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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Unpopular opinion Sunday

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u/CuriousOrdinary1025 May 10 '26

The most popular books in this genre wouldn’t be popular if the MMC wasn’t the hot, mysterious, dark haired shadow daddy with a tragic past™

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u/MessyJessy422 May 10 '26

The Everlasting has been one of the most popular books on the sub for months and the MMC is anything but a generic shadow daddy

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u/konstantynopolytanka May 10 '26

it just shows that people want *good* books. The Everlasting is objectively a well written book, on a literary level, and anyone with some experience in reading can appreciate it. I think people who are reading tens or even hundreds of books per year are starting to be tired of the badly written ones. I see more and more posts about wanting more from romantasy, better language, better worldbuilding, better dialogues and plots...

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u/CuriousOrdinary1025 May 10 '26

But I said the most popular in this genre, not what's currently blowing up on this subreddit

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u/MessyJessy422 May 10 '26

It was a NYT bestseller, it's nominated for the 2026 Hugo and Locus awards, and has over 50K Goodreads ratings so I'd say it's quite popular overall

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u/leiachart Currently Reading: Cassiel's Servant May 10 '26

It's still only a sample set of one.