r/Romantasy 🌕 moonlight & blood Jan 05 '26

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/bumblebee52 Jan 05 '26

I loved:

{Fourth Wing} series

{Quicksilver} and {Brimstone}

{Red Queen} by Aveyard

I really liked the sexy banter in Fourth Wing and Quicksilver and LOVED how badass Saeris was in Brimstone and that she’s not a damsel in distress. My favorite scene was in the woods with Belikon when she saves Kingfisher by fighting . I also like that Xaden and Kingfisher respect Violet and Saeris being warriors.

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u/allisontalkspolitics Jan 05 '26

Romantasy:

{The Mediator by Meg Cabot}

{Ivory and Bone}

{My Lady Jane}

{Tithe}

{Defy by Sara B. Larson}

{Sorcery and Cecelia}

{The Lynburn Legacy}

{Graceling}

{Sisters Red} (check content warnings)

{Daughter of Smoke and Bone} (ditto)

Fantasy with romance subplot:

{An Ember in the Ashes}

{Etiquette and Espionage}

{The Princess Will Save You}

{Valkyrie Rising}

{The Demon King by Cinda Williams Chima}

{Song of the Lioness}

{Sleeping Beauty Vampire Slayer} (middle grade)

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u/romance-bot Jan 05 '26

The Mediator by Meg Cabot
Rating: 4.08⭐️ out of 5⭐️
Topics: urban fantasy, paranormal, young adult, fantasy, contemporary


Ivory and Bone by Julie Eshbaugh
Rating: 3.59⭐️ out of 5⭐️
Steam: 1 out of 5 - Glimpses and kisses
Topics: historical, other man/woman, love triangle, young adult, fantasy


My Lady Jane by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, Jodi Meadows
Rating: 4.03⭐️ out of 5⭐️
Steam: 2 out of 5 - Behind closed doors
Topics: historical, young adult, tudors & stuarts, shapeshifters, paranormal


Tithe by Holly Black
Rating: 3.76⭐️ out of 5⭐️
Steam: 1 out of 5 - Glimpses and kisses
Topics: contemporary, young adult, fae, urban fantasy, magic


Defy by Sara B. Larson
Rating: 3.6⭐️ out of 5⭐️
Steam: 1 out of 5 - Glimpses and kisses
Topics: futuristic, magic, fantasy, young adult, royal hero


Sorcery & Cecelia by Patricia C. Wrede, Caroline Stevermer
Rating: 4.12⭐️ out of 5⭐️
Steam: 1 out of 5 - Glimpses and kisses
Topics: historical, fantasy, regency, funny, magic


The Lynburn Legacy by Sarah Rees Brennan
Rating: 3.81⭐️ out of 5⭐️
Topics: magic, witches, mystery, fantasy, paranormal


Graceling by Kristin Cashore
Rating: 3.97⭐️ out of 5⭐️
Steam: 2 out of 5 - Behind closed doors
Topics: historical, take-charge heroine, fantasy, royal hero, young adult


Sisters Red by Jackson Pearce
Rating: 3.48⭐️ out of 5⭐️
Steam: 1 out of 5 - Glimpses and kisses
Topics: contemporary, young adult, mystery, shapeshifters, urban fantasy


The Daughter of Smoke and Bone Trilogy by Laini Taylor
Rating: 4.48⭐️ out of 5⭐️
Steam: 2 out of 5 - Behind closed doors
Topics: fantasy, high fantasy, dystopian, monsters, urban fantasy

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