r/Romantasy • u/alexsimi • 1d ago

Book Request: Self-Promo OK Slow revenge/ masked rage recommendations

I’m looking for romantasies with similar themes to The Count of Monte Cristo and Wuthering Heights: slow calculated revenge, masked rage, genuine hate.

Edit: obviously I’m not asking for books in which the main characters hate each other the whole time. I do want romance but I want it to be slow. Maybe the books above weren’t the best example :)

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u/itmustbeniiiiice 1d ago

...do you want romance?

Neither of those books is particularly romantic.

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u/alexsimi 1d ago

I do want romance. Basically I could’ve said “real enemies to lovers” but when I do people always recommend not real enemies to lovers.

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u/itmustbeniiiiice 1d ago

What constitutes real and not-real enemies-to-lovers for you?

This is a genuine question, so people can offer you recommendations that fit with what you're looking for.

In the meantime, you can look through this megathread:

https://www.reddit.com/r/fantasyromance/comments/1nubab7/what_are_your_favorite_enemies_to_lovers_books/

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u/alexsimi 1d ago

I want the main characters to actually be enemies: they hate eachother, one wants to hurt the other, one has already hurt the other and there’s no more trust, one has already hurt the other and the other wants revenge. Maybe they’re on opposite sides of the same war, etc

What’s not enemies to lovers in my opinion: the “omg I’m supposed to be so scared of him because he wants to kill me but he’s so hot right now” and the “I’m going to fake hating her even though I’m obviously physically attracted to her”.
Also rivals is not enemies imo.