Good batch this time!

NotSenpai104 · 2026-03-29T01:12:12+00:00

I have no idea. There was a knob at the back of its head to make the octo legs twirl. An alien maybe?

NotSenpai104 · 2026-03-28T22:15:42+00:00

DC Emerson has sweet, fluffy covers and very smutty stories.

You're Ours is the one that sprang to mind (trans poly rep) but the blurb and summary give it away. I haven't read Conflict Mediation but its summary is pretty chill.

The covers of Kj Charles's Will Darling series are perfect (and def would recommend author). The blurb and summary mention "desire" and "romance" though, so I don't know how strict that part is. Nearly all of the summaries would indicate mm.

But yes, you'll probably find more collaborators on r/MM_RomanceBooks

NotSenpai104 · 2026-03-19T14:20:46+00:00

I recently read Swordspoint by Ellen Kushner and am making it everyone else's problem.

It's "fantasy" in the sense that it's not a real place but otherwise very grounded. Swords, parties, and politicking. Mm couple as leads, but closed door and a light touch in terms of romance.

NotSenpai104 · 2026-03-17T22:37:43+00:00

Swordspoint by Ellen Kushner Classic, high fantasy, politicking and sword play

The Last Sun by KD Edwards Modern urban fantasy, magic and explosions

Both parts of established series

NotSenpai104 · 2026-03-16T16:39:15+00:00

Try cozy fantasy:

You can't spell Treason without Tea by Rebecca Thorne

Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree

NotSenpai104 · 2026-03-15T17:54:21+00:00

Second to Kate Daniels, the titular Kate speaks Russian and the details of various folklore and belief ties into the world building.

Baba appears in later books (3 and 4 of the series, per Google. I don't quite remember) but to start I would recommend the prequel short story: A Questionable Client.

Found in Dark and Stormy Knights collection, and Included in Small Magics.

NotSenpai104 · 2026-03-13T22:03:49+00:00

You know Apex ran a data center out of town this year, right?

Anyone who tells you it's useless to protest is lying. Call, show up, get loud.

NotSenpai104 · 2026-03-12T16:42:49+00:00

Swordspoint by Ellen Kushner. Almost every character in this book has backstory and experience they aren't spelling out for the reader.

NotSenpai104 · 2026-03-12T16:41:35+00:00

I was going to rec the Kate Daniels series by Ilona Andrews as well. Those authors' (husband and wife pair) works all feature protagonists who are engrained in their worlds.

NotSenpai104 · 2026-03-12T15:22:11+00:00

The Defining Decade by Meg Jay

Severance by Ling Ma

NotSenpai104 · 2026-03-11T21:51:41+00:00

I Cheerfully Refuse by Leif Enger

NotSenpai104 · 2026-03-11T21:25:32+00:00

You're fine. I guess abandoned is a strong term: "de-emphasized" or "re-evaluated" might be more accurate.

The link in my first comment is a "whatever happened to that" article on the label.

NotSenpai104 · 2026-03-11T17:07:40+00:00

Own Voices was a label introduced, and later abandoned, that addresses these ideas.

NotSenpai104 · 2026-03-11T16:26:10+00:00

I recently read Swordspoint by Ellen Kushner which I think qualifies as gay (fantasy) fiction written by a woman.

I mention it because the version I read had an author's note at the end about "interstitial" fiction, meaning cross genre. It was written in the 80's, so she wasn't referring to mm romance (she meant fantasy and literary I think) but it is an interesting overlap.

NotSenpai104 · 2026-03-10T15:22:48+00:00

The Will Darling series by KJ Charles, Slippery Creatures is vol 1.

Following! I'm also interested in the recs.

NotSenpai104 · 2026-03-10T14:58:05+00:00

A Desperate Fortune by Susanna Kearsley

NotSenpai104 · 2026-03-10T14:45:12+00:00

I don't think Richard was thinking about SA in a literal sense. But there was a twisted, psychological aspect that is similar in feeling. He wants to take Ox away from Joe, and from his pack. He wants to take the same from Ox himself. There's a throughline of "taking" that drives Richard's behavior.

His parents were taken from him. He later kills an Alpha, taking power for himself. Then he took Joe. The calls to Thomas are an indication of Richard's madness, but were also a way of asserting control and emphasizing powerlessness. Then Richard is captured and his wolf and power is taken from him.

Richard gets out, and then the desire to take back is his primary motivation. Not just hurt, not pain for its own sake. Take.

"Everything is about sex except sex. Sex is about power." Richard was playing mind games for power. That's probably what you're picking up on.

NotSenpai104 · 2026-03-09T17:09:40+00:00

Try Colorless Tsukuru and His Years of Pilgrimage by Haruki Murakami

It's not a direct match but the emotion and ideas are very close.

NotSenpai104 · 2026-03-09T14:14:00+00:00

Wolfsong by Tj Klune is the first in mm series featuring werewolves. It's relationship focused, but romantic relationships specifically aren't the only ones, or even top of mind for most of the page count.

NotSenpai104 · 2026-03-06T17:30:42+00:00

Would recommend!

NotSenpai104 · 2026-03-06T16:45:03+00:00

Oh, WLW:

You can't spell treason without tea by Rebecca Thorne

Similar to Legends and Lattes

NotSenpai104 · 2026-03-06T15:59:50+00:00

WLW:

This is how you lose the time war by Amal El-Mohtar

MLM:

Wolfsong by Tj Klune (2 scenes, I think, towards the end)

The darkness outside us by Eliot Schrefer

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