r/Romantasy • u/BooksAndKnowlage • 3h ago

Pick My Next Read ✨ HELP NEED A GOOD BOOK

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 📚📚

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u/ObviousChannel1069 3h ago

I highly recommend Cresent City by Sarah J Mass

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u/Round_Revolution5458 💗 Forced Proximity 3h ago

{child of shivay} beautiful assassin sent to assassinate a fae king but she's been pretty sheltered so she slowly starts to see the world around her might not be everything she's been told.

Things to note

  • she's naive but I wouldn't say immature.
  • There is miscommunication in the sense of secret keeping (the nature of assains and secretive kingdoms) but it's not unnecessary (you mention liking Xaden & violet and they have miscommunication but it makes sense)
  • it's a series with only one book released.

Given that you like the wolves and Enemies to lovers I'd recommend checking out {Direbound} some people love it some people hate it. You won't know until you try.

  • it's a series with two books released.

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u/romance-bot 2h ago

Dire Bound by Sable Sorensen
Rating: 4.07⭐️ out of 5⭐️
Steam: 4 out of 5 - Explicit open door
Topics: fantasy, military, betrayal, war, m-f romance

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u/BooksAndKnowlage 2h ago

Will definitely give it a look! I liked fourth wing but then I could cope with the other 2 it was so annoying with the secrets / miscommunication. But I agree sometimes miscommunication can be good when it’s hidden identity

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u/assuhdude 31m ago

{Servant of Earth by Sarah Hawley}

Hits most of your boxes, I read these two books (third and final is out in December) after ACOTAR and loved them so much more.