Today on the pod, we're joined by Writer/Actor AMelia Ginac to dive into book tok's hottest genre: romantasy. We talk tropes, monsters, terms and tags, and explain that pepper scale. It's a spicy one! Below we've got Amelia's recommendations for jumping into the romantasy genre!
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Amelia's Recommendations:
Bridge Kingdom - Danielle L Jensen
Divine Rivals - Rebecca Ross
The Cruel Prince - Holly Black
Daughter of No Worlds - Carissa Broadbent
Married to Magic Standalone Series - Elise Kova
An Ember in the Ashes - Sabaa Tahir
Padalin’s Grace - T. kingfisher
Master of Crows - Grace Draven
Flesh & Fire Series - Jennifer L Armentrout
One Dark Window - Rachel Gillig
SMUT
Feathers so Vicious - Liv Zander (check TW)
Neon Gods - Katee Robert
Zodiac Academy - Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valent (Bully Romance)
Bonds that Tie - J Bree
MONSTER Fudgers
Bride - Ali Hazelwood (not technically monster romance, but it’ll test your interest - BEGINNER!)
The Dragon’s Bride - Katee Robert
Whispers of the Deep - Emma Hamm
Duskwalker Bride Series - Opal Reyne
Deceived by Gargoyles - Lillian Lark
Morning Glory Milking Farm - C.M. Nascosta
Kiss of the Basilisk - Lindsey Straube
QUEER STORIES
Legends & Lattes - Travis Baldree
Gideon the 9th - Tamsyn Muir
Faebound - Saara El-Arifi (hetero & wlw)
Can’t Spell Treason without Tea - Rebecca Thorne
Mortal Follies - Alexis Hall
Crier’s War - Nina Varela
Bitterthorn - Kat Dumn
Entanglement of rival Wizards - Sara Raasch
POPULAR & GENERAL
ACOTAR - Sarah J Maas
Throne of Glass - Sarah J Maas
Fourth Wing - Rebecca Yarros
Red Queen - Victoria Aveyard
The Cruel Prince - Holly Black
BIPOC / non-white stories
The Maid & the Crocodile - Jordan Ifueko
Legendborn - Tracy Deonn
The Girl who fell beneath the sea - Axie Oh
I Got Abducted by Aliens and Now I’m in a Rom-Com - Kimberly Lemming
The Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Demon - Kimberly Lemming
The Jasad Heir - Sara Hashem
Daughter of the Moon Goddess - Sue Lynn Tan
