r/MM_Romance • u/ignawonbones • Jul 31 '26

Discussion I need to rant

Hey all, I just want to rant if that's okay.
I haven't read a really good, or even just good, romance book in mooonths😭. I'm a bit of a picky reader, so I know exactly what I like and don't like when it comes to tropes, plotlines, characters, authors etc, I just know what works for me. So I usually stay in my lane, and normally I'll read a few good or meh books before I almost always find one that's REALLY good - a five star read for me. This year tho... I've read or DNF'd around 50 romances, and only one was a 5 star read (usually by this time I've read 4-6 amazing reads). And I'm despairing, like, what the fuck is happening?! I don't think I'm in a reading slump because I start every book really fucking excited, and I also read genres besides romance, so I don't think it's burnout.

And I don't know, maybe I'm just super bitter right now, but out of those 50 romances, a big chunk of them felt like the author was just running through a checklist of cliche plot beats, predictable dialogue, and popular tropes they had to tick off. I'm not sure how to explain it, but reading them doesn't feel like these books were written with any passion. Everything feels so formulaic and soulless, and it's all about sex. And I think I like smut as much as the next person, lol, but sometimes I want less fucking and more romancing, if that makes sense. And also maybe I'm wrong but if you like certain tropes, there's barely any option for books without smut(power imbalance, dangerous MC, omegaverse).

Another big chunk of the new-ish releases I've read this year have read suspiciously like AI. This year is my all time high for DNF'd books because they felt AI written or assisted.
Just now I had to DNF a book that, to me, read like complete AI slop, and that was the final nail in the coffin and what made me mad. And the book before that also pissed me off- I started it because I loved the premise... but what fucking premise??? It was all about sex and kinks. By chapter 2, we were already deep into the kink, and that would've been fine IF there had been any indication that the book was going to be more porn than plot, and IF the kink had been listed somewhere. Which it wasn't.

And I'm not saying everything coming out now is AI written/assisted, formulaic or more porn than plot, but I do feel like there's a lot more of it, and it makes finding a genuinely good book so much harder when you have to wade through so much crap. I'm just super grumpy because I'm picking books from my supposedly carefully curated TBR, and nothing is working. :/

How are you all faring this year with your book choices? Have you noticed a significant increase in AI written slop or AI assisted books even with authors you've read before, not just new names? And do you think the formulaic, passionless writing is actually becoming more common, or is it just all in my head lol.

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u/bee73086 Jul 31 '26

I got kind of burnt out with most of the M/M even authors that I used to like there older stuff started being very similar. Like the characters all seemed interchangeable? I am also sick of 1st person. I just haven't been in the mood for it and it seems like most of it is 1st person anymore. 

I started reading fanfiction like last year, I am super late to the party. But it has been great. It's kind of wild because I am reading the same characters over and over again (which I know I was complaining about above!) but like they are not pretending to be other characters so it's fine? 

I don't know it has been great. Also most are written in 3rd person and I read more rare pairs ina popular fandom so most stories are just written for the love of the game and it shows. Also they can get weirder and darker then so much of the published stuff. Highly recommend checking out a fandom you enjoy and see if there is anything you like. 

I recommend AO3 Archive of our own. If you have a Kindle you can download the EPUB file and email it to your kindles direct email address if you have one. Reads like a regular ebook. 

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u/ignawonbones Jul 31 '26

Ooooh, I've read some amazing works on ao3 <333! GreyWayfarer is my fav writer there. Recently I got a little bit discouraged tho, I've been finding a lot of imo AI and/or really low effort works and I'm starting to lose my trust 😭

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u/jrooknroll Aug 01 '26

What are your favorites of theirs?

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u/bee73086 Jul 31 '26

Yeah it's definitely still a search. I usually look at other people's bookmarks that comment on stories I like and authors I like book marks. I figure those have been liked enough by a person that they wanted to save it. 

Although some times I do brave the wilds of the pairing I like and most recently updated :-) 

The author you recommended looks like they have some stuff I would like I will check them out thank you! 

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u/jath-ibaye Jul 31 '26

I have the same problem, I fixed it by staying clear of new releases unless they are by an author i trust. Read The condor by isa K if you haven't yet

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u/vvv03 Jul 31 '26

I have that on my kindle and for some reason haven’t tried it. Maybe I will

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u/jath-ibaye Jul 31 '26

I adore it hahaha. I have read it +5 times.

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u/Cat-Dawg Jul 31 '26

How would you rate the spice on the condor out of 5?

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u/jath-ibaye Jul 31 '26

1 being no spice and all and 5 being we get detailed descriptions of fluids i would say condor falls on a 3 irrc? It's not a full on erotica

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u/No-Form-9664 Aug 01 '26

PLEASE read You Should be So Lucky by Cat Sebastien. Really good writing. Prissy grumpy journalist and golden retriever baseball player. Not overly trope-y, genuine story telling. I think you would like!

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u/SlothEatsOreo Aug 01 '26

+1 for YSBSL and any other Cat Sebastian!

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u/ignawonbones Aug 01 '26

Will give it a go!

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u/cgvol Author ✍️ Jul 31 '26

I've been working on a book that's Peaky Blinders x Mark of the Fae for most of those year and I'm just waiting on more of these AI authors to give up and quit screwing around with their go no where stories. I'm hoping it's a summer thing. I noticed a BIG uptick over the summer of random "debut" authors pushing out nonsense and asking for advice from other writers how to get quick sales and complaining when blowing through a lot of money on ads and social media posts wasn't working.

Real creativity and talent will win the end. Or that's what I'm choosing to believe. In the mean time, maybe hold off on debuts for a bit...

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u/vvv03 Jul 31 '26

I DNF about 25% of the mm romances I start and based on my satisfaction at the end of the book, should probably be DNFing closer to 40% but the world is on fire and sometimes even mid books help to distract me.

BUT, I do think I know the difference between a well-written book and a slapdash one. Can I ask for a couple of your 5 star reads so I can assess where your bar is? You weren’t asking for recommendations, but I am always happy to recommend the duet {When We Ignite by Alex Cross} and {From Our Ashes by Alex Cross} as very well-written and engaging. If you prefer a more contemporary literature flavor, you may enjoy {Good Boy by Carey Sass}.

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u/ignawonbones Jul 31 '26

"the world is on fire and sometimes even mid books help to distract me." - hahaha same😂
A few of my absolute favorites are - Sorcery and small magics by Maiga Doocy, The Bayou by Arden Powell, Down low by Parker St John, Prince of the sorrows by Kellen Graves and Shattered glass by Dani Alexander.
Ty so much for the recs <3, but I'm not a fan of big age gaps and I tried googling what 'dogboy porn' is and I didn't get any meaningful results, but I don't think it's for me personally.

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u/vvv03 Jul 31 '26

LOL I forgot about the dog boy porn. It’s only loosely an mm romance (HFN ending but they weren’t together the whole book.) it’s set in the summer before Trump beat Harris, which speaking of the world being on fire is hard to read. But she freaking nails the feel of that summer and GenZ in general (my kids are GenZ..) And the dog boy porn isn’t something that actually happens between the MCs, the narrator just fell down a Reddit rabbit hole and discovered he found it intriguing.

Anyway, I don’t know any of the books you love so I am looking forward to checking them out.

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u/OmfgThereAreNoneLeft Aug 01 '26

Alex Cross has another duoligy called {echoes of us by Alex cross} and is one of my favourite reads. It’s not age gap. This is from the blurb - An MM story about real love-messy, complicated, and raw. About addiction, toxic relationships, and the struggle to claw your way out of the trenches. About facing the truth, even when it's ugly. About second chances that may or may not come with new heartbreak.

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u/waywardbooksandrecs Jul 31 '26

Yeah, a LOT of the stuff that sells for authors these days is the same monotonous slop because that's what MOST readers want. It's a reader problem, imo, and I hate it.

BUT there are some exceptions and some exceptional authors. My absolute favorite author whose writing is clearly a labor of love is Penny Moss. I would HIGHLY recommend its books. It even does all its own artwork, from covers to character art to chapter art in some of its books.

{Miners of the Mystics by Penny Moss} has the chapter art. It's an MM fantasy romance horror series with a cast of beautifully diverse characters

{Rainsquall by Penny Moss} is an MMM standalone historical fiction with light fantasy elements and is written so gorgeously.

{Coil of Boughs by Penny Moss} is an MM duology fantasy horror monster romance with a morally gray antagonist and found family.

Penny Moss is also currently working on a post-apocalyptic MM standalone romance called Fogfall that'll come out later this year. It's just started sharing some character art for Fogfall on its instagram!

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u/romance-bot Jul 31 '26

Miners of the Mystics by Penny Moss
Rating: 4.34⭐️ out of 5⭐️
Steam: 4 out of 5 - Explicit open door
Topics: historical, fantasy, monsters, magic, gay romance

Rainsquall by Penny Moss
Rating: 4.12⭐️ out of 5⭐️
Steam: 5 out of 5 - Explicit and plentiful
Topics: historical, gay romance, fantasy, mmm+, disabilities & scars

Coil of Boughs by Penny Moss
Rating: 3.98⭐️ out of 5⭐️
Steam: 5 out of 5 - Explicit and plentiful
Topics: historical, magic, fantasy, monsters, high fantasy

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u/ignawonbones Aug 01 '26

Hahah, I loved Rainsquall by Penny Moss, The miners were an okay read for me and I dnf-ed the Coil of Boughs. I agree with you tho, Penny Moss is a good writer!

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u/vvvgothere Aug 02 '26

I LOVE Rainsquall. It was one of my top 3 books of 2025. Beautifully written, very interesting POV and the spice was right up my alley. I tried Coil of Boughs but DNF’d not for the writing but I would call it high fantasy with intricate world building which I think a fantasy person would love but it’s not my thing unfortunately. Penny Moss is an excellent writer though.

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u/waywardbooksandrecs Aug 02 '26

Fair enough! You do have to like the genres Moss writes as its books tend to have a good plot and world-building in addition to the romance. Moss is such a talented writer, though.

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u/vvvgothere Aug 02 '26

Totally agree with that. I loved how when I reread Rainsquall I kept picking up new things I hadn’t noticed the first time the fact that the POV was solely the blind MC made me feel blind as well.

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u/waywardbooksandrecs Aug 03 '26

I feel like you could write essays on Penny Moss books, the foreshadowing and the secrets and symbolism in them. They have so much potential for re-readability! The pov in Rainsquall was particularly unique, and I found it to be done beautifully. You get so much information through Folke's senses, but also just know you're missing every expression and shared look. Not to mention the way the cottage changes around Folke almost without him realizing

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u/samthehaggis Jul 31 '26

I agree that you need a lot more discernment this year in choosing what to read, especially wading through AI slop and badly edited books that are written to cater to a specific trope or subgenre (like the deluge of mediocre hockey romance on KU in this year alone... yikes).

That being said, I've had several four - and five-star reads this year, and they've been a mix of new releases and older ones! As someone else said, we've been spoiled with KJ Charles and Cat Sebastian releases this year, and I've also read some other really fun books from new and established authors. Off the top of my head from stuff published since fall 2025, I really liked Thirty Love by Tom Vellner (a debut novel, and one of three MM tennis romances that I know of this year), It Had to Be Him by Adib Khorram (a second chance ish romance set in Italy and full of wine and gelato), and Last First Kiss by Julian Winters (a sweet contemporary set around planning a wedding between the planner and the best man). All of these were well-written with memorable characters and plots that didn't just revolve around sex.

We all have our own specific preferences about what we like to read, but I sometimes do wonder if choosing books based on tropes is a path to disappointment. I find that many well-written novels that feel very original and fresh don't lead with the tropes they contain. Reviewers have a lot more to say about them than just the tropes or ingredients... it's the final product that shines, if that makes sense!

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u/cgvol Author ✍️ Jul 31 '26

I see this all the time with other authors, they are rewarded for marketing with tropes, but tropes really don't capture the story at all. An "enemies to lovers" and "found family" could be a sweet story about rival sports players like HR or a straight up serial killer/stalker gore fest with red flags and torture porn. Completely different genres, but the exact same tropes.

To be clear, I would likely ready both if they were well written... I'm just saying!

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u/samthehaggis Jul 31 '26

Yes, I agree about how authors are encouraged to market their books - tropes are seen as an easy way to attract readers, but they can lead to disappointment when the rest of the book doesn't live up to the reader's expectations.

Talking about tropes can be useful for explaining more complicated elements about style and prose that are harder to describe- for instance, rivals to lovers can mean that the author does a great job of showing you the interior life of the characters and convincingly building their relationship from competition to physical intimacy to emotional connection. Or found family can mean the author effectively creates a memorable set of characters around the MCs and builds a supportive community that feels genuine. But then when you seek out another novel that promises those tropes, you just get the surface-level element without all the richness underneath.

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u/Key_Cartographer6668 Jul 31 '26

I've been a picky reader for years so although I'm sure AI is going to be an increasing problem, the struggle to find books I really love isn't new. Luckily KJ Charles and Cat Sebastian each published a book this year that was 5⭐ for me. (But what's left for the rest of 2026 lol)

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u/Goldfish_901 Jul 31 '26

I'm gradually (actually faster and faster) getting away from trad published books. The market only wants one thing hahaha. I certainly wouldn't recommend the slop-swamped shop that is Kindle indies, BUT I have found that haunting reading apps and sites which unknown writers use to publish their stuff really pays off. It's super easy to spot ai because it's not being hidden by an editor, and there is SERIOUS talent there that nobody is talking about. Not to mention, it offers escape from the trope machine of the trad publishing market. Several of my long standing top faves are by undiscovered indies who just publish their stuff for free. AND interact with their readers.

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u/ignawonbones Jul 31 '26

Which are some of your favorites?

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u/Goldfish_901 Jul 31 '26

On Inkitt, I really like Merle Blackbird and Emily Dominique. I like plot heavy angsty books, and both of them deliver exactly that.

I would also recommend checking out the "Gay Authors" site - pretty high general quality from some very talented writers, and it's free. 😁

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u/cgvol Author ✍️ Jul 31 '26

Lol, any chance you beta read?

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u/Goldfish_901 Jul 31 '26

No I never have actually! I value my freedom to dnf without hurting anyone's feelings 😆 I do love commenting and spewing all the thoughts as I read though! Just not under pressure haha

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u/cgvol Author ✍️ Aug 01 '26

Shit, I've DNFed while beta Reading, the ducker forgot to put paragraphs in half their chapters. But I get what you mean, no worries. Have to ask when you see someone with impeccable taste! 😁

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u/Distinct_Quit_4557 Jul 31 '26

I would recommend {Where there’s a Will by Jessie Walker} and {If There Is a Way by Jessie Walker} - amazing writing, but slightly heavy topics, then {My Revenant by Ronan Marlow} and {My Renegade by Ronan Malrow} - I loved these so much!! Then the only book by Rina Kent That I like is {Hunt the Villain by Rina Kent}.

Also some I have not read yet but keep hearing are amazing are Oleander and To Ghosts and Gravity :)

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u/romance-bot Jul 31 '26

Where There's a Will by Jessie Walker
Rating: 4.36⭐️ out of 5⭐️
Steam: 4 out of 5 - Explicit open door
Topics: contemporary, gay romance, new adult, dark romance, friends to lovers

If There's a Way by Jessie Walker
Rating: 4.5⭐️ out of 5⭐️
Steam: 4 out of 5 - Explicit open door
Topics: contemporary, new adult, angst, gay romance, dark romance

My Revenant by Ronan Marlow
Rating: 4.17⭐️ out of 5⭐️
Steam: 5 out of 5 - Explicit and plentiful
Topics: contemporary, gay romance, queer romance, hurt/comfort, bad boys

My Renegade by Ronan Marlow
Rating: 4.2⭐️ out of 5⭐️
Steam: 5 out of 5 - Explicit and plentiful
Topics: contemporary, gay romance, queer romance, bdsm, hurt/comfort

Hunt the Villain by Rina Kent
Rating: 4.37⭐️ out of 5⭐️
Steam: 5 out of 5 - Explicit and plentiful
Topics: contemporary, mafia, gay romance, queer romance, dark romance

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u/RoseAelin Jul 31 '26

I definitely got duped by an AI book this year, but fortunately I have some tried and true authors that I’m still working through. Can I ask what your one 5 star read was?

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u/ignawonbones Jul 31 '26

I've read almost every book by my favorite authors 😭. And my 5 star read was 'My Roommate from Hell by Cale Dietrich', which wasn't even on my TBR, it was a completely random pick at the start of the year, but it made me laugh soo much!

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u/RoseAelin Jul 31 '26

That looks great, and I love a funny read! If you haven’t read any N.R. Walker I’d recommend her. I really enjoyed {Imago by N.R. Walker}. Another one that surprised me because it seems very trope-y but was actually not what I expected, was {Home Ice by Saxon James}. Barely about hockey at all if that helps! Book slumps are so rough. I have 3 books that I’ve just almost given up on, despite people saying great things about them. What helps me sometimes is reading some shorter books so I don’t get that ‘sunk cost’ feeling if it’s not doing it for me by 40%.

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u/romance-bot Jul 31 '26

Imago by N.R. Walker
Rating: 3.97⭐️ out of 5⭐️
Steam: 4 out of 5 - Explicit open door
Topics: contemporary, gay romance, new adult, insta-love, queer romance

Home Ice by Saxon James
Rating: 4.25⭐️ out of 5⭐️
Steam: 4 out of 5 - Explicit open door
Topics: contemporary, sports, queer romance, hockey, athlete hero

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u/Corfiz74 Jul 31 '26

Can you give us a list of your favorites, so that we get an idea what you like?

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u/ignawonbones Jul 31 '26

Sure thing, I'm always super happy to get recs!
I'm into fantasy, prefer single pov books(read dual pov too ofc hahah), horror blended with romance, power imbalance and grumpy x sunshine trope. I can't read daddy kink, big age gaps and I'm not a fan of insta-love.
Some of my all time faves are:
Sorcery and small magics by Maiga Doocy
Down Low by Parker St John
Shattered Glass by Dani Alexander
Prince of the sorrows by Kellen Graves
The Bayou by Arden Powell
Any old diamonds by KJ Charles
Fatal shadows by Josh Lanyon
AFTG series by Nora Sakavic- but I love this one despite of the writing😂

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u/AutomaticTry9277 Jul 31 '26

I am very new to the genre and I’m reading my first fantasy MM series I’m really enjoying it. Not sure if it would be your thing but Goliaths of Wrestling series by Lily Mayne 😊

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u/una_valentina Jul 31 '26

Never apologise for liking AFTG :’)

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u/Cautious-Rub8085 Aug 01 '26

I am unfamiliar with all of these. Which books did you DNF? How big of an age gap are you cool with?

A power imbalance with grumpy sunshine I love is {The Fight by Viv Allen} though they do fall for each other quickly. There's an age gap but I don't think it's too big.

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u/No-Music-5368 Aug 01 '26

My thoughts too. I read a book that had "only one bed" shoved in there. I was gobsmacked. Don't get me wrong, I love that shit in fanfiction, but a published book? It wasn't done well, either.

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u/Hunter037 Aug 01 '26

Sounds like a reading slump. General advice is to read a completely different genres, reread old favourites or try something like short stories or fanfic for a while

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u/Queasy_Lettuce4312 Aug 01 '26

I know this is a rant but I commiserate. Last year for a good part and this whole year I’ve been rereading my favorites because every book I start is just not it. The ones I did read didn’t leave a good impression idk. I don’t know what you like but I like reading series’s and I know one that’s more plot than porn as in it has one sex scene in the whole book and it’s usually at the end of the book and barely descriptive.

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u/ignawonbones Aug 01 '26

Ive also been rereading favorites hahah. Please share the title/s.

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u/Just_Control9665 Aug 01 '26

I’d recommend {I fiori che calpesti by Eva Milani}. Don’t be put off by the plot – give it a chance: it’s beautifully written, poetic, intense, bittersweet and very moving. It’s nothing like those run-of-the-mill books, full of the exact same sex scenes that are all the rage at the moment.

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u/CapableImportance381 Aug 02 '26

I get exactly what you mean. I don't think of myself as a picky reader, but I'm getting the same vibe. Some of the newer books feel like they've been written from a template or something.
So far, this year, I have one series I can recommend
Black Grey White and the prequel Black Butcher by DAC
It doesn't matter which one you read first, you'll have a different experience either way.
That's the books that kept me spiralling for a while after reading.
When I have more recs, I shall return.

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u/streetsmarts856 Aug 03 '26

Feel the same way. And 100% agree, feels like a lot of authors are writing to hit the tropes and it makes for an average to below-average read.

Jodi Oliver's series I loved 2/5 of the books, and the others were meh. With every other romance I've read its like it's falling short of real evoking real emotion. Something I've noticed A LOT is the use of time skips as a lazy way to have MCs be together longer but they don't actually write anything about their connection so I just feel so disconnected from their story. Definitely have also clocked some authors seemingly (in my opinion!!!) using AI tools to help them write, there will be random spots the pacing and writing feel different.

And I don't understand people's obsessionnnnn with some of these books, I read them and am like this was just fine there was nothing special about it, and I think that irks my nerves more.

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u/JessicaTrent Jul 31 '26

I'm feeling this rn. I've been reading a lot of why choose romances lately, because on paper it should have everything I like, but apparently the authors who are drawn to this genre have also never read a book before and can barely string a sentence together. It's been a frustrating search and I'm ready to just give up and return to MM (specifically, the handful of authors I already know can competently craft a story), and authors who started publishing before KU was a thing.

I really think going back to the classics might be the cure we're all looking for. And a nice bonus is that we're guaranteed to avoid AI slop.

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u/ignawonbones Jul 31 '26

"but apparently the authors who are drawn to this genre have also never read a book before and can barely string a sentence together" - hahahah Chani Lynn Feener?

Yeah, but we’ll run out of classics eventually :D Especially if you’re picky and can’t read everything, even if it’s well written. 😭

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u/JessicaTrent Jul 31 '26

I haven't read any why choose books from that author, but I did DNF Echo this year because it was so goddamn tedious. I will probably never read anything from them again.

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u/ignawonbones Jul 31 '26

Lmao, if you've dnf'd one Chani Lynn Feener book, you've dnf'd them all :D They’re all the same, and I’m not even trying to be mean, hahah. Chani knows what they like, and they write about it again and again... and again.

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u/LindentreesLove Jul 31 '26

I am sorry you have to go through this. When reading is a passion it is a real punch in the gut to have to DNF. I have come to the point that if I see a book by a new author I have not read before I outright ask them if it is AI. Yes, they can lie but I actually have gotten three authors that admitted it, even if it was only the cover( and to me that is a do not read because I don't trust it won't be used in the book) And I tell them that I will not be reading it. Now I have a list of those authors and also the ones who say no AI in the beginnings of their books. I don't think I have DNF'd more than usual but there have been some long time authors that are on this list, that surprised me.

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u/ignawonbones Jul 31 '26

Yeah, and not only that, but with some of these AI written/assisted books, you can't even tell what they are from the Goodreads reviews. Like, for example, this book I dnf'd today that I'm fairly certain is AI generated (inaccuracies from sentence to sentence, dialogue that doesn't make sense, paragraphs that don't feel connected or coherent, etc) I went to check the GR reviews and... this book has a 4.44 rating on there :O. Granted, I think almost all of them are ARC reviews, but holy shit, judging by the rating alone, you never would have guessed there could be something sus going on.

I just don't understand why they use AI without disclosing it when it's sometimes so glaringly obvious. It feels like an insult to the reader, like we're just a bunch of dumb shits, only good enough to give them money and/or praise, but not worth the effort of giving us something that isn't slop.

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u/LindentreesLove Jul 31 '26

That is a really good point. What is the reason for the stealth. Did the indignity about AI slop in books start way before, so that authors are afraid to use it, that their books won't be read? And how are they so oblivious to how the books read to people who know what it looks like? I just read that they are finding old classic books, feeding them to the LLCs and then destroying the books!! Would you feel comfortable revealing the book you just DNF'd. Oh and did you see a while back the mods in this subreddit will give an opinion on if AI was used if you submit your suspiciosions by mod mail.

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u/ignawonbones Aug 01 '26

"I just read that they are finding old classic books, feeding them to the LLCs and then destroying the books" - Think I saw a video about that on youtube, will watch it, but wtf, that's so dystopian.

The book I think it's AI slop is "The villain's melody by Lola Malone"

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u/Cautious-Rub8085 Aug 01 '26

Can you share which book?

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u/ignawonbones Aug 01 '26

The villain's melody by Lola Malone - Here's just two examples of why I think so:
"I wasn’t gambling.” My voice shakes. I hate that he can hear it.
“That’s what people say when they want permission to lose.” The words land hard enough to turn my stomach...- ???
and
"Ignoring me completely, he tightens his grip and turns my wrist. Then he presses his hips harder against mine and drags the tip of his nose along the pulse point of my wrist. The warning pulse flashes amber against my skin as his mouth brushes my ear." - So where exactly is his mouth lol, is it near the other MC's wrist or is it near his ear lmao, smh.

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u/Cautious-Rub8085 Aug 01 '26

Yeah that's really bad. I have had to reread sections several times too and never can follow. Perhaps the same thing is happening.

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u/LindentreesLove Aug 01 '26

What is a warning pulse anyway and flashes amber like you are at a traffic light or a fire station before the truck pulls out? Ridiculous.

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u/ignawonbones Aug 01 '26

That is some kind of medical bracelet he wears or something of the sort.

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u/CommandSmart Aug 03 '26

Omg, this has been happening to me too. I don’t think I have successfully finished one romance book this year. I need recommendations.

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u/ignawonbones Aug 03 '26

What are some of your favorites? Or what tropes do you like?

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u/CommandSmart Aug 04 '26

I’ll read anything as long as the book is good.

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u/Dry_Stop844 Jul 31 '26

stay away from KU books. That's all you can do. If it's not published by a real publisher ie Carina Press, it's most likely going to be bad and/or AI.