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    I’m looking for NA+ dystopian or fantasy romance with a strong plot and slow-burn romance. YA doesn’t work for me.

    What I love:

    • Dystopian or fantasy romance
    
    • a badass, confident FMC with unique or stronger powers than most characters
    
    • Slow burn (chemistry > lust) or enemies to lovers 
    
    • Heavy plot with an ongoing mission (often overthrowing a corrupt government)
    
    • Long series (2+ books, the more the better as long as the quality stays strong)
    
    • First-person preferred, but third-person is fine
    
    • FMC-only or dual POV (NOT huge multi-POV casts)
    

    What I don’t like:

    • YA, love triangles, cheating/ second chance trope, stupid main character names like kingfisher???
    
    • Instalove or rushed romance, pure smut, too much trauma 
    
    • Miscommunication tropes
    
    • Massive multi-POV where everyone gets chapters 
    
    • Series that drag on and fall apart (From Blood and Ash…)
    

    Books I loved:

    • The Bone Season
    
    • Fourth Wing
    
    • Red Queen
    
    • Shatter Me
    
    • ACOTAR & Crescent City
    
    • Kingdom of the Wicked
    

    Books that were just okay / didn’t work:

    • One Dark Window (romance felt too easy)
    
    • The Serpent and the Wings of Night
    
    • Powerless
    

    Didn’t like at all:

    • Throne of Glass
    
    • The Cruel Prince
    
    • This Woven Kingdom
    
    • The Selection, the bridge kingdom, etc 
    

    by TurbulentBorder5511

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