The Demon Who Answered When She Called: Kingdom of the Wicked by Kerri Maniscalco
Sicily in the late 1800s, blood on the floor, and a girl furious enough to summon a demon.
Fantasy Romance
Fantasy Romance
Fantasy Romance
The Shield Maiden With a God’s Blood and No Good Options: A Fate Inked in Blood by Danielle L. Jensen
Norse-inspired romantasy had a moment in 2024, and A Fate Inked in Blood by Danielle L. Jensen is the reason why.
Fantasy Romance
The Monster She Carries and the Man Who Sees Both: One Dark Window by Rachel Gillig
Every so often a fantasy romance comes along that uses its supernatural premise to do something emotionally precise — not just to create stakes or a cool magic system, but to externalize something true about what it feels like to be a specific kind of person.
Fantasy Romance
Three Kisses and the Prince Who Collects Broken Hearts: Once Upon a Broken Heart by Stephanie Garber
The morally gray love interest is one of romance’s most reliable pleasures, and the reason is not complicated: there is something deeply satisfying about a character who operates entirely outside the rules of good behavior and somehow still makes you root for him.
Fantasy Romance
The Tournament, the Monster, and the Man She Shouldn’t Trust: The Serpent and the Wings of Night by Carissa Broadbent
Some books are patient in the way that only the most confident writers can be — they know exactly what they are doing to you, and they let you feel every inch of it.
The Love That Asks You to Become Someone Worthy of It: A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
Somewhere in the middle of a story, if it is the right story, you realize you have been reading about yourself. Not the adventures or the magic or the politics — those are scaffolding.
The One Who Was Supposed to Let You Die: Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
A particular kind of tension only exists when the person you are falling for has a practical, documented reason to let you die. Not indifference — something more complicated than that.
Forbidden and Burning: From Blood and Ash by Jennifer L. Armentrout
Wanting someone you are not allowed to want carries its own specific agony. The prohibition does not kill desire — it intensifies it. Every accidental brush of a hand becomes loaded with everything neither of you is saying.