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Fantasy books with romance subplots I'd recommend to everyone
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items I'm an avid reader (especially of fantasy with romantic subplots) and I'm always on the hunt for that next great read. While I grew up loving YA fantasy and I've since branched into NA and adult books, I still find myself chasing that unique feeling ...
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NA Fantasy
YA Fantasy
These are YA fantasy novels, meaning they do NOT have spice and feature characters under the age of 18!
Cinder is the first book in the Lunar Chronicles, which is one of my favorite series of all time. It is a series of fairytale retellings told in space, with an overarching theme of political unrest. I'd describe it as Once Upon a Time meets Star Wars...
Cinder: Book One of the Lunar Chronicles
Book 2 of the Lunar Chronicles
Scarlet (The Lunar Chronicles Book 2)
Book 3 of the Lunar Chronicles and my personal favorite of the series!!
Cress (The Lunar Chronicles, 3)
Book 4 of the Lunar Chronicles
Winter: Book Four of the Lunar Chronicles
6 broken teenagers who band together to achieve a great heist, and we learn their sad backstories along the way. I call this the competition for the saddest backstory, and it's so beautiful and well written!
Six of Crows
Book 2 of the Six of Crows Duology, and rare case in which the second book meets (if not exceeds) the first one! Such an amazing end to the duology.
Crooked Kingdom: A Sequel to Six of Crows
An amazing dragon based fantasy series. I'd describe it as Anastasia meets How to Train your Dragon meets....Game of Thrones maybe?
Fireborne (THE AURELIAN CYCLE Book 1)
A fantasy inspired by Ancient Rome, where a young woman named Laia risks her life to spy for rebels from within the Empire’s greatest military academy to help save her brother, and meets Elias, one of the Academy's best soldiers. It's a super fun and...
An Ember in the Ashes
A spin off of the Shadowhunters universe, but you don't need to really know those books to read this. This takes place in 1800's London and features the only acceptable love-triangle. Such a great read!
Clockwork Angel (The Infernal Devices Book 1)
My controversial take is that Throne of Glass is a better book series than ACOTAR. The first book is ok but just get to book 3 and it's worth it!
Throne of Glass
The Lunar Chronicles is one of my favorite YA fantasy books!
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NA Fantasy
NA means New Adult, meaning these books may feature some spice and feature characters older than 18! I am not the biggest spice fan so the spice here will be limited, but still there.
A very unique magic system featuring a deck of cards. A great fall/winter read!
One Dark Window (The Shepherd King Book 1)
The second book in the series, and also just as good as the first!
Two Twisted Crowns (The Shepherd King, 2)