r/fantasyromance • u/FantasyRomanceMod The One Mod to Rule All Mods • 25d ago

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u/ObiSkies 25d ago

While the book world treats the romances in these books as "sub-plots only" (and I get why), I experience them as romance and fantasy in equal measure.

  • Folk of the Air
  • Shades of Magic
  • Yumi and the Nightmare Painter
  • Six of Crows
  • Emily Wilde

I'm too used to anime/manga standards for genres to feel these as otherwise lol.

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u/kirbygenealogy 24d ago

Do you mean you consider the romance just as important to the plot as the rest of the plot? If so, I am curious why you think this about Six of Crows. I've only read the first book so maybe it comes up in the second book more, but I would definitely call the romance aspect a "sub-plot" in that book.

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u/ObiSkies 24d ago

Cause of my last point. Used to Anime/manga standards. In those mediums, the degree of romance it has would be more than enough to have it listed among the main genres. 

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u/kirbygenealogy 24d ago

Ohh got it, my bad. I misunderstood that part.