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  • I am a man and have read a few romance novels all of which were in the romantasy genre. I have enjoyed them so far. As a demographics go, I think its mostly female and queer orientated. At least for the more modern books. They are having their moment. I know of a few romance specific book stores opening in larger cities.



  • I’ve been kind of basic bitch so far since this is new for me. So these are likely the most basic suggestions.

    I enjoyed The Empyrean Series (Fourth Wing, Iron Wing and Onyx’s Strom). There are dragons, war, forbidden love all good elements. I thought it was only a trilogy buts its planned to be like 5 books. So I feel like Onyx storm felt like it had some filler portions but that might change as more books come out.

    I also read the Ending Fire Trilogy which was sold more as a romance than it actually was. The first book was good and the two other two were okay. I feel like there was more potential than it actually succeeded.

    I didn’t love A Court of Thorns and Roses but I hear the others in the series were good. I feel like I could guess the romance subplot and the main story from the get go. People do love to the series. I guess I am not that much into fairies.

    I actually found these books by looking at Dipsea’s Blog for their romance recommendations. I was trying to better understand the female gaze and they had some good recommendations.