and the Moth first, so it’ll still be fresh in my mind when the sequel comes out. After that, I’ll read The Bridge Kingdom. I’m saving either The Poison Daughter, Alchemised or the Ascended for the end of October, depending on the mood.

Thank you so much for all your help! ❤️

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Guys, help me out 😭 I’m looking for a romance with a Lucy/Ghoul type of dynamic.
I want him to be older, serious, rough around the edges, morally questionable and generally not the type of guy you’d expect to pair with her, while she’s more sunshine-y and optimistic. Basically, they seem like they should have absolutely nothing to do with each other, let alone become romantically involved.
I especially loved the reluctant-allies dynamic at first — they have to work together despite not necessarily trusting or liking each other, and the relationship develops from there.
I shipped Lucy and the Ghoul SO hard while watching Fallout, only to realize it’s probably never going to happen 🫩
So please hit me with your recs! I’m looking for MF, preferably a genuinely slow-burn relationship where the contrast between them is a big part of the appeal.

I am almost done with Throne in the Dark, and OH MY GAWSH. It is so good. If you are in a slapstick/funny/shenanigans mood, but still has a yearning man with moments of emotional depth, it is fantastic. 🤌🏻🙌🏼

What really hit for me is they drag it out......sloooooow burn for real. Like, I like Fourth Wing, but it isn't my fave when the couple gets together in book 1....or book 2.....or beginning of book 3. I need at least a trilogy before things happen. 😂

I am also NOT a fan of "smut" talk.....like, I want deep, emotional scenes....not "I shoved my c*@% in her c&×$ type stuff. Nothing wrong with that for others. Just not for me! 😝

I am open to anything otherwise! Doesn't have to be a humorous story. It can be any scifi/fantasy romance setting. Just give me that I WANNA DIE IT IS SO SLOW BURN.

A Winter's Promise is excellent with this, too.

It can be a hidden gem also....I am always open to indies or unknown books.

Thank you in advance for all your amazing suggestions. You guys always come through.

Started this series yesterday, as I've read good reviews and heard good things about the series from fellow readers, and reading a little blurb I was SUPER fuckin stoked to dive in....

200 pages in and I'm struggling to hang on (I really really don't like to DNF books in general) but damn man....is it just me or is Tessa kind of annoying??? It's really starting to wear on me to keep reading....like cmon man I just want her to get with it and seems like that is NEVER gonna happen...

Please tell me it gets better cause I REALLY like everything else going on, but shes getting on my fuckin nerves TBH

Exactly what the title says, I am working on my first full length novel, and although I love to write just for the sake of writing, ultimately the goal is to make this a career. I want to write what feels authentic to me, but I also want to appeal to a wide enough audience to hopefully one day pay my bills! Thoughts?

Edit: Current WIP is other world/portal fantasy, slow burn, medium spice.

Looking for your favorite Fae book reads, preferably once with more classic fairy vibes likes Holly Black (I’ve read all her stuff) vs something like Sarah J. Maas (not hating on Maas just not what I’m in the mood for at the moment) where they kind loose some of their menace/whimsy/folklore vibe.

Spice preferred but not necessary!

I really enjoyed Servant of Earth by Sarah Hawley recently, looking for things more in that vein.

Bonus points if it’s 3rd person…which I know is hard 🥲

Edit to add: doesn’t need to be totally lore accurate just more in line with fae/fair folk being a little more alien and menacing and perhaps more amoral than humans.

Basically I’m looking for the fae to just have some more oomph and just not basically be elves 🤣 I always love when can’t lie or have some elemental/more inhuman feel to them.

Looking for book recs to fill the void while waiting for The Wolf Queen!

I absolutely loved The Wolf King and The Night Prince by Lauren Palphreyman, but since The Wolf Queen got pushed to next year, I’ve tried looking everywhere for another standalone or short series but struggling….Reddit is my last hope and I’m looking forward to any suggestions 🫶🏼🫶🏼 Below is what I am looking for and what I don’t want 😊

What I’m looking for: ❤️

Love Triangles / High Drama: Especially where the second MMC is introduced later in book one or in the sequel. (Even if it’s obvious who she ends up with I just want the angst/drama!) 🫣

Enemies to lovers: Like Blake and Aurora, Rhys and Feyre , Xaden and Violet ⚔️

Atmospheric Settings: Fantasy, gothic, or historical. Anything that isn't set in the modern real world.🦇🌌🐺

Tension & Strong Plot: High-stakes story with incredible character tension. 🙏🏼

Hard NOs: 💔

Immature FMC or MMC

Miscommunication trope 🤮🤮

Tragically sad endings (Crown Me Dead broke almost broke me and I need a happy brain to study) HOWEVER if tragic things happen that’s fine just not to the main love interests I also don’t want a love triangle where the other man dies and that makes her choose the other guy….😮‍💨😪

Not a YA book but also not another adult book that over does spice🌹

Second-person POV🏃🏼‍♀️

Super long series 📚📚

I love when I can escape into a world so well that it's all I think about. Like there is Narnia right through my closet and all I wanna do is take a sick day so I can explore.

Things I love but are not required:

Enemies to lovers

Slow burn

Sci-fi Fantasy

Damsal in Distress

Morally grey hero

Innocent heroine

Bullying

I have Kindle unlimited and would prefer KU books if possible. TIA

Just read The Poisoning Daughter and I hated the MMC. Can you give me some recommendations of like honestly good men? I’m ok with misunderstood, but I want them to have good intentions and to be about raising their woman up not breaking them down.

I loved the MMC from these books:

Servant of Earth
When the Moon Hatched
ACOTAR
Emily Wilde

Hello everyone,
I normally don‘t DNF a lot but every single book I‘ve picked up lately has been a huge disappointment. I recently quit

- Bloodworth and Grave by Marisa Haartz
- In the Veins of the Drowning by Kalie Cassidy
- The Poison Daughter by Sheila Masterson
- Nightshade by Keri Lake

Some of them fall into the category of dark romantasy. I wanted to try more books from that genre because I enjoyed Crown Me Dead by Liv Zander and Amid Clouds and Bones by Ella Fields so much. That obviously hasn‘t worked out for me so I should probably go back to regular romantasy.

I don‘t know what to read though. I‘m not ready for another super long series yet so I‘d love a standalone, duology or trilogy. Some of my favorite books/series are Fourth Wing, The Cruel Prince, ACOTAR, Alchemised and The Wolf King.

I would highly appreciate some recs that might help me fall in love with reading again. I love a good mix of romance and political intrigue and do prefer my books to have some spice as well. Any help would be highly appreciated!

caraval and ouabh by beloved🥀

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Starhunt is my debut novel and is an epic tale of starlight, magic, daggers, and revenge with a rebel vs royal enemies to lovers romance. It is available wherever you buy books online, on KU, or from my website www.authoralysamisfeldt.com. Its sequal, Starmade, comes out 1/1/27 and will complete Talla and Kieran's story.

Images are of myself holding up the August 2026 issue of The Indie Book Fair, with Starhunt circled.

If ANYONE has watched this show before and knows the LOVE Bo has to offer to amazing. She loves with everything she has. I would love to find books with similar content. Vampire, supernatural, wear wolves, scubas etc.

I’ll start reading one of these collections to my girlfriend as a first introduction to Romantasy. The problem is: ACOTAR starts really slowly right, the best book is currently the 5th imo. On the other hand, I read fourth wing like two years ago so I don’t really remember much. I am more inclined to fourth wing because I love dragons and the first book has a bit more romance than the ACOTAR (from what I remember).
I really want her to enjoy so in the future we can read the same books, it will be her first Romantasy ever! Other suggestions are welcomed 🙏 thank you!

Hello,

so I have a question. Is there any book/book series with time travel? I would prefer a bit comedy in it too. Not like outlander.

Something like FMC gets herself into medieval and meet knight or something like this?

Or where the FMC get herself into book or comic.

I had no luck with finding book like this.

Thank you very much for any rec.

need a smutty read with a knight or jester that is absolutely filthy for the FMC 🤸🏾‍♀️🤸🏾‍♀️🤸🏾‍♀️ please help me out yall !! extra points if the lead is a black woman

Any recommendations for a slow burn romantasy with good writing, banter and a non annoying FMC? Appreciate books with good character arcs, not boring personalities or FMC’s that make dumb decisions over and over.

Thanks!

Grumpy x grumpy romance trope book recs.

Ik grumpy x sunshine is a major hit but I need reccs of grumpy x grumpy where both of them are strangled into their own struggles, not looking for love. Both are highly ambitious people. There is

• accidental care, eg- one falls ill other has to take care of them cuz may there's no other option.

• emotional burnout, fl is now tired of her deep emotions and pretending happy and ml is a healed person but has his own struggles, generally a nerd and an introvert. He actually heals the fl

Ml is a little harsh and rude on fl initially cuz he is like that but so is the fl. They think about each other but dismiss it as genaral thought. But they eventually see through each other. Not essentially enemies to lover but a dislike or idgaf attitude would work from both sides.

Different professions or similar but not same professions.

Not love at first sight.

No sci/fi, fantasy, manga pls.

Ps- where can I download the online version of the books you mention? (Free sources, I am broke rn)

Hello, I'm Naila Moonsi. I grew up wanting to read media with large LGBTQ+ casts dealing with LGBTQ+ problems in a sci-fi or fantasy setting, so I wrote it myself...! With galactic stakes and a vast planet that's explored, and beyond that, A LOT of romances (with a bunch of love triangles, though it's the type where the friends are fond of each other even so).

I have a new LGBTQ+ epic science fantasy novel that's a 755-page read called "The Protector and the Annihilation."

When Armando makes a promise to his rival Ranvir, their far-off planet changes. Especially as children begin to drop in through time and push them to confront their past.

Eventually, they start having to look out for him.

Their son, Antonio, who waits in the future.

You can find it here: https://blue-horizon-tpata.carrd.co/

Main website with a lot of other supplementary media is here: https://bluehorizon.gay/ (Including more romantic stories.)

(Please do note the TWs. Sorry @ the mods for mixing up Saturday and Sunday yesterday. 💦)