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    1. **The cruel Prince** by Holly Black. Not 100 % sure if it falls in the romance genre but it definately has a lot going between the main characters.

      you should also ask the people at r/fantasyromance

    2. No_Investigator9059 on

      So my favourites include

      – Folk of the Air by Holly Black
      – Paper Magician by Charlie Holmberg
      – Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
      – An Enchantment of Ravens and Sorcery of Thorns by Margaret Rogerson
      – Shades of Magic by V Schwab
      – Anatomy of Songs by Megan White
      – Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
      – Uprooted by Naomi Novak
      – Sky In the Deep by Adrienne Young

    3. Daughter of Mystery by Heather Rose Jones, and the rest of her Alpennia books.

      The World of the White Rat books by T. Kingfisher.

      Most books in the Fantasy of Manners subgenre.

      For just Romance, try The Duke Who Didn’t by Courtney Milan and most of Georgette Heyers books.

    4. brusselsproutsfiend on

      The Obsidian Tower by Melissa Caruso

      Silver in the Wood by Emily Tesh

      Half a Soul by Olivia Atwater

      Emily Wildeโ€™s Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett

      The Invisible Library by Genevieve Cogman

      The Wisteria Society for Lady Scoundrels by India Holton

      Other Ever Afters by Melanie Gillman

      The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna

      The House Witch by Delemhach

      Small Miracles by Olivia Atwater

      Miss Percyโ€™s Pocket Guide to the Care and Feeding of British Dragons by Quenby Olson

      The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst

      These Hollow Vows by Lexi Ryan

      The Fireborne Blade by Charlotte Bond

      The Hurricane Wars by Thea Guanzon

    5. From the very specific subgenre of queer romance steampunk-adjacent alternate history magical fantasy:

      *The Watchmaker of Filigree Street* by Natasha Pulley

      *A Marvellous Light* by Freya Marske (starts a trilogy!)

      *Witchmark* by C. L. Polk

      *Even Though I Knew The End* by C. L. Polk

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