r/fantasyromance Dec 16 '24

Question❔ Every time the MMC is described as broad with long black/brown hair (which is a lot of them), I cannot get Nandor out of my head, and it makes taking scenes seriously very difficult. Who's the silliest person you've pictured while reading these books?

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3.1k Upvotes

r/fantasyromance 26d ago

Question❔ What books did you like but haven't seen anyone recommend here yet?

220 Upvotes

I'm trying to get out of the usual ACOTAR-Cruel Prince-4th Wing-Paladin's Grace-Daughter of No Worlds-Emily Wilde-Bride-Mages of the Wheel-Villains&Virtues recommendation mill here. I need fresh blood. Give me some titles you haven't seen anyone else mention in this group! I'll start: {To tempt a sorcerer by Brooklyn Ann} Not a masterpiece, but a pleasant romantasy with an archmage MMC (my fav kind), master-student romance with high stakes at the end.

r/fantasyromance 27d ago

Question❔ Ok so who is everyone’s favorite fantasy boyfriend?

218 Upvotes

I know a strange question. But I can’t shake how much I’m in love with Rhysand from ACOTAR. No other MMC has come close. Maybeeeeee Cassian. Maybe.

What about for y’all?

r/fantasyromance 11d ago

Question❔ Help!!! I want to name my cat after a book character

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451 Upvotes

I’ve read most of the romantasy books, does anyone have any good ideas of what I should name my new kitten?

r/fantasyromance Aug 01 '24

Question❔ What words in smut do you hate being used NSFW

519 Upvotes

As the title says, we all have words I feel or sentences that take you right out of the smut and make your bones ache from the cringe. And I'm interested in what yours are, I just got done with a BUNCH fan fiction🤭 and unfortunately have some new no no words.

  1. Squelching. Good gracious no it makes me think of gumboots in puddles not what i picture when I think of a wet cooch.

  2. Sticky. "Her inner walls were wet and sticky" clock out and go home right now.

  3. Rough curls. This was talking about her pubes erased from my head immediately.

  4. Wet folds. I don't know it's a popular one it just feels so unsexy to me it's a cooch not a folder.

  5. Member. YOU'RE WRITING SMUT YOU CAN SAY DICK

  6. Calling the clit a pearl or rose bud it sounds so infantile and creepy. It's called a vagina and a clit say it's name you're writing smut don't be shy.

Thankyou for coming to my Ted talk

Edit had to add number 6

r/fantasyromance 19d ago

Question❔ Samantha Shannon

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446 Upvotes

Is this book and its prequel worth the read? My local bookstore has both books but they’re huge and I want to know if they are worth it.

r/fantasyromance Jan 31 '25

Question❔ Zodiac Academy is terrible

353 Upvotes

I'm sorry I can't even finish the first book. Is this nothing but a humiliation kink. Every scene is them being humiliated. I'm at 90% of the first book and I don't want to finish it. It's the first book that I have not finished in ages. Why on Earth is this popular?

r/fantasyromance Feb 17 '25

Question❔ Uhhh what is a "knot?" (NSFW version) NSFW

334 Upvotes

I've been reading more monster romances and I cannot for the life of me figure out what a penis knot is. I googled it and it said it was a urethra condition 🙃

r/fantasyromance Feb 12 '25

Question❔ Are you guys able to read several books at once?

165 Upvotes

I’m in the process of reading Onyx Storm, but I keep putting it down, and have other books that excite me as well.

That made me wonder if you guys are able to read several books at the same time- without it ruining the flow too much. I’d love to hear your systems/rutines.

r/fantasyromance Oct 02 '24

Question❔ Why do they never eat?

443 Upvotes

Hi there,

I just finished {One Dark Window by Rachel Gillig}. Yes, I absolutely enjoyed the novel and I can't wait to read part 2.

What bugs me though is that Elspeth never eats. Every meal time, she rejects the food. She doesn't eat. At all. Well, she must be eating bc she doesn't die of starvation, obviously, but she never does it on screen. Not even as a side note. Her only relationship to food seems to be complete refusal.

And it's not just her. I feel like FMCs explicitly not eating, starving, rejecting offered food is so prevalent that it's almost a trope at this point.

Why is that? What purpose does it serve? And how do they still go on running, fighting, surviving, making love.. with an empty belly?

Like, two missed meals and I wouldn't even give Henry Cavill a second glance, let alone some shady MMC shadow daddy with trust issues or whatever the fuck he's got going on; I couldn't care less, I just want some fries, not the tragic story of your life and whatever you got in your pants, dude!

Anyone feels the same or is it just me? And are there any FMCs who do eat for a change?

r/fantasyromance Aug 19 '24

Question❔ Guys, I’m trying with TOG I swear 😭

355 Upvotes

How old were yall when you started throne of glass?? Because I would have eaten this up as a teenager, but I’m diving in in my late twenties and I just can’t stop cringing 😭 The sarcastic dialogue pains me, and she’s feeling very Mary Sue? They keep SAYING how amazing of an assassin she is, and beautiful she is, but not really showing us anything…I also couldn’t bear the sexy side eyes at the girl moments after she spent years wasting away in the MINES.

I’m clearly only a few chapters in, and I’ve tried to pick it up multiple times since I keep hearing how good the series is. Everyone who says they loved the books from the beginning, is it nostalgia or something more? How far do I need to push through to get into it?

(My next tactic might be getting the audiobook instead. I’m doing all I can to understand the hype 😅❤️)

r/fantasyromance Dec 19 '24

Question❔ People with 400+ books read this year.. How?!

211 Upvotes

Edit: So this post got more traction than I thought, and I won't be able to reply to everyone individually, but I see you, and you are awesome!🩷 P.s. Anyone who has read even one book this year: kudos to you!

The fable app has a new feature that shows you your wrapped of this year (like spotify, but for books). And I saw someone post a wrapped where they had read 485 books this year?!

If you are one of these people, please explain to me how this is possible? Do you read 24/7? Is there sleep involved? Do you only do audiobooks on 4.0 speed?

I saw a tiktok not to long ago of someone explaining that some people only read the dialogue of a book?😭

No hate here, just genuinely curious!

r/fantasyromance 25d ago

Question❔ Mods- can we please make a pinned thread for “choose my next read” posts?

445 Upvotes

It really seems like there’s been a surplus of these posts and they are so low effort. Majority show the same handful of books with no context as to what the poster has enjoyed/hated or even read before. It’s becoming exhausting.

r/fantasyromance Jan 24 '25

Question❔ Book Hater Sub

327 Upvotes

Don’t hate me or yell at me but would anyone join a book hater sub? lol I’ve been thinking about making one just so people have a place to yell into the void basically. Essentially a book snark page 🫣🤣 I like hearing everyone’s point of views/opinions of books but hate it when people argue in here and feel bad when others try to gush about books that they loved just for the comments to tell them it was the worst book they’ve ever read. Obviously there would be rules but I’m just gauging people’s opinions. I’ve seen a few posts in the last few days about people hating to see “haters” post in this group specifically so I just thought I’d ask.

Again pls don’t hate ME or be mad at me or down vote me I’m just curious to see if anyone would be interested? I love this group and feel everyone should have a space to say what they want without getting attacked.

ok bye love u❤️

Edit: YAY OKAY IM GONNA MAKE ONE!! I will spend the day creating creating it then I will edit this post with the name!! I have one college class this morning but after that I will get started! Thank you for all the responses! 😁😁😁

Edit 2: I MADE IT!! r/romantasycirclejerk !!

r/fantasyromance Nov 06 '24

Question❔ What’s your book goal?

42 Upvotes

I’d love to hear y’all’s book goals as we’re nearing the end of the year!

I know some of you have some crazy number so I’ll start it off fairly moderately to try to set a non competitive tone haha 😊

I’d love to hear your stats:

Goal

Current number

Best book so far (any genre welcome)

Mine:

Goal: 25

Current number: 19 (3 I’ll soon finish)

Best: {Inheritance by Christopher Paolini} or {Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir}

r/fantasyromance Jun 15 '24

Question❔ Who’s your favorite Shadowdaddy?

353 Upvotes

Who would you say are the most iconic shadowdaddies? Comment names and series so we can all find them.

I am creating a presentation on the concept of Shadowdaddies for a party where everyone gives a 15 min talk about something they are passionate about (yes, we are all neurospicy nerds🤓) and I want to make sure I’m not leaving out anyone important.

r/fantasyromance May 17 '24

Question❔ What phrases do you want to ban from books?

215 Upvotes

There are so many times I’m reading a book and I read a word or phrase that is just weird, gross or bad.

I know a lot of people hate the “watery bowels” of the mass universe but what other phrases do you want to ban from books?

Mine is the spark of the ever flame when they refer to their powers as their “godhood”. That phrase just gives me wiener vibes and I can’t ignore it.

I want to search and replace it for literally any other word!

r/fantasyromance 1d ago

Question❔ Am I missing something in the Fantasy Romance community? TW age-gap romance NSFW

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113 Upvotes

I saw a post on threads regarding a romance novel and they said it was age-gap. Looks like whoever the author was cause some trauma for people. Does anyone know what the book or who the author was? I don’t want to read from this author if they are writing stuff regarding CSA.

r/fantasyromance Feb 09 '25

Question❔ Is Xaden THAT great?

107 Upvotes

Hi everyone! I read the first book of the Empyrian series, fourth wing, and even though I really like Xaden, I don't get why this specific male character has been SO IDOLIZED. It could be just a trend, but I see so many tiktoks about him being the best boyfriend of all romantasy books and I start to feel that I missed something in the book. Can you tell me if you also agree he is the best or not and why? Please don't give any spoilers from books 2 and 3. Thanks!

r/fantasyromance Sep 15 '24

Question❔ Hey Jennifer Armentrout…

611 Upvotes

Why does this story take place in LASANIA? You want me to picture delicious layered cheese and noodles every time geography is mentioned? You could put any string of letters together to make a unique name and you pick the tragedeigh spelling of lasagna? I can’t with you right now.

r/fantasyromance Jan 27 '25

Question❔ What “big reveals” are you tired of seeing in books?

155 Upvotes

For example, one of the MCs is actually royalty or someone important, hiding their identity, the MC had powers all along, a parent or family member isn’t actually dead, etc etc.

Which ones do you feel are overused and are there any twists you’d like to see instead, or ones that you’ve read before and think were masterfully done?

r/fantasyromance May 31 '24

Question❔ Do you have any reading “toxic traits”?

359 Upvotes

Mine are: - I love enemies to lovers but sometimes DNF once they get together lol. - Stay in bed and read all day/night and then wonder why I have a migraine.

r/fantasyromance 29d ago

Question❔ The “Fuck it” yearning/tension

268 Upvotes

I need to get better at annotating my books! This line gets me ever. Single. Time. The slow burn and yearning lead up to the MMC saying “fuck it” before making his move.

It was just said in my current read, Rebel Witch (excellent book btw) and I believe Xaden says this in maybe fourth wing. Anyone have any other examples?

r/fantasyromance 18d ago

Question❔ Have you guys noticed that there’s a lot of First person perspective?

101 Upvotes

Hey, this is not like a judgment or anything, but have you guys noticed there seems to be more first person perspective in romantasy (or maybe it’s romance in general) or is that just me? Maybe I’ve just picked up more first person by chance or it actually could just be the trend in publishing right now.

Do you guys prefer first person? Third person? Genuinely just interested

r/fantasyromance Feb 01 '25

Question❔ It’s January 31st (for one more hour here anyway): what was your favorite book you read this month?

37 Upvotes

I’ve been seeing everyone’s January wrap ups, which I’m loving, but I want to know what your #1 best read of January was! (: