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Tropes for when you know you want a romantasy

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Romantasies for the undecided club! we know how it feels to know what you want to read but not exaaaclt whaaaat you want! so here are a multitude of options and tropes we hope you enjoy
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Enemies to lovers

Everybody loves a good enemies to lovers. there is just something poetic in the banter, fights and tension built with every conversation. 

 
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I read this book i one day … A couple weeks later i did it again even shorter. When i tell you this book was addictive. The slowburn THE MFKIN TENSION… A maaaasterpiece. And when you re read it again (because you will NEEEEED to) so many details come...
The Poison Daughter by Sheila Masterson
 
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The fourth installment of the Throne of Glass series. Our favorite assassin is in for a interesting time outside of her continent, realizing her true sense of strength brings her to a level of person
Heir of Fire by Sarah J. Maas (TOG #4)
 
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This book is a rollercoaster of twits and had me so hooked from the start!! not once did it feel boring or like i should just skim something and FOR ONCEEEE, I know the hype was wort it!!
Fourth Wing (The Empyrean #1) by Rebecca Yarros
 
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Infinity stars. Nobody talk to me for like 8-10 business months. I’m in severe emotional pain. Without out a doubt one of the best books I’ve ever read. God tier. Perfection. Nothing will ever compare but my god did it HURT. I have so many thoughts I...
Alchemised by SenLinYu
 
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Rachel Gillig has done it again! The woman needs a master class on how she makes us fall in love with these ethereal beings! This is a story of finding your true self, falling in love, & a betrayal that you would never see coming!
The Knight and the Moth (The Stonewater Kingdom #1) by Rachel Gillig
 
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Even though she's not one of them, Brynn has spent her life among the Alaha, training to be a guard and waiting for the chance to attend the annual market hosted by the Kenta–the very same people who exiled her adopted community to a life at sea. Goi...
Metal Slinger (Fire & Metal, #1) by Rachel Schneider

Friends to lovers

We all appreciate a best friend relationship so deep that the eventuality of a romantic relationship is literally spotted by everyone else but the two idiots in love.

 
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I wish so bad I could give it more than 5 stars. John Green is absolutely amazing, amazing, amazing. The Fault in Our Stars had me laughing and crying, then laughing more and crying more. I will reread this over and over again, just like the rest of ...
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
 
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One of the most poignant stories that i devoured in one sitting. its a story of issues of friendship, first loves and family in the most raw and intense way I have come across in a long time. It was a story which I knew how it would end, but was utte...
If He Had Been With Me by Laura Nowlin

Fated mates

These were bound by destiny and it was only a matter of time before they realized their true destiny. It is also very entertaining… especially when they hate eachother first ;)

 
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The sixth installment of the Throne of Glass series. Full of action packed plans, deception and the cliff hanger of all cliff hangers. Best enjoyed with the tandem read of Tower Of Dawn
Empire Of Storms by Sarah J. Maas (TOG #6)
 
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Ate this up like a Snickers bar! The shadow wielding, morally grey, tortured soul MMC just does not get old. Plus this one had a bit of a twilight vibe that was very much enjoyable
Quicksilver (Fae & Alchemy #1) by Callie Hart

Forced proximity

50/50. Half of these are pissed off fae coming to the worst (&best possible) conclusion. The other half… well what else would happen when you put a brooding male to close to a woman.. shes just a girl 

 
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Bryce is a half human half fae who is out to find the burning question of who killed her best friend. Along the way she makes some interesting new friends and reconnects with some distant relatives. The ending will leave you in a puddle of your own t...
Crescent City: House of Earth and Blood by Sarah J. Maas (CC #1)
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The second installment of the A court of Thorns and Roses series. With the shocking cliff hanger of the first one, we get a deeper look into what it means to love the man of the spring court.
A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas (ACOTAR #2)

Fake Dating

Sometimes you need to find a man to make another jealous.. and thats the majority of it

 
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When a fake relationship between scientists meets the irresistible force of attraction, it throws one woman's carefully calculated theories on love into chaos.
The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood
 
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This book completely charmed me, and is probably one of the best college romances I’ve read in a while now. While the premise isn’t anything I haven’t read before, I felt like the author took the idea and shaped it into her own unique tale, so trust ...
The Deal (Off Campus #1) Elle Kennedy
 
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Elspeth needs a monster. The monster might be her. Elspeth Spindle needs more than luck to stay safe in the eerie, mist-locked kingdom she calls home—she needs a monster. She calls him the Nightmare, an ancient, mercurial spirit trapped in her head. ...
One Dark Window (The Shepherd King #1) by Rachel Gillig
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Why choose??

I think 2 boyfriends is perfect because.. they're just boys ;)

 
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The lines between work and play get deliciously blurred in this red hot, inclusive, super sexy MMF “why choose” hockey romance -
Pucking Sweet (Jacksonville Rays #3) by Emily Rath
 
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Reading 200k words in 3 days was easy as pie with this book! I’m a sucker for smut & true love. Or as true as it could be. I looooved the volume of … love making in this book but to some it may seem a lot. This read give me hope for a more unders...
Pucking Around by Emily Rath (Jacksonville Rays #1)

Age gap

Its always so much hotter when the woman is older… Idk what it is. but we also do love a nice salt &peppered man 

 
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Sparks fly when fiery plus-sized corporate lawyer and a hot-shot young hockey star rehabbing an injury are forced to play roommates in a story that proves age is just a number! In the latest spicy novel in the bestselling TikTok hockey romance series...
Pucking Wild (Jacksonville Rays #2) by Emily Rath

Love triangle

Okay STAY WITH US! We have never read a book where she truly loves both men equally, like that heart is truly half and half… its crazy!!

 
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If Hunger games was a dark fantasy, you ould get the vicious and intense Lightlark. Get ready to be transported into a dazzling world where love is a death sentence & the romance between competitors are even fiercer than the plague that fills the...
Lightlark (Lightlark #1) by Alex Aster
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Wow. Lightlark was good and I very much enjoyed it, but this book exceeded my expectations in so many ways. I had so many predictions of how this book was going to go down, but then catch me with my jaw on the floor with that ending. Because what. Sc...
Nightbane (Lightlark #2) by Alex Aster
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