I read 43 romantasy books and these 10 are MUST READS

[@Naeglin1]

Omg so happy that you mentioned Strange the dreamer. I agree 100%!!! So beautiful, I wish more people knew about them.

[@YunuPolsen]

This book captured my heart and won't let go. Oh how I wish I could find more like it.

[@Iza56]

Lot of people read, talk about it when it came out. I didn't like it but I was not targeted demographic anyway 🤷‍♀️

[@FunFantasyBooks]

I am so happy that Strange the Dreamer is getting love!!

[@HonestFiction]

Ahhh loved this video!! OMG that edition of Yumi and the Nightmare Painter is STUNNING!!! *Haha, when you intro’ed with - I’ve been tempted to read a lot of romantasy” - my brain immediately went to “it’s me, HI, I’m the problem it’s me 🎶 “ 🙋🏻‍♀️🫥

[@FunFantasyBooks]

Hahahahahahahahaah you are the temptation!!!

[@nadeshkaholmes9511]

I haven't read much romantasy because I've had not so good experiences with the popular books but I know there's beautiful books out there and I completely trust your opinion so I will read these. I love your videos so much ❤

[@FunFantasyBooks]

Awww thank you for letting me know! It really brightens up my day 🥹

[@monisharmuk]

I always love how much hard work you put into each video. I will definitely read your recommendations! I really appreciate how you put a disclaimer before mentioning Addie La Rue because I am perhaps one of those who did not like it.On another note, I find the single lamp behind you so warm and cozy.. Thai just dozing off under the warmth of the lamp is a vibe in itself!

[@FunFantasyBooks]

Hahaha Thai is the star of the channel and I have already accepted it 🥹🥹✨! Thank you so much for letting me know that you loved the videos! It makes me real happy)

[@elenahaszing9486]

Yess, the night circus. It is one of the most romantic romance stories I have ever read (as a big fan of romantasy and fantasy romance). Indeed, not the main plotline, but just amazing. This is also such a fun video, really excited to read some of these recommendations!! ❤

[@FunFantasyBooks]

Oh I love it so much when I see other people enjoying Night Circus!! Thank you for letting me know! 🫶

[@hollypurden8755]

Wow im so surprised you mentioned Strange the Dreamer! By far my favourite book! As you say the lush writing, beautiful yet heartbreaking love story. It shocks me that its getting love again! Love to see it. Also lowkey would be an amazing film, animated maybe?

[@ZoeMcDash]

You mentioned some of my favorite books of all time! I have the special additions of Yumi and Strange the Dreamer; I love them that much! They’re just stunning novels! I also adored A River Enchanted and A Fire Endless! Other books that are at the top of my romantasy list are Daughter of No Worlds trilogy and The Mages of the Wheel series starting with Reign and Ruin! 💗

[@TomerArmarnik]

Thank you for the great list of books. From the ones that I have read, to me Strange the dreamer was the magical experience.

[@craigexsted6530]

Wow. I Love sci fi & Fantasy but Yes ( YOU ) Have a gift 🎁 of magnifying these stories to ❤interest me in Reading them ! I got the Trilogy of Fireborn 🔥 already but your selling me on a lot ( 9 of 10 ) of them so waiting 24 hours to decide , when less influenced ! Thanks Kindly Craig ! Ps. Your Beautiful 🎉❤

[@adrian00v]

Fourth Wing was the worst book I've ever read. I'm glad it didn't make the list, even if it's just because of its overwhelming popularity. Love the video, thanks.

[@FunFantasyBooks]

Yay! So happy you find it useful! Sorry you didn’t enjoy fourth wing! Hopefully you will love these recs!

[@SimplyBeautiful516]

Ughhhh. Same here! It had an intriguing premise so I kept thinking that it was going to eventually get better. Instead it just got worse as it went along.

[@edie2950]

What do you like to read?

[@mary5305j]

I really disliked 4th wing too, it felt extremely similar to a lot of other books, the fight/war scenes were NOT well done, feeling chaotic and hard to follow because it wasn’t written very clearly and kept Jumping all over the place. Xaden is literally just Rhysand.

[@ab-ab1126]

I mean yey, but can't be the worst when throne of glass is right there

[@ridingwilding760]

My favorite romance in a Urban Fantasy is Ilana Andrews series Kate Daniel’s. This is definitely a slow burn romance. A relationship developing over a few books allows for an investment in the characters before a romance begins. There is action, humor, a well crafted magic system, and a romance that is a fun build due to differences in cultural differences.

[@FXT-ej8gc]

I love this serie ❤️

[@FunFantasyBooks]

Definitely need to read it! I’ve heard wonders!

[@valliyarnl]

Yesss I’ve been waiting for this video 🧚🏻‍♀️🩷✨

[@FunFantasyBooks]

Haha thanks so much! I hope the video made the waiting worth it 🥹

[@alusarmiento]

I was so confused when suddenly The Lies of Locke Lamora blinked on the screen hahahaha. My brain is fried today and I really needed this video. There are a lot of books that I want to try because, honestly, the romantasy that I used to read was pretty bad and I want to give it another go!

[@FunFantasyBooks]

Hahahaha yeah! I just wanted to say that Lies of Locke Lamora has one of the best family found vibes ever!

[@kellyjacobs4114]

Thank you for highlighting books that are not grim dark. So many romantasy leans very dark. I DO NOT like grim dark. Excited to look into some of these

[@mypoeticdarling]

Ooooh you should try The Queendom of Shadows & Steel by R. Skye!! I just read it when it first released in September and it is one of my top reads of the year. It's set in the elven realm and the FMC is one of my new favorites. There's feminine rage, forbidden love, slow burn, magic, and it's detailed really well. I'd love to hear what you think! The author is a newer one and I think it's her debut novel. It's on Kindle Unlimited which is even better 🥰

[@BeachThornton]

hey i enjoy your videos and i am a big romantasy reader and i wanted to ask whats wrong with a tropey book (i am interested in your opinion on the serpent and the wings of night i did think that had a lot of tropes in it and i personally didnt enjoy it as much (i gave it 3.75 stars on goodreads)) ALSO I LOVEEEEE EMILY WILDE ITS SUCH A COZY READ AND IF YOU LIKE THAT I THINK YOU WOULD LIKE THE CRUEL PRINCE (just saw at 5:23 that you actually read the cruel prince and now i am scared)

[@amyirbybooks]

Love this list! 😊 I haven’t read many of these as I am not much of a spice person either. But I like getting new recommendations to try.

[@laku_u]

You are indeed the best of friends 😂 Humbleness (or lack of) and all! Thank you for shouting Blood Mercy out! And Fireborne of course, but that comes without saying! I totally agree with you about Half a Soul, I had fun with it when I read it but I keep thinking back on it as something pretty unique. I've noticed most fantasy romances include different races/species of beings, almost as much as classic fantasy used to, but they tend to be superhumans rather than in-human, and I've found I really prefer the latter. So not simply humans just taller, hotter and with wings, but with completely different worldviews and ways to interact with the world. The fae in Half a Soul were one of my favorite depictions of it, and reminded me of the ones in the Folk of the Air trilogy, which I also adored because the author did not pull any punches in portraying them as completely different from us.

[@FunFantasyBooks]

🥹🥹 I am 🥹🥹!! Haha I 100% agree with your description of Half a Soul and their likelihood to Folk of Air- love how both display them as weird, cruel and whimsical creatures. It is also part of the reason why I enjoyed Emily so much as well! Thank you so much for your comment! It really always warm my heart! 💕

[@affectingmandela9839]

Yumi and the Nightmare Painter shows that Sanderson knows how to do romance properly (except for the very ending, he still doesn't know how to finish a book, but that's like saying your Ambrosia nectar was a little off). And since his wife has been pushing him to put more romance in his stories, it makes one wonder how much he would actually focus on it naturally, because dude likes his tragedy romance (Wax, Lightbringer, Tindwyl, Dalanar, Kaladin, and more) Also, another series that has good but tragic romance is the Willowfire Trilogy. It's scifi fantasy, with romance being in the background yet still driving the narrative forward. It literally took the game Starcraft, and said "what if this happens on a different world, a fantasy world, what would happen?"

[@FunFantasyBooks]

Thanks for recommending!! 🫶

[@alusarmiento]

Side question that just came to mind: your thoughts on works like Mistborn that have a romantic sub-sub plot like Vin and Elend?

[@FunFantasyBooks]

I personally loved how that part of the story went! Not super needed but loved it

[@mugdhamandal4734]

How do you feel about the cruel prince or folk of the air and crescent city series??

[@FunFantasyBooks]

Folk of air! Loved book 2, enjoyed book 1, book 3 was meh! With crescent city book 1 was great, book 2 wasn’t great for me and book 3 was correct!

[@ms.annaong]

Personally, I loved The Traitor Queen (book 2) and The Inadequate Heir (book 3) more than The Bridge Kingdom. But this is one of my top favorite series, waiting for book 5 and 6.

[@FunFantasyBooks]

Ahh thanks for letting me know!! Have you read her new book?

[@ms.annaong]

@@FunFantasyBooks i know book 5 of the bridge kingdom is out but i will wait for book 6 (next year?) and read it back to back. Unfortunately, I am not updated with her other works.

[@JohnSaxon-vw5vi]

Fantastic video love 🥰 it glad that I have found you again love your Aussie family friend John ❤❤❤

[@FunFantasyBooks]

Awww thank you so much! And welcome back 🫶

[@JohnSaxon-vw5vi]

@@FunFantasyBooks no problem glad to be here

[@JennyTuset]

Se puede leer el de brandon si no has leido el cosmere?

[@elenahaszing9486]

What did you think of from blood and ash? Personally, I did not like it. I wanted to like it, but I predicted almost every major plotpoint before the 100 page mark. Sooo, I was disappointed to say the least.

[@FunFantasyBooks]

Yeah, so I read it twice 🥲! First time really enjoyed books 1-3, it came at the best time in my life. But the second time i couldn’t! Writing didn’t feel good to me and yeah very predictable!

[@SlowlyGoes]

I'm currently reading the Plated Prisoner series

[@FunFantasyBooks]

Oh love that! Are you enjoying it?

[@SlowlyGoes]

@FunFantasyBooks I'm actually really loving it, I'm a little into the third book and the romance is coming more into it now. I didn't think I'd like it from hearing about it (I thought the main character would annoy me, but I actually quite like her)

[@Harley24986]

Literally everything you mentioned I have either read or is waiting on my shelf to be read lol

[@FunFantasyBooks]

Hahaha this is your signal then to read those books!

[@katiatall]

Thank you for the video!

[@FunFantasyBooks]

Aww thank you for watching!

[@caitlinl2750]

I’ve read these all🎉❤

[@FunFantasyBooks]

Epiiiiiic!!

[@krlovn]

The kitty in the background..❤

[@FunFantasyBooks]

Hahah her name is Thai 🥹🫶

[@krlovn]

@@FunFantasyBooks Thai is so cute!! 💜

[@robertacanales]

LOVED THIS VIDEO PERFECT FOR ME

[@FunFantasyBooks]

Oh yay!!! Thanks for letting me know!!

[@bobkeane7966]

Really the first Emily Wilde book the second one is sitting on the nightstand.

[@FunFantasyBooks]

That is the first step! Now read them!! You won’t regret it!

[@meaghanmcmorran9718]

Can I recommend Kushiel’s Dart by Jacqueline Carey to you???

[@dex_project]

I'm surprised I haven't read any of these book and just have one of them on my to read list. I suppose I'll have to add a couple there😅

[@BlissfulForever888]

Night Circus was great!

[@fariyaahmed4040]

This is my first time watching your videos and we have such a similar taste in books! Instant subscribe 🫶

[@Kristenisfullybookd]

Hart and Mercy is definitely underhyped

[@FunFantasyBooks]

Yes!!! What a great book!

[@tinapolley9073]

I've read like 100 romantasy and I love them all lol I'm a sucker! But I didn't like any of these that you mentioned unfortunately

[@FunFantasyBooks]

Oh nooo! Reading is so subjective! I guess we have different tastes! Have you tried the fantasy books I mention by the end?

[@tinapolley9073]

@@FunFantasyBooks I don't consider these to be "romantasy" except maybe serpent and the wings of night. Romantasy tends to have similar if not identical plots usually and with your picks you did really good at finding ones that are unique with good content. I'm not sure, I'll re-watch

[@Risivia]

@@tinapolley9073That’s an interesting thought. Although reading that romantasy novels are just the same recycled plots really turns me away from the genre.

[@bobkeane7966]

Serpents it felt like a one sided hate, basically her hating all vampires except her father.

[@FunFantasyBooks]

Haha I did feel the enemies to lovers was well done!

[@twinkiddoe9325]

I wanted to like fireborne because she said it’s better than fourth wing, but was disappointed. I was keen on a dragon story, but there wasn’t any. The story would have carried on even without dragons. So if youre into the wonders of dragons, this is not the book you’ll love.

[@Delt0IA]

Sanderson and romance is not something I will ever try again.

[@FunFantasyBooks]

Hahaha fair enough - which did you try?

[@Delt0IA]

​@@FunFantasyBooks I read Yumi and the Nightmare Painter. It felt too chaste, like building a friendship which, for a standalone, it wasn't enough. No tension, no pasion, neither feelings traped and tormenting them. And their first kiss? the first time they could touch and Sanderson didn't even try portray what they could be feeling. The story wasn't bad (even thought I am not a fan of choosing 2 different cultures of countries that historically don't get along, mixing them and inventing whatever suit his taste) but making it a romance maybe was a mistake because he clearly doesn't know how to write about love (but what could we expect for a mormon?).

[@Sirena101]

@@Delt0IADidn’t a Mormon write the Twilight Saga? Not everybody likes it, but no one would call that romance tepid. Its emphasis of true love and soulmates was constant.

[@tiananesbitt7156]

Strange the 💭 DREAMER💐

[@FunFantasyBooks]

Hahaha right! I am so happy it is receiving love!!

[@suziet6535]

Addie laRue... great idea, but Addie is so one dimensional for someone who lived hundreds of years. ....😅 maybe I was expecting more because it came highly recommended by literally everyone...

[@PritamDas-mu4vf]

Isn't that a fancy term for "🌽" 😭 (Don't grill me if I'm wrong here)

[@andreassundberg9426]

It can be smut in them but it is not a requirement

[@FunFantasyBooks]

Precisely! It is not mandatory!

[@pixiemixie267]

Nope. Half a soul has no smut whatsoever, and Emily wildes has allusions to fun times but nothing on page, barely even mentioned tbh. So not all Romantady has smut. There’s quite a lot that don’t actually.

[@alannapenner37]

I trust anyone who recommends Strange the Dreamer

[@agnishom]

Shouldn't you have made this video in February?

[@Eluarelon]

Don't read this... and also don't read any other book coined as romantasy. Basically everything else in the fantasy genre would be worth your time over those books.

[@BeachThornton]

hey i enjoy your videos and i am a big romantasy reader and i wanted to ask whats wrong with a tropey book (i am interested in your opinion on the serpent and the wings of night i did think that had a lot of tropes in it and i personally didnt enjoy it as much (i gave it 3.75 stars on goodreads)) ALSO I LOVEEEEE EMILY WILDE ITS SUCH A COZY READ AND IF YOU LIKE THAT I THINK YOU WOULD LIKE THE CRUEL PRINCE (just saw at 5:23 that you actually read the cruel prince and now i am scared)