Fantasy Romance Recommendations Pt.2

This is list number 2 and it will be focusing on Urban Fantasy and Contemporary romance with fantasy elements. For more traditional Fantasy recs, check list 1!  Maybe it will help someone somewhere. XD ***Some of the books listed here are not Romance novels officially but all have romance and have HFN or HEA endings Urban Fantasy Romance (Paranormal Romance) 

Hidden Legacy Series by Ilona Andrews 2 Trilogies Nevada Baylor is a Truthseeker; she is able to tell when people lie. When her family's detective agency is tasked with apprehending a powerful fire wielding psychopath, it puts them on the path of collision with the powerful magical elite who rules Houston. Guildcodex Series by Annette Marie 4 Series. Spellbound, Demonized, Unveiled and Wraped. When feisty redhead Tori landed a job at a sketchy pub, she had no idea she'd just joined a magic guild. And the three guys she drenched with a margarita during her first shift? Yeah, they were mages. She's about to get a crash course in the world of magic and mythics. Mercernary Librarians Trilogy by Kit Rocha Meet the Mercenary Librarians: a trio of information brokers who join forces with a squad of elite super-soldiers to use their knowledge to help the hopeless in a dystopian post-apocalyptic United States ruled by a corporate autocracy. Psy-Changeling Series by Nalini Singh A world shared by Changeling, a race of animal shifters , the Psy, a race of powerful psychic who live without emotions and Humans. Tension between the 3 races are rising. The Firebrand Series by Helen Harper Emma, an aspiring detective, is placed with the Supernatural Squad in London. Soon she is brutally murdered by an unknown assailant,  wakes up twelve hours later in the morgue – and is very much alive. Contemporary Romance with Fantasy Elements The Dead Romantic by Ashley Poston Florence Day is the ghostwriter for one of the most prolific romance authors in the industry, and she has a problem... she no longer believes in love. Then her new editor shows up at her front door as a ghost. Romance is most certainly dead... but so is her new editor, and his unfinished business will have her second-guessing everything she’s ever known about love stories. The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna A warm and uplifting novel about an isolated witch whose opportunity to embrace a quirky new family--and a new love--changes the course of her life. A Stitch in Time by Kelley Armstrong Thorne Manor has always been haunted...and it has always haunted Bronwyn Dale. As a young girl, Bronwyn could pass through a time slip in her great-aunt’s house, where she visited William Thorne, a boy her own age, born two centuries earlier.

For the LOVE of GOD will someone tell me if they read this series so I know that I am not the literal only one???

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Murder at Haven’s Rock by Kelley Armstrong

“It's the Yukon. It's always going to be weird.”

JOMPBPC: Day 10 Book Spines

Rereading the Darkerst Powers series and Screaming, crying, throwing up-- Chloe thinking about Derek when she's with Simon, Derek thinking about Chloe and then sending Simon to do all the romantic things he should be enjoying with her bc he thinks she likes Simon and doesn't want to spend time with him 😭😭

Some things I've been wondering lately is what specific media did people on the ace/aro spectrum naturally gravitate towards before they realized those identities had labels/a community associated with them.

I grew up when the teen paranormal/dystopian romance genre was at its height, so my book recommendations are going to reflect that:

The Darkest Powers trilogy by Kelley Armstrong: This was the first ever published book series that had a realistic (to me) romance. It was both a slow burn and a friends-to-lovers. Best of all you can easily interpret both the female protagonist and her male love interest as demi by how they're written. They're still one of my favorite nostalgic couples to this day.

Bloodlines series by Richelle Mead: This series is a spin-off from Vampire Academy and was the second published book series that I read that did the slow burn/friends-to-lovers tropes, but it did it even better. Mainly because their romance developed over six books instead of three. Also, the books acknowledge the female protagonist's sexuality. The term "demisexual" isn't used, but the basic definition of it is in the text to describe her feelings.

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins: I think nobody needs an explanation for this one, but if you've only watched the movies, you miss a lot of the context/nuance of Katniss' POV. I've seen Katniss headcanoned as having a lot of different sexualities, but she reads very strongly as a demiromantic asexual to me, personally.

Feel free to leave your own recommendations in the comments/reblogs!

Series info:

Book 1 of Age of Legends

Book 2: Empire of Night

Book 3: Forest of Ruin

My favourite notes I've written on The Reckoning by Kelley Armstrong.

SPOILERS BELOW THE CUT

Part 2?

All the books I’ve been reading this week

falls to my knees,,, the book series i LOVE and have gotten reobsessed with has little to NO tumblr following i have to do EVERYTHING myself 

A Royal Guide to Monster Slaying by Kelley Armstrong Twelve-year-old Rowan is next in line to be Queen; her twin brother, Rhydd, to be Royal Monster Hunter. Rowan would give anything to switch places, but the rule is, the oldest child is next in line, even if she is only older by two minutes. She resigns herself to admiring her royal monster hunter aunt’s official sword and having tea with dignitaries with her mother, the queen. But a tragic event breaks up longstanding rules, and now Rowan finds herself in hunt of a dangerous gryphon.

Reading the Cainsville novels by Kelley Armstrong and feeling absolutely unhinged about our golden boy lawyer man. Have some feral sketches.

Why has no one in the world read this series though?? It's so good, I need to talk about it

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Hemlock Island by Kelley Armstrong

“The worst thing is that someone now knows every inch of your private space and they can do whatever they want to it and maybe, to you.”

April 2024 JOMPBPC: Day 13 Favorite Place To Read

Kmuse’s Book Reviews (December 11th, 2023)

It is the holiday season which means there are many times we introverts are stuck at parties and just want to sneak off to a corner and read a book. If you are like me and this is a common occurrence, here are some of my recent favorites for you to choose your next winter read. Continue reading Untitled

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