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    Doesn't have to be that specific, but I really can't stand stories that sound like they have a really interesting premise, but the second paragraph of the description is "main character meets mysterious handsome other person" because those books always devolve into a really forced unoriginal romance. Romantasy is like, my least favorite genre in existence and it's become the most popular so finding a good read feels pretty challenging for me.

    Age range should be young adult-adult, leaning away from teen books.

    I especially love historical type fantasy; some examples of what I like are Tamora Pierce Tortall books, Legend of the Five Rings novels, Wesley Chu's War Arts saga. Some of these have a little sprinkling of romance in them, but in my opinion it is very minimal, organic, and doesn't interfere with the plot.

    The main character doesn't *have* to be female, but I would greatly prefer it. Or a nonbinary character.

    by pendemoneum

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    1. JollyHamster5973 on

      Black Water Sister by Zen Cho is urban fantasy with a female protagonist and no romance

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