BasicFantasyReader t1_iu4c813 wrote
I don't read strict romance, so I can't speak to that genre in particular. But I share a sensitivity to SA in books and avoid it as best I can. You can always just throw up a question on here and ask for an all clear - people are good to respond without spoilers.
How do you feel about fantasy romance? I understand that not everyone likes the fantasy elements. If you do, try these:
Annette Marie's Guild Codex series with all spinoffs
Shelby Mahurin's Serpent and Dove trilogy
Sarah Maas' Throne of Glass and A Court books (someone please double check me here it's been a while but I don't remember any SA in these, just growling, scowling assholes)
SG Prince's Elvish Trilogy
Sabaa Tahir's An Ember in the Ashes series
T. Kingfisher's Swordheart
Laini Taylor's Daughter of Smoke and bone series and Strange the Dreamer duology
India Holton's Dangerous Damsels series (bonus is that these are very funny)
If you like magical realism, Heather Webber has some great books starting with Midnight at the Blackbird Cafe
Happy reading!
enJ0eable OP t1_iu4jobl wrote
Thank you for these! Fantasy is actually my favorite genre in theory, but the best ones are often so long that they don’t make the best starter novels. Meaning fantasy romance will come in handy, so thanks! ☺️
LichtbringerU t1_iu6fk43 wrote
In general with my experience of reading fantasy, I do feel like SA might be more common in the genre as well. Maybe because they are often set in medievelish settings, and it's at least a trope that women had to be careful of traveling alone and so on. Saving the damsel/princess in distress is a trope. The evil king that takes what he wants.
If I am thinking about the longer classics, it's almost guaranteed that it has a scene like that. Wheel of time definitly, GoT obviously, Eragon yep, Sword of truth half the pages, Malazan all day and worse, Lord of the rings... nothing comes directly to mind... Name of the wind yes.
But I don't have a problem with any of them. You might have, because they vary in their depictions. I don't read them with the mindset of analyzing that, so I am not sure, but I would guess GoT, Malazan and Sword of truth are definitly not for you :D
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