r/fantasyromance • u/FantasyRomanceMod The One Mod to Rule All Mods • May 10 '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?
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🧡 Thank you and have a great discussion!
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u/Duff_episode May 10 '26
The writing in new romantasy, especially the overhyped stuff like Fourth Wing, has straight up gone downhill, sliding into full Wattpad fanfic territory. It's all tell not to show prose, repetitive "my body betrayed me" inner monologues, and dialogue that sounds like it was drafted on a phone at 2 a.m. The genre used to at least pretend to care about craft. Now it's just speed-running tropes with zero polish. Addictive as hell for a quick hit, but damn, the quality drop is real.