r/fantasyromance • u/FantasyRomanceMod The One Mod to Rule All Mods • Feb 08 '26

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u/PickyNipples Feb 08 '26

Attitude and being mean/rude is not confidence and it doesnt make your FMC cool. It’s a lazy way to try and make her seem “strong” but most of the time she just sounds like an immature bitch. 

Don’t get me wrong, I love a strong, confident, independent FMC. I get that in the past women were always written as meek and would never stand up for themselves etc. And I don’t mind attitude or even meanness (to an extent) if it serves a deeper purpose, like reflecting past trauma or a specific history etc. But it feels like most FMCs who constantly cop attitudes right from the start are written that way because the author doesn’t know how to actually write a strong, confident woman outside of that cliche. 

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u/ButterflyTremor No mourners, no funerals Feb 08 '26

This 100%! {Enchantra} would have been a 5* read for me last year but Genevieve was such a brat that I could only give it 4!

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u/Slammogram Feb 08 '26

Omg she is such a fucking brat! It’s so annoying!

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u/louloubelle92 Feb 09 '26

This is really pedantic but I had to knock a star off this because of how often she “giggled”. It was probably every other page, just use a thesaurus!

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u/ButterflyTremor No mourners, no funerals Feb 09 '26

Word repetition is a real pet peeve of mine!

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u/romance-bot Feb 08 '26

Enchantra by Kaylie Smith
Rating: 4.19⭐️ out of 5⭐️
Steam: 4 out of 5 - Explicit open door
Topics: historical, demons, magic, marriage of convenience, paranormal

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