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Romantasy
A list of my favorite tension filled, slow-burn, enemies to lovers, morally grey MMC filled, romantasy book recs!
If you’re looking for a beautifully written, epic fantasy, with delicious slow burn, enemies to lovers, hidden magic political intrigue and cheering for a FMC with the best feminine rage, this is my second read of 2025 and can’t wait for the second o...
Kissed by the Gods (The Eternal Wars, #1) by Caty Rogan
THIS is how you end a series! This is now my favorite (completed) dark romantasy series I've read to date. If you love grade A world building and character arcs that make you laugh, lust, cry and even throw your book across the room, then this series...
Dawn of Chaos and Fury (Legacy, #4) by Melissa K. Roehrich
If you’re looking for a new form of Romantasy where the vibes are dark and gothic, the prose is perfection and the tension and yearning from our MMC (who quickly became one of my fave book boyfriends ever); look no further. This gave me every Hallowe...
Anathema (The Eating Woods, #1) by Keri Lake
Slow burn, reluctant allies to lovers, hidden magic, secrets with twists and turns you won’t see coming, all with god tier tension and yearning. This has been my favorite book of 2025 thus far!!
The Silversmith (The Selvaren) - Claren, LJ: Books
My favorite completed dark romantasy series kicks off with Rain of Shadows and Endings. This book started my dark romantasy journey and I'm so happy I found it. This has so much tension, TRUE enemies to lovers, political intrigue, gods, goddesses, va...
Rain of Shadows and Endings (Legacy, #1) by Melissa K. Roehrich
ACOTAR is the reason I started reading again. I blew through this series in just a couple of weeks. It had everything you could want. Tension, yearning, action, adventure, enemies to lovers slow-burn romance, amazing found family - the works! It's a ...
A Court of Thorns and Roses Series by Sarah J. Maas
If you want something that can give you that good old ACOTAR feeling, but then shock you with twists and turns you could not see coming, this is for you. Political intrigue and the idea that we all want to belong is at the heart of this story. It has...
A Tongue so Sweet and Deadly: Fates Saga
Dark Academia
This bully romance series from the Twisted Sisters is like crack, bound in paper - you will eat it up and when it's over, you'll begin again! Tension and drama drive this character forward where you must think like a fae to survive. If you are a mood...
Zodiac Academy (12 book series) Kindle Edition