I’ve been thinking of switching up the kind of books I read lately. While I’ve enjoyed my usual thriller books, it’s starting to feel a bit repetitive and I want something new. It might be nice to explore different kinds of stories and see if I'll find then enjoyable.
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Ilona Andrews Innkeeper Chronicles –A magic Inn, space werewolves and vampires, a lot of really unique aliens, mystery, romance, action, a fun and humorous series
I haven’t read it myself yet but it’s on my shelf after seeing some rave reviews from fellow non-romantasy readers but I’ve heard the world building in The Winter King by C.L Wilson is amazing.
Sorcery of Thorns by Margaret Rogerson
I would go through some overlap of the three elements — fantasy, romance / smutty, or unapologetically not-heavy.
E.g.
Cinder – is a retelling of cinderella, but outerspace. It’s got the prince but isnt in your face smutty. It’s light. It’s fantastic.
Emily Henry – her books are rom com / beach reads, and will warm you up to sexy times without *also* introducing wings and tails and stuff that can be alienating on top of a genre you already arent quite used to.
Tress of the Emerald Sea – literally zero smut, but a romantic quest that helps develop a comfort with female-centric fantasy.
Even Tamora Pierce – yes. It is totally YA. But it’s basically gateway Romantasy for 12 year olds (love triangles, kick ass girls coming of age.) It’s the PG book 50% of the romantasy hits are making rated X.
The Bear and the Nightingale is a nice on ramp too. Beautiful fantasy, good romance tension, but not so sexy you get awkward reading it if you arent used to it.
I am reading Road of Bones series now, and while there’s a smutty / romance heavy thread through, i can skip those sections if i’m not in the mood (i’m not always) and the book still makes sense.
As someone who also isn’t particularly into romance books, I recommend [Paladin’s Grace](https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/672121c5-d82b-4f57-8621-c6039afb6827) by T. Kingfisher