#na fantasy

[the-reclusive-wanderer]

I really hate this idea/trend in ya fantasy, na fantasy, and romantasy where the love interests have to both be the most powerful in order to be “equals” in a healthy relationship. I see it often when readers or the main female protagonist compare love interests and use and emphasize “he could never match/understand my power” as part of the justification not to be together (like this argument can be left out, many times there are other reasons).

Like how fucked up is that? You are telling me that because one love interest does not have the same level of power as the other one they never will truly be equals and therefore it wouldn’t be a healthy relationship and should not be together? The whole idea is just so disgusting.

Why should this be an obstacle to a relationship? Why - in a truly healthy relationship - would it matter? It is because you think the other would use their power on the other in a disagreement? Do readers think that the less powered one’s opinions would be ignored/overrided by the other more powerful person? Does the respect one partner has for the other derive from the power the other one has?

This idea doesn’t reflect reality. Yes I get it it’s fantasy!!! It doesn’t have to reflect reality! No one in real life has magical abilities. But readers go on and on about these relationships being healthy. Well, where did you get/model the idea on what is healthy? Oh from reality?

People are different. They do different things and have different jobs. People enter into relationships where one partner makes more money than the other or is stronger or smarter, etc. There are imbalances in relationships and these imbalances do not make the relationship inherently unhealthy. To be equals in a relationships stems from an agreement to respect the other, to listen to them and care about their opinions, to take them into account in decision making. It does not stem from equal physical abilities, or equal monetary resources.

I feel like there is more that could be said about this and I would be really interested to hear others opinions about this as well.

[octobers-veryown]

They're fucking everything to me. Bless you Leigh Bardugo.

Art by: ekbelsher and dianadworak

[rhysknees]

Violet during Fourth Wing

Fourth Wing meme assault is over for today

[bigdreamsandwildthings]

It’s the simple things in life: books, iced coffee, and walks in the forest 🌲📖🖤

[ilovecoralineandotherbooks]

I am a monster, but whether you remember it or not, I'm your monster evangeline.

A curse for true love - Stephanie garber

[khaaleaa]

i ate up fourth wing so quick, just like so many people did

there are cliches of course but i think it was something about the school of death and the training sequences that gets me every single time

dragons were cool too… and xaddy

[mauvefaeries]

cr: — fourth wing by rebecca yarros 🐉🤍

[king-maven-calore]

The Crimson Moth/ Heartless Hunter veredict...

WHAT A BOOK

It starts dropping you right into the action, the magic system based on blood magic is dark and logical and cool, Rune's friends have engaging personalities, the political intrigue and storyline not only make sense but it's 50% of why this story is so engaging, both main character's a fully fledged out and you get a clear sense of why they act the way they do even when they fuck up. THE ROMANCE OMG it's messy, it's sweet, it's sexy, it's morally deviant, it's the only holy thing in a wretched world, they're each others Eden, they are each others gory doom. The layers 🤌

And I don't want to spoil too much but..... the villain reveal of the third act????

[andreai04]

Twisted though it may be, that was the power of love. It could usher in warmth and light, and it could also turn a single ember into a raging inferno, destroying those who threatened it. Love might be the worst sin of them all, with its two sides.

[prettyvenoms]

Idk about you guys but I’m kind of living for this trend in the YA/NA fantasy space of not giving names to mysterious and dangerous characters (primarily antagonists) and instead giving them ominous titles. For example: What Waits (Realm Breaker series) and The Man with the Three Eyed Crown (A Crown of Ivy and Glass)

Thoughts?

[mantequillabooks]

Not much of a romance (as a genre) reader. Romance as a subplot in a fantasy book on the other hand tho..................I'm definitely there.

[bookishlyvintage]

Book Spotlight: The Ever King by LJ Andrews

[rhysknees]

anyone else?

[bigdreamsandwildthings]

🌻✨

[ilovecoralineandotherbooks]

Asked my parents to pick up my copy of iron flame, my dad decides to read the last page, he's all concerned about the swearing whilst I'm panicking hoping he hasn't seen anything else *if you know what I mean!

[khaaleaa]

hi i saw ur post on legendborn and the slow burn/enemies to lovers masterpiece that is sel and bree and we hunt the flame has a similar vibe!

if u have found any other recs for books like these do share bc i am also yearning,,,

omg we hunt the flame has been on the tbr for so long!! idk how i haven’t gotten around to it yet! but now i really have to push it up the priority list for uhhh reasons

i have been recommended fourth wing in my craze over legendborn, someone said the mmc reminds them of sel and i can see it!

ember in the ashes i think has a similar vibe as we hunt the flame, not the slowest burn but the story is amazing like i really could not put it down. and there are other forces that be that keep the main couple apart lol it’s great

other than that i cant think of anything off the top of my head (at least that ive read lately) that hits quite the same but thats to be expected.. because sel and bree