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

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