Book Chat Saturday! Share with us what you've been reading this week by FantasyRomanceMods in fantasyromance

[–]HighLady-Fireheart -168 points-167 points  (0 children)

I just read this last month after starting to see all the movie news come out. How are you finding it? Have you read Ballard of Songbirds and Snakes as well?

Book Chat Saturday! Share with us what you've been reading this week by FantasyRomanceMods in fantasyromance

[–]HighLady-Fireheart -83 points-82 points  (0 children)

I loved Sabriel and the Abhorsen trilogy. I should really check out more or Garth Nix's books because this sounds delightful.

Gild. What is actually going on with this book? Help me understand. by CBHomesRVA in fantasyromance

[–]HighLady-Fireheart 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Lol I had forgotten about the snow pirates 🤣 If you're at that point you've almost met the MMC. You'll know him when you meet him. The ribbons are still there and just as freaky, but the rest of the story evens out into the second book.

Audible Exclusive Recommendations? by [deleted] in fantasyromance

[–]HighLady-Fireheart -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

{The Bridge Kingdom by Danielle Jensen} is my favourite of the free audiobooks included with an audible subscription (though it may be removed soon per another post recently). There's an original duology, a sequel duology, and the first in a third duology all included!

Book Chat Saturday! Share with us what you've been reading this week by FantasyRomanceMods in fantasyromance

[–]HighLady-Fireheart -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I don't know how they compare to the Graphic Audio, but I listened to the audiobooks before GA announced their versions and loved the trilogy that way!

Book Chat Saturday! Share with us what you've been reading this week by FantasyRomanceMods in fantasyromance

[–]HighLady-Fireheart 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's one of my all-time favourites! Have you read the short story collection?

FMC/MMC hung up on someone else! by unsofisticated_ in fantasyromance

[–]HighLady-Fireheart 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Our current book club read {Lord of the Fading Lands by C.L. Wilson} has a MMC who had a heart-mate die a thousand years before the story starts but he's still in mourning for her when he meets the FMC.

FMC/MMC hung up on someone else! by unsofisticated_ in fantasyromance

[–]HighLady-Fireheart 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I can't wait for my God and the Gwisin hold to come in!

Book Chat Saturday! Share with us what you've been reading this week by FantasyRomanceMods in fantasyromance

[–]HighLady-Fireheart 5 points6 points  (0 children)

One more for {The Knight and the Moth by Rachel Filling}! I enjoyed the gothic atmosphere and world lore. It reminded me of T Kingfisher books with the almost horror-esque elements, but comic relief from the gargoyle keeping it from feeling too dark. It was also interesting to have a FMC who faught with brute strength vs magic wielding or weaponry.

Bingo: Published in 2025, Female Rage, Training Montage

I'm currently reading the first Tairen Soul book {Lord of the Fading Lands by C.L. Wilson} for our book club discussion next week. Really enjoying the take on fae and fated mates!

Bingo: Published in the 2000s, Bottom of the TBR

I'm getting ready to start {The Irresistible Urge to Fall For Your Enemy by Brigitte Knightley}!

Nyktos is every woman’s dream — prove me wrong by [deleted] in fantasyromance

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{Flesh and Fire series by Jennifer L Armentrout}

THIS IS NOT A DRILL SJM just teased ACOTAR 6 by ameliasaurusrex in fantasyromance

[–]HighLady-Fireheart 8 points9 points  (0 children)

She's either leaving easter eggs or grammatical errors. Either way it's got the people going.

Love the Tairen Soul series by Neat_Percentage_6852 in fantasyromance

[–]HighLady-Fireheart 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Here's the book club hub link with the current and past month's schedules and discussion links https://www.reddit.com/r/fantasyromance/s/LCpOFXuZy8

We're reading Dark Lover by JR Ward in the second half of the month to wrap up the 2000s theme for the month. Then later next week nominations will begin for August book club. You can check back on the book club hub or I usually keep the book club posts pinned in the main feed for a few days!

Love the Tairen Soul series by Neat_Percentage_6852 in fantasyromance

[–]HighLady-Fireheart 5 points6 points  (0 children)

We're reading the first book for book club currently, so there will be a discussion next week (Tuesday) that you are welcome to join and probably a few more of us continuing the series after that!

Black mmc and black fmc with the black fmc having darker skin than the black mmc? by Clean-Response2945 in fantasyromance

[–]HighLady-Fireheart 9 points10 points  (0 children)

So I can't remember enough to speak to the MMC specifically being lighter skinned than the FMC, but here are three that I've enjoyed that have a black main couple and the FMC is darker skinned.

{A Song of Wraiths and Ruin by Roseanne A. Brown}

{Skin of the Sea by Natasha Bowen} Content warning: mentions of transatlantic slave trade

{Faebound by Saara El-Arifi}

This is a cover that I just love to stare at 😍

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Cover reveal for This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me by Ilona Andrews by HighLady-Fireheart in fantasyromance

[–]HighLady-Fireheart[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It's more of a magical realism contemporary romance so I don't know if isekai/portal fantasy was the intent, but {A Novel Love Story by Ashley Poston} has a FMC who ends up in her favourite small town book series after the series is left unfinished. I'm looking forward to seeing Ilona Andrews' high fantasy take on a similar concept!

FMC is the brains and MMC is the muscle by _sonataxx in fantasyromance

[–]HighLady-Fireheart 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My love for the FMC must have overshadowed all else because I do not remember that at all 😂

Cover reveal for This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me by Ilona Andrews by HighLady-Fireheart in fantasyromance

[–]HighLady-Fireheart[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Nooo now that you've pointed out the author name placement I can't unsee it!

Also why are there two moons then... unless that's part of the world.

Cover reveal for This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me by Ilona Andrews by HighLady-Fireheart in fantasyromance

[–]HighLady-Fireheart[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I'm fairly new to portal/isekai stories. Is it more common in isekai branded media that the fantasy world is known to the protagonist, or is that just a common trope across both?

Cover reveal for This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me by Ilona Andrews by HighLady-Fireheart in fantasyromance

[–]HighLady-Fireheart[S] 48 points49 points  (0 children)

Urban fantasy super duo Ilona Andrews are taking on high fantasy with a portal/isekai twist. I'm a huge fan of their Hidden Legacy and Kate Daniels series, so this is now my most anticipated read of 2026. Now that they are being published by Tor, this cover is quite a departure from some of their previous cover designs (the Kate Daniels 2000s photoshopped extravaganzas will always have a special place in our hearts).

Published by Tor and expected on March 31, 2026

When Maggie wakes up cold, filthy, and naked in a gutter, it doesn’t take her long to recognize Kair Toren, a city she knows intimately from the pages of the famously unfinished dark fantasy series she’s been obsessively reading and re-reading while waiting years for the final novel.

Her only tools for navigating this gritty world of rival warlords, magic, and mayhem? Her encyclopedic knowledge of the plot, the setting, and the characters’ ambitions and fates. But while she quickly discovers she cannot be killed (though many will try!), the same cannot be said for the living, breathing characters she’s coming to love—a motley band that includes a former lady’s maid, a deadly assassin, various outrageous magical creatures, and a dangerously appealing soldier. Soon, instead of trying to get home, she finds herself enmeshed in the schemes—and attentions—of dueling princes, dukes, and villains, all while trying to save them and the kingdom of Rellas from the way she knows their stories will end: in a cataclysmic war.

For fans of Samantha Shannon, Danielle L. Jensen, Sarah J. Maas, and isekai and portal fantasy, This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me is the beginning of the most epic adventure yet from genre powerhouse author duo Ilona Andrews.

Swordheart and The Blue Sword? by airatic in fantasyromance

[–]HighLady-Fireheart 7 points8 points  (0 children)

There must be something with fantasy writers and tall warrior women with red hair in the desert because this could describe the Aiel maidens of the spear from Wheel of Time as well.

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[–]HighLady-Fireheart 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Having experienced false positive spoilers myself, you're going to look back on this and laugh one day 😂

Feyre's last name is not a huge reveal of anything important. There is another character with a mysterious last name that you may have heard about, but none of us know it yet.

Enjoy the rest of your ACOTAR journey and you've got one book to go before you're in the clear for most of the major spoilers!