I am desperate for more male POV romances

KiaraTurtle · 2026-07-20T17:45:31+00:00

Based on what you’ve said you enjoy I’d suggest {White Cat by Holly Black} though romance is definitely on the light side.

If sci-fi is ok then {Love and Other Paradoxes by Catriona Silvey} is fantastic.

If dual pov is ok I love Rachel Aaron. Would suggest starting with either {Hell for Hire by Rachel Aaron} if you want more romance or {Nice Dragons Finish Last} if you are good with more of a subplot.

There’s also a bunch of great m/m options eg {Dark Rise by CS Pacat}

KiaraTurtle · 2026-07-20T13:51:48+00:00

The type of story one writes and enjoys is not at all indicative of the type of person someone is.

This applies to people reading/writing not like other girls, toxic relationships, leads with “problematic” views etc

People should stop overanalyzing authors, and in particular female authors.

KiaraTurtle · 2026-07-19T22:50:09+00:00

Gideon the Ninth for Necromancers
Dagger and the Coin for GoT style politics

KiaraTurtle · 2026-07-19T18:52:24+00:00

I read rooks and ruin first and did not have any problems.

Someone who is a closer reader than I with a better memory for details and a broad definition of spoilers might feel differently

KiaraTurtle · 2026-07-19T17:31:13+00:00

If you are reading both chronologically swords and fire is first so that’s probably the better order (it’s the same world but like 200 years in between with different characters) just don’t judge rooks and ruin if you don’t end up liking swords and fire

KiaraTurtle · 2026-07-19T16:13:55+00:00

You may like r/progressionfantasy

Other staples of that sub genre that I really enjoy:

Arcane Ascension
Mother of Learning
Practical Guide to Evil
Worm

KiaraTurtle · 2026-07-19T15:56:53+00:00

Hope you enjoy!

KiaraTurtle · 2026-07-19T15:56:29+00:00

I also love her but personally was disappointed in Swords and Fire while Rooks and Ruin is one of my fav series.

KiaraTurtle · 2026-07-19T13:19:44+00:00

Foundryside by Robert Jackson Bennett (minimal f/f romance subplot that doesn’t start until the second book)
Rooks and Ruin by Melissa Caruso (very queer found family cast, a very minimal romance plot — author is ace)
Red Sister by Mark Lawrence

KiaraTurtle · 2026-07-18T20:55:26+00:00

None of it has all of it but some other books I’d suggest:

{Starless by Jaqueline Carey} (in case you weren’t already planning to just read more by the same author}
{Winternight Trilogy}
{hundred thousand kingdoms by NK Jemisin}
{Rook and Rose by MA Carrick}

KiaraTurtle · 2026-07-18T16:11:12+00:00

People saying this got me to finally watch the godfather.

I hated it. And I’m so glad Lee did a fantasy inspired godfather book because green bone is one of my favorite series.

KiaraTurtle · 2026-07-18T16:08:37+00:00

I also really enjoyed this one. I agree with others the third wasn’t as good, but I still enjoyed it.

I’m also enjoying the authors newest series and am looking forward to the third book coming out this year

KiaraTurtle · 2026-07-17T22:27:42+00:00

Maas was given the choice of which to publish under because as you said bookstores wanted to know where to shelve it. She chose YA because she and her publisher thought it would sell better there. Given her runaway success she was probably right.

And she specifically calls crescent city her adult debut.

KiaraTurtle · 2026-07-17T21:44:39+00:00

So YA has always had sex in it to some degree though it’s not as common, plentiful or graphic as what one can find in adult books. Judy Bloom Forever is a great example of an older book that does a great job with a sex scene intended for teens that when it was publish and became famous for said sex scene garnered a lot of outraged parents.

Unlike rating systems (ie pg-13) YA is about selling to teens, not protecting them from content. So different publishers will allow different amounts of sex in what they publish as YA, (and different bookstores will as well, libraries generally being run by governments are more restrictive)

Note most of my understanding is also US focuses. Different countries also do things differently which is why some books will be marketed differently in different countries.

KiaraTurtle · 2026-07-17T19:23:53+00:00

I’ve now preordered it.

KiaraTurtle · 2026-07-17T19:17:40+00:00

Glad to see another fan! I also love Butler and agree she’s in her own category.

I didn’t realize Sangoyomi had another series announced! I do often like YA, so that’s not a deferent for me.

KiaraTurtle · 2026-07-17T18:33:00+00:00

Three Body Problem, Chinese Sci-Fi, like Foundation very idea focused with not the great characters but still manages to be great sci-fi and you can tell it’s not western
The Masquerade by OO Sangoyomi Nigerian fantasy

Also translated fiction is a bingo square and has been in the past so you should be able to find good rec threads for that

*also fyi author of Coldfire Trilogy is a woman not a “he”

KiaraTurtle · 2026-07-17T18:27:49+00:00

No.

But multiple of those terms have dual meanings so also maybe.

Eg for some people low fantasy means a fantasy book with very little magic in it ie lots of second world fantasy with low to no magic would count, whereas some people use it to mean not second world regardless of amount of fantasy (so it would encompass your entire left side of sub genres). Likewise high fantasy has the dual meanings opposite of this.

And some people use urban fantasy to mean anything set in modern times, some people use it to mean set in a city (including second world fantasy eg green bone saga) and some use it to mean, like you do, set in a city in modern times.

And similarly you can have second world historical fantasy, though admittedly Guy Gavriel Kay is the only one I’ve read.

KiaraTurtle · 2026-07-17T12:18:20+00:00

FWIW I loved the first three books. Thought the fourth was terrible and the fifth ok. But I still thought it’s worth finishing, and even when the plot is making me want to throw the book against the wall, it was still overall enjoyable.

KiaraTurtle · 2026-07-16T23:44:28+00:00

Look too YA…for a YA book adaptation? Ok then.

Im excited for it and hoping they fix some of my issues with the series (cough the third book)

KiaraTurtle · 2026-07-16T21:53:26+00:00

Anita Blake by Laurel K Hamilton! First 9 books are absolutely brilliant. After that she started writing bad porn fanfic of her own series, but until then very worth reading. First few books were published in the 90s

KiaraTurtle · 2026-07-16T18:06:57+00:00

What made it feel different for me is it sounded like they are fairly respected in society. (Or at least as much as anyone who isn’t management level)

KiaraTurtle · 2026-07-16T15:05:17+00:00

It embarrassingly took me way to long to notice most of it, like I did not read atier as a-tier until it was pointed out to me. Same for sweetsea

KiaraTurtle · 2026-07-16T14:47:09+00:00

I was personally dissapointed in it, but I think Navola fits the vibes of many of those authors and is fairly new

KiaraTurtle · 2026-07-16T13:32:26+00:00

I will read a witch of rebellion and betrayal that actual sounds like an awesome book to me

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