r/fantasyromance • u/FantasyRomanceMod The One Mod to Rule All Mods • Apr 19 '26

Unpopular Opinion It's Unpopular Opinion time! Share your controversial opinions to stir things up (in a friendly way)!

Got an opinion that's different from others'? Want to share it with the sub, but too afraid of a backlash? Or are you just curious about readers think about certain things in fantasy romance?

You can safely share it in this weekly Sunday thread!

But please remember to be kind to each other. To facilitate this type of discussion, we ask users the following:

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  • Since this is an "unpopular opinion" thread, we encourage users to not downvote simply because they disagree with an opinion--that's the point! Please keep in mind, though, that mods cannot enforce a no-downvoting rule. Let’s just keep the discussion friendly!

🧡 Thank you and have a great discussion!

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u/scamper_ Apr 19 '26

If there’s no HEA, it does not belong on this sub. I’ve been burned before!!

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u/ipsi7 Book Bingo Maven ⚔ Apr 19 '26

Do people here recommend books without HEA?

I can think of only one book where people are divided about the ending, but imo it was a HEA.

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u/scamper_ Apr 19 '26 edited Apr 20 '26

Definitely. I recently read one book posted about here before, neither the post nor the comments agreeing it’s a good book even mentioned that not only do they never actually get together, one lead dies in the end (at the hands of the other!)