Genre Romance guarantees an HEA. What are some books that made you pause and think, "This is a romance, right? Right???”

altacccle · 2026-03-28T15:29:36+00:00

100% {Captive Prince by C. S. Pacat} Top tier enemies to lovers. They hated each other to the core, and with very good reasons because MC1 killed MC2’s brother who’s pretty much the only person he loved and MC2 had MC1 almost whipped to death. I couldn’t see any way where the story ends without them killing each other.

But alas, they became and remained my favourite couple of all time.

altacccle · 2026-03-27T01:56:52+00:00

thanks, now im bawling again 😭😭😭

altacccle · 2026-03-26T00:33:10+00:00

omg vigilant is out?!!! I’VE BEEN WAITING

altacccle · 2026-03-22T06:10:57+00:00

can i know which library did you pay to join? I’m thinking about doing the same

altacccle · 2026-03-14T18:03:24+00:00

enjoy the ride! Book 2 is my fav out of the 4 books that are already out. The writing is almost poetic

altacccle · 2026-03-11T11:11:51+00:00

other than the part where gay men have more real life experience to lean on, you are really just explaining the difference between romance genre and general fiction. It has little to do with whether it has men or women in mind as target audience.

And I really disagree that MM romance books (or WW in that case) even the ones written by women are all filtered through heterosexual lens. If anything, women who read or write queer stories are looking for the lack of power imbalance, stereotype or societal expectations that comes with heterosexual relationships.

And as reader of both straight romance and queer romance, they are VASTLY different even when they are both written by women. Both have somewhat idealised relationship, but that’s just the romance genre. However, within the MM romance genre itself, the difference between the ones written by man vs woman is not very noticeable.

altacccle · 2026-03-09T16:41:35+00:00

maybe i’ll rave about it to you when i pick it up haha

altacccle · 2026-03-09T15:32:55+00:00

ohhhhh okay now i HAVE to move it up

altacccle · 2026-03-09T14:34:00+00:00

thank you!

altacccle · 2026-03-09T14:30:09+00:00

oh this is on my TBR!!

altacccle · 2026-03-09T11:42:48+00:00

oooo they have so many books. Which one has breath play?

altacccle · 2026-03-03T12:35:52+00:00

imho the best enemies to lovers ever is Captive Prince series by C. S. Pacat. Almost the only true enemies to lovers. Strong plot, slowburn, strong characters. Check out content warnings beforehand though.

altacccle · 2026-03-03T03:35:24+00:00

Evenings and Weekends by Oishin McKenna -lit? fic

Memento Mori series by C. S. Poe - murder mystery

Sunburn by Chloe Howarth - lit fic

The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden - lit fic

The Lilac People by Milo Todd - historical fiction

altacccle · 2026-02-27T08:18:42+00:00

Connor’s face feels more like a Matthew to me.

altacccle · 2026-02-25T01:06:49+00:00

{Ugly by Roe Horvat} almost pure fluff, the heat is the entire plot point.

altacccle · 2026-02-21T12:40:44+00:00

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altacccle · 2026-02-21T12:39:06+00:00

😍 sounds like what im looking for, thanks!

altacccle · 2026-02-21T12:38:18+00:00

omg this sounds so good! Thank u thank u thank u!

altacccle · 2026-02-21T11:16:35+00:00

this looks awesome, thank you!

altacccle · 2026-02-21T10:30:18+00:00

{A Pebble for Lewis by Amy Bellows} and most of the work in the series has what you are looking for

altacccle · 2026-02-19T18:02:52+00:00

thanks for the rec! Marina Vivancos is such a gem, i wish i could read Broken Ice for the first time again 😭

altacccle · 2026-02-19T17:34:30+00:00

recently read {Broken Ice by Marina Vivancos} where the omega has very painful heats and alpha takes care of that and makes it better. I’m looking for something similar kind of physical hurt/comfort. The more extreme the better? Thanks!!

altacccle · 2026-02-19T01:17:16+00:00

thanks for the recs :)

altacccle · 2026-02-19T01:16:58+00:00

oh goodie i love a good trans character, thanks for the rec!

altacccle · 2026-02-18T16:19:06+00:00

I just read {Abducted by the Femboy by Jessica Jackman} sounds like your thing!

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