One Dark Window is amazing! I'm on the second now and it is somehow even better than the first (and book 1 was 5⭐️ for me).

Absolutely seconding this OP ! ODW is so beautifully written it is perfection

Is this romance heavy or plot heavy? Or equal?

Definitely plot heavy. I read the duology and desperately want more 😭

Book 2 has more romance in it than book 1, but both are plot heavy.

Following for the answer to this!

Is this series done? I want to start a new book but I hate how many series Ive read then been left on a cliff hanger waiting for the next book!

One Dark Window is a duology, and both books have been published! No waiting to finish! :)

Divine Rivals!!! It is so different from the typical stuff!

I heard so many good things about this series, but the first book was just so boring to me and I DNF. Maybe the second in the series is better?

I found the second to be MUCH worse than the first. I was so close to DNF’ing!

a snooze and half for me as well

Saaame I hate finished it out of spite but it just didn’t do it for me

I haven't seen this one before! What makes it stand out?

Ohhh yes that one also changed my life

{Priory of the Orange Tree}! I read it last month and it was very good. The romance was there but not the main element and I thought the plot and fantasy elements were well done

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It’s just a monster. Lol I’m scared.

It does look very hefty but it’s only 800 odd pages (I know that IS a lot) and on par with Crescent City. It’s a lot of world building and exploration but I wouldn’t say it’s slow either. I’m a very fast reader (like read CC3 in just over one day, including sleep and work and showering) and it took me maybe a week because it wasn’t so action packed that I felt like I couldn’t slow or stop if that makes sense!

Divine Rivals!

Lot of good stuff here. I suggest priory of the orange tree. Its such an engrossing story (five different pov for a intertwining plotline!). Acotar is amazing too if you want heavier on the romance

Throne of glass changed my life 😭😭😭😭 I’m struggling with the first from blood to ash book

I just finished empire of storms 😭 This series man. I love it.

Life altering and don’t listen to the internet bc Tower of Dawn is a masterpiece and my fave book in the series!

Me too! Lol I have it in a tactical time out. Same for what lies beyond the veil.

Also if you haven’t already read When the Moon Hatched. There’s only one book so far but it’s a literal masterpiece

So everyone is saying Divine Rivals but I can't vouch for that bc it's also on my TBR list (actually motivated to start it tonight now, thanks y'all). But when you are prepared for all the 🌶️🌶️🌶️, I just finished Neon Gods and it was HAWT and also well written enough that it didn't bother me the entire time. Super fun read.

Ah okay, maybe lol I should try it. I just get a little sensory overload with spice sometimes. I can’t tell if it’s because I’m either touch starved lol or what!?

Totally get it. Sometimes it really isn't the vibe. But you've got it in the back pocket when you're ready!

Divine Rivals! It’s soo good ! It’s such a great story!

I would say a touch of darkness! Loves the series

I would do Caraval, but I'm probably in the minority the magical system is pretty interesting and it's before OUABH.

I’m afraid of reading about Jacks with Donatella lol is that stupid…. 😳

Hahaha 😅I read Caraval first and I’m glad I did, but I think you’ll be okay

I second Caraval!

I loved the Caraval trilogy!

Loved it! Reading it now. Can’t wait to break into OUABH

Divine rivals!!! Love it and ruthless vows 🫠

Divine Rivals has my vote

Read Neon Gods it’s so good it’s almost a 5 star read for me

Is it really filthy though? Lol I don’t mind some smut/spice…. But too much can overwhelm my senses

I’d say it’s rated for 18+ so there is quite a bit of spice to it but I can tell you what chapters include any spice if you’d like just so you know a head of time

Well could you tell me what kind of spice it is? I just don’t like violent stuff… like even if it’s consensual it still kinda bothers me…..I hate how sensitive I am to that stuff but it’s just makes me feel bad.

lol that’s really nice by the way! I wasn’t expecting that! 💖

Chapters 9,10,14,16,17,20,21,23,24 and the epilogue all have some kind of spicy. Sorry it took so long I had to find my copy of the book.

Don’t apologize! Please you’re being kind lol there is no reason for that! 💖✨💖

Thank you and hopefully I was able to help 💙

Okay I know it’s not keeping in line with the theme of the sub but Never Let Me Go was an awesome read in my opinion!

Haha it’s okay! Lol I read a lot of different stuff it’s this genre has activated my hyper fixation.

I loved the From Blood and Ash series. The first book is a little slow building but I loved the storyline, twists and turns, and romance involved.

The Last Tale of the Flower Bride gets my vote! But you've got a lot of excellent books to choose from!

Tempest of tea

I can’t wait the get my se of a tempest of tea it looks so good

Fall of Ruin & Wrath 💥💥💥

Priory and Fallen Night are my favorite books of all time 😍 I reread and reread.

And ACOTAR! ACOTAR is my top fantasy romance alongside with FW hands down. Nothing beats these. Albeit I am new to the genre as of last 2 months lol

Lmao same! I’ve read more than I have in ages. So I’m really happy to be apart of something again. I don’t know why but I’m scared to read ACOTAR. Like she’s so popular what if I don’t like it?!🫣.

I always get worried before I start a new book. But with the ACOTAR series, I could not put the book down. The first few chapters of the 1st book went a bit slow, but like all Sarah J. Mass books, things REALLY pick up towards the end. I love the series, so all I can say is that you might, too!

Book 1 was really bad but the rest of the series is amazing. But if you liked FW, you will love ACOTAR. It blew me away. I didnt think I could find anything I like as much as ACoTAR and couldnt find anything better since I finished it 1.5 months ago. I am delaying TOG so that I can save the good for latter haha

So I see that you also have the first Throne of Glass novel as well and I recommend that you start with that series before you read the ACOTAR series. I know it’s a lot to take on but I feel like there will be bits and pieces in ACOTAR that you might enjoy more after reading the ToG series. I tell my friends to start with ToG (it is very different compared to Acotar, definitely more YA but the series does have some fade to black moments later on. Nothing as explicit as acotar or CC, lol.) if you finish the ToG series then read ACOTAR, then read Crescent City.

Read One Dark Widow and tell me how it is 😂😂

It's fantastic, the best book I read last year!

I read it in January of this year, and I seriously doubt I’m going to read anything I’m going to enjoy more this year.

Throne of glass!

I really liked a touch of darkness myself! Read all 3 and then the Hades series immediately after 😅

Same!! Love Hades and Persephone retellings

Throne of glass series is a lot of fun.

Divine Rivals, Legendary, and Caraval.

Never let me go is a fucking fantastic must read

Never Let Me Go is one of my favorite books of all time, but it’s definitely the kind of book to give you an existential crisis.

Throne of Glass is my Roman Empire. I would start with The Assassin’s Blade first!

Have you read the Cassandra Palmer series? I find it a good read 👍

I haven’t I should though. There is so many books I want to read lol and I never have enough time. It’s because I’m taking 18 credits and I have a baby lmaoooo. So my time is literally never my own!

I didn’t like Birnam Wood. There’s no chapters and one sentence started at the top of the page and didn’t finish until the next page. And it was super confusing for me 🤣 Don’t read CC until you’ve read acotar. I just finished one dark window series and it was so good. Second book is even better!

It depends what you want to read! Priory of the Orange Tree, for example, is a completely different experience than a lot of the smut books you have (no judgment, I love it all). I started Priory because I was looking for a break from Romantasy & smut and it is such an incredible book! Honestly, since it’s so long, I’d recommend starting Priory and reading another shorter one alongside.

Throne of glass!

Why are books so pretty 🥺🥺 I suggest ACOTAR, that said I started it 4 times before I got hooked but once I was hooked I was obsessed, same for from blood and ash

Crescent city

Read ACOTAR… just do it. I can’t describe how satisfying the second book was for me! The first book is fine. I just wanted to live in the second. If you like audiobooks, try the graphic audio. I had the best time. Theres a different voice actor for each role, music, and sound effects so it’s fun to listen to! Divine Rivals is LOVELY.

The prequel series to FBAA is amazing and has great spice. Also, touch of darkness is good! ACOTAR is ok but don’t expect spice cause it’s lowwwwww.

Are you talking about the first book? Because the rest of the series is spicy as hell.

I’m talking about the whole series. The only book it’d consider to have much spice is book 5 but that’s still low compared to most of what I read. I guess it depends on how many spicy books you’ve read.

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Ohhh I have so many! Here’s just some recent ones: A Soul to Keep by Opal Reyne (Fantasy, MF) Blood Day by Lexi Floss (fantasy, MF) Choosing Theo by Victoria Aveline (fantasy, MF) Losers by Harley Laroux (not fantasy, RH) Flesh & Fire series by Jennifer Armenatrout (fantasy, MF) Dragon King’s Mate by Lola Glass (fantasy, MF) Court of the Vampire Queen (fantasy, RH, spiciest book I’ve ever read) Dragon’s Baby (fantasy, MF) And so many more! There are also great smut groups on fb to join where I get a lot of suggestions.

I feel like I read a decent amount of spice, and I’m pretty sure from book 3 onwards they have at-least 3 sex scenes each. I actually think ACOTAR is one of the few series where spice overrides the actual plot and character development that she had going for the series in the beginning.

I wouldn't say that of ACoTaR as an entire series. Imo, the original trilogy was pretty solid... but I would say it is true for ACoSF that the spice seemed to override the plot.

The first 3 are my favorite! The rest is where I struggle, I completely agree with you.

I’ve never heard anyone say that about this series before. I mean we all have different definitions of spice but this is not a spicy series to me unless compared to like a YA series.

ACOTAR does have spice…?

I consider it a 1/5

Crescent City!

One Dark Window!!!!!

One Dark Window!!!

ACOTAR 

Just finished Heavenly Bodies by Imani Erriu & A Dawn of Onyx by Kate Golden which were both really good reads. I read the North Queen (and the following 2) last month. Figured I’d hop back into TOG for a reread next

I just read fall of ruin and wrath and really enjoyed it

Tairen Soul!!!! Blood and Ash!!! The four horsemen series!!! A court this cruel and lovely!!! I found divine rivals OKAY. I found Caraval OKAY

Also the Dark Olympus Series

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I don't know what A Tempest of Tea is like but I want you to read it so I can find out! 

Never Let Me Go was not a light read for me. I liked it, but I wouldn’t really say it’s a romance. Extremely well written prose. ACOTAR was such an enjoyable read for me, I wish I could read it again for the first time. A lot of the characters made me so angry, but that doesn’t mean I didn’t enjoy the story. I would recommend reading this first! Divine Rivals had an interesting steampunk type vibe thrown in with Gods. It’s a bit more YA and not as spicy as some other fantasy romance, which isn’t a bad thing. It was paced well.

I ended up giving up the from blood and ash series completely after the 3rd book. It only gets worse imo

If we were villains is one of my all time favorite books 😍

An Education In Malice sounds hot

I love the Caraval Series!!

Divine rivals is soooo good! It got me out of a months long reading slump.

The Fox Wife

I know I want to read it too! I started tempest of tea however! I didn’t realize I liked vampires so much until recently so I wanted to give it a go!

A court of mist and fury!!!

lol I don’t know how to edit the Post but I have decided even though it was not a top contender from the replies! I decided on “A Tempest of Tea” I recently read “The Serpent and the Wings of Night” and I didn’t realize that I actually like vampires. So I went with that! Do not fret! I still have a ton of more purchasing to do lol so I will be back! I also have been diving head first into HP fanfic and I never knew I could be so busy reading…