#Young Adult Fantasy Romance

[laurahepworth-author]

The second sample chapter of my high fantasy, fairy tale retelling just posted to Patreon! After checking with Amazon to make sure I wouldn't be breaking the terms for being in KDP Select and Kindle Unlimited's exclusivity clause, I've started sharing the first five chapters as a free sample. You can find the first chapter here.

[jolenes-book-journey]

Curses of the Midnight Springs Series by Valerie Jo

Curses of the Midnight Springs Series by Valerie Jo

Curses of the Midnight Springs Series by Valerie Jo. Brooke and the Wolf: A Clean Shifter Romance Book 1. Book 2 is Raven and the Ghost: A Fake Relationship Paranormal Romance. The third book is Juliet and the Assasin: A Memory Loss Paranormal Romance. Book 4 is called Holly and the Unseen: An Enemies to Lovers Paranormal Romance. When a lost wolf shifter meets a beautiful thief, their lives…

[lavender-lemon-ade]

I made three "blind date with a book" books for my cousin who's starting to get into reading young adult fiction! Titles of the books in the tags.

[acinematicworld]

☾・┊  𝔧𝔞𝔪𝔢𝔰 // 𝔩𝔞𝔲𝔯𝔢𝔫𝔱 // 𝔳𝔦𝔠𝔱𝔬𝔯𝔦𝔞 𝔦𝔠𝔬𝔫𝔰 ┊・☽

twilight (2008)

[moondrawss]

misery lark and ✨her husband✨lowe moreland from BRIDE by Ali hazelwood

[jessread-s]

TW: kidnapping, sexual assault, sexual harassment, drugging, misogyny

✩🎁❄️Review:

If you are hoping for a fluffy, festive romance, this is not it. 

Set after the Caraval series, “Spectacular” follows Donatella Dragna as she embarks on the ultimate holiday adventure to find the perfect gift for Legend. 

I LOVED the first half of this book. It was a joy to return to Valenda and spend more time with Scarlett, Tella, Julian, and Legend. Rosie Fowinkle’s gorgeous illustrations truly bring them to life! The red accents Fowinkle added to her images paired with Garber’s whimsical writing definitely got me into the holiday spirit. 

Unfortunately, this book took a turn for the worst near the halfway point that left me feeling uncomfortable. Simply put, this book fails to take consent into consideration. 

🚨‼️SPOILER ALERT‼️🚨

To go into more detail, Tella is drugged and kidnapped at one point in the story. She wakes up in the Spice Quarter—a place riddled with gambling pits, drug dens, and brothels. Soon after, she is forced to change into an outfit that leaves her scantily clad so that she can show off her backside to a man whose identity is not known. She is then taken to his private room where she is blindfolded, gagged, and restrained. Once there, the man touches and kisses her without her consent. The reader ultimately finds out that the mystery man is Legend, but honestly, that did not make the whole series of events better in my eyes. Had she known it was him all along, what transpired would still be considered assault given that she did not consent to any of it. Readers fresh off of Finale might be able to connect what happened here to the letter Tella wrote in which she asked Legend to kidnap her. Why Legend thought this would be such a great holiday gift is lost on me. As someone who hasn’t read Finale in years, I did not make the connection. Neither did Tella, which is what made the whole thing icky. 

🚨‼️END OF SPOILERS‼️🚨

I was hoping for more ScarJulian content at the very least, but their presence is more akin to a cameo. I hope that the next one (which is alluded to in the epilogue) does not follow in its predecessor’s footsteps. 

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[quotingmyjourneys]

“I think there are lives that make it easy to be good. Or what most people call good. When you have wealth, status, family, it’s easy to be a saint, it costs you nothing. I can’t say if you’re a good person or not. But the more I know of you, the more I understand that the world keeps making you choose between survival and martyrdom. No one should fault you for wanting to live.”

— Margaret Owen (Little Thieves | Little Thieves #1), first pub. 2021, USA

[bluetalenerd]

"She was supposed to be my forever. Now I'll watch her become someone else's because beasts dont get the beauty."

— Kai Azer, Powerless by Lauren Roberts

[how-bout-i-tell-you-anyway]

ok, i'm just going to say it. there's a reason that some of us like reading monster/alien romance just as much as maybe even more than regular romance.

and no, it's not about the supernatural dicks (at least not for me).

in short, it's about respect. obviously, the monster/alien comes from a place somewhere other than human society on planet Earth. because of that, he is completely ignorant of the sexist bias inherent in our society. (and by inherent i mean literally trained into us since birth and embedded in every aspect of our society)

sometimes the monster's views are more misogynistic — but in those stories the heroine manages to change his views by earning his respect as they navigate their inter-special differences (aka, he learns and fixes himself).

usually, the monsters believe strongly in equality between the sexes, and they are often shocked and horrified if/when they learn of how human men treat their partners. [and yes, i know some of them are over-the-top protective to the point of being controlling, but even then it's because they view the heroines as someone to continuously be protected, cherished, and respected.]

TLDR: it's an escape into a romantic fantasy where the love interest is GUARANTEED to be a good partner because he literally could never think to harm, insult, or disrespect the heroine

[my-adorable-fox]

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ONCE UPON A BROKEN HEART

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“For anyone who has ever made a bad decision because of a broken heart.”

Evangeline Fox X Jacks of the Hollow

[abbyzwrites]

Of Manors, Mirrors, and Magic Prologue Excerpt

Preview of my current novel😊

The melody rings through the empty halls of the abandoned mansion, so full of longing and despair that the very walls and floors wish to weep alongside it. The house has not heard a sound beyond the rustling of the trees and the tittering of the birds for so long. It captures the music, letting it float through the hallways and down the stairs and into the courtyard for far longer than should be possible. Magic like this has been unheard of for the centuries it has lain dormant.

In a sitting parlor adjoining the grand entry hall, a mirror sits, its glass warped and pocked with age. But the song emanates from it, so violently the frame rattles and comes free from the wall. The dull thud it makes when it hits the floor is somehow like a drumbeat that rings in time with the melody. Now leaning back against the wall at a skewed angle, the mirror shows the tilted reflection of the ceiling, draped in cobwebs and crawling with an audience of tiny spiders.

The spiders watch as, slowly, the tarnished gold begins to glow, and the glass undulates like waves upon a shore. Before their very eyes, the mirror is restored to its formal glory. As if someone reached out and pushed it back in time.

[herondalegfsblog]

bro i think the words “hate” and “enemies” are wayyyy overused in books nowadays. like calling something enemies to lovers when it’s literally just oh the fmc hates hockey players for no reason whatsoever and the mmc is a hockey player is just not accurate at all😭 they tell eachother they hate eachother but like…you don’t though? you’ve met once before when you accidentally bumped into eachother at a party, why is that hate? this just bugs me so much

[charliejaneanders]

Marcus Aurelius crashed my attempt to make a cool tableau to let y'all know that my YA threequel PROMISES STRONGER THAN DARKNESS is out in paperback today 😹🚀🎉🎸⚡💕💃

[exlipsechild]

“We—Rhys, Cass, and I—will occasionally remind each other that what we think to be our greatest weakness can sometimes be our biggest strength. And that the most unlikely person can alter the course of history.” “The Nephelle Philosophy.”

A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah Maas 🗡

[writtenroses1813]

Just putting this out here cause I had to explain it to my mom, but here are the types of fiction (sorry if I leave out any)

Urban fantasy aka “I live in a modern society but turns out the creatures of old live in the forest” Ex: The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater

Paranormal (Romance) aka “My sexy neighbor is secretly a werewolf/vampire and I’m a human teenage girl” Ex: Twilight by Stephanie Meyer

Epic Fantasy aka “This is a crazy quest isn’t it my dear found family” Ex: Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

High Fantasy aka “This is a crazy quest of prophecy isn’t it my dear found family oh look a dragon” Ex: The Lord of the Rings by J R R Tolkien

Dystopian aka “This future world is apocalyptic and quite obviously favors the rich” Ex: The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

Utopian aka “This future world seems peaceful on the outside but that just covers all the absolutely insane problems only this 16-year-old can fix” Ex: The Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer

[jessread-s]

What's your favorite book you've read so far?

Thank you so much for your ask! 🫶📖✨ Picking just one is impossible, so here are some of my favorites of all time (in no particular order - with my reviews linked):

Love Redesigned by Lauren Asher

It Happened One Summer by Tessa Bailey

The Six of Crows duology by Leigh Bardugo

Out on a Limb by Hannah Bonam-Young

The Selection series by Kiera Cass

The Legendborn Cycle quartet by Tracy Deonn

The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas

The Once Upon a Broken Heart trilogy by Stephanie Garber

The Secret Shanghai series by Chloe Gong

Daydream by Hannah Grace

The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood

The Ex Vows by Jessica Joyce

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey

The Legend quartet by Marie Lu

House of Earth and Blood by Sarah J Maas

The Assistant to the Villain series by Hannah Nicole Maehrer

The Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer

The Dance of Thieves duology by Mary E. Pearson

The Letters of Enchantment duology by Rebecca Ross

Not Another Love Song by Julie Soto

The An Ember in the Ashes quartet by Sabaa Tahir

Pestilence by Laura Thalassa

You can find my complete list of favorites here.