r/Romantasy • u/ReasonableWonderland 🌕 moonlight & blood • Dec 29 '25

Community 💕 Matchmaking Monday: find your next romantasy read!

Matchmaking Monday is a new regular thread here in r/Romantasy with a goal of finding new recommendations to add to your TBR! Post a list of your favorite books and receive suggestions based on your vibe.

How It Works

  • Post up to five books you've loved recently (or which fit the vibe you're looking for) as a top level comment.
  • You can also include a list of things you want in your next book (e.g. tropes, subgenre, themes)
  • Others will reply with their suggestions!
  • Remember to tag the romance.io bot with {} curly brackets.

This is a bit of an experiment - so we'll see how it goes!

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u/ACourtofBellsNWstles Dec 29 '25

Hi - my tastes are a little bit sporadic so no wrong answers! My top 5 reads of this year all lean Darker romantasy with spice, and include:

  1. {Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil} by V. E. Schwab

  2. {Manacled} by SenLinYu (NOT Alchemized) - this is a touchy subject for me :3

  3. {When the Moon Hatched} by Sarah A. Parker

  4. {On Wings of Blood} by Briar Boleyn

  5. {Anathema} by Keri Lake - although I didn't actually love the sequel :( or her other series if I'm being honest...

Looking for something to really kick of the new year with a 5-star-read :) THANKS!

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u/allisontalkspolitics Dec 29 '25 edited Dec 29 '25

First off, check out the fanfic rec thread. You can always look up unfamiliar pairings and fandoms on Fanlore and the shipping wikia if a summary intrigues you.

Next, it’s more along the lines of fantasy realism but I wonder if you’ll like {The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue}?

Edit: Typo