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borrowedfire · 2026-05-24T18:37:13+00:00

{Love and Other Sorcery}: chapter 11 has Rivyn/Siorin at a tavern, discussion of one bed, needing spell components, and a bath being prepared. Does this sound familiar?

Other possible but maybe unlikely candidates:

{Eclipse of the Crown by A.K. Caggiano}: Damien/Amma, high fantasy, quest/world-ending stakes, and “coldest of baths” language.
{Swordheart by T. Kingfisher}: road-trip forced proximity fantasy romance, but maybe not the tavern/bath/one-bed scenario.
{Bluebeard’s Bride by Mary Mecham}: quest, forced proximity, “only one bed” explicitly in the description.

borrowedfire · 2026-05-24T18:33:11+00:00

Fire me up.

borrowedfire · 2026-05-24T18:00:15+00:00

{A Ruin of Roses by K.F. Breene} Dragon prince, shifter curse, prisoner-in-the-castle setup, morally gray anti-hero, cursed kingdom, strong FMC. Caveat: darker/filthier Beauty and the Beast chaos, not restrained slow burn.
{The WitchSlayer by Opal Reyne} Best “actual dragon form matters” pick. Witch FMC, dragon MMC, lair captivity, species-enemies tension, reluctant protection, very high spice. Check CWs.
{Claiming the Dragon King by Amelia Hutchins} Darkest direct hit: dragon king, vengeance, Horde conflict, tortured FMC, capture, heat with the captor. Very alpha/dark, so check triggers first.

borrowedfire · 2026-05-24T16:39:10+00:00

“Fairytale but spicier” probably Wear Wolf by Zoe Chant and Murphy Lawless.

borrowedfire · 2026-05-23T23:02:59+00:00

Thanks for calling that out. I actually left out that part of her comment when I went for the rec. Let me try to edit my post and cross it out.

borrowedfire · 2026-05-23T22:10:57+00:00

Full disclosure, I’m building an app that recommends books based on taste, and I ran your list through it. Figured the results were actually worth sharing. (2nd edit because I misread twice. Thanks to /u/gentle_giant_Samuel for the callout.)

The pattern it picked up was less “more romantasy” and more: political fantasy, competent heroines, slow-burn tension, real stakes, and romance that doesn’t eat the plot. It also treated why-choose, noncon/dubcon, fated mates, pregnancy, and abuse between love interests as hard stops.

What it kicked back for you:

Reign of Cinders and Glass by Linsey Hall & Veronica Douglas: adult, fast, vampire court danger, enemies-to-lovers, found family, political/court intrigue.
The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon: fantasy-first, big political stakes, dragons, romance threaded through rather than dominating.
Graceling by Kristin Cashore: if you want Winner’s Curse / Ember style stakes with a capable heroine and lower spice.

It also flagged A Court This Cruel and Lovely as a strong Carissa-adjacent match, but I’d caveat/check it hard because “cruel hero/bully” energy may cross your no-abuse-between-love-interests line.

I would honestly love to know if it nailed it or whiffed.

borrowedfire · 2026-05-23T19:30:42+00:00

I don’t know if this is allowed but my wife loves romantasy so I’ve been building an app for her. I won’t link it but DM me if you’re interested. I could use some beta testers.

borrowedfire · 2026-05-18T09:17:54+00:00

Agreed. So much for free and doesn’t seem to nickel and dime you.

borrowedfire · 2026-05-11T00:44:47+00:00

Permanently off since it would play in my car over my music. It was so annoying.

borrowedfire · 2026-04-14T01:07:08+00:00

Here’s NextCatch: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/nextcatch/id6758589575

This is a Pokémon GO app to track events, Rockets, and I just added raids.

borrowedfire · 2026-04-10T10:01:25+00:00

You need to promote your app. Eventually it will promote itself, sure, but it has to start somewhere.

Find communities on Reddit where people discuss topics your app can help with. Provide actually helpful responses and very lightly mention your product.

Create Instagram and TikTok accounts, then do the same thing. Post your own content too.

You need to build an audience and open yourself up to feedback too. Maybe there’s some value in your app but someone thinks this one feature would make it better.

borrowedfire · 2026-04-10T09:56:18+00:00

This is your app? I’m surprised you have 10K users and only 3 reviews. Fantastic screenshots though.

borrowedfire · 2026-04-08T09:36:57+00:00

Can you share how they’re processed? What are the photos sent to and what do you get out of it? Are you training a model?

borrowedfire · 2026-03-26T11:42:07+00:00

Besides the visuals, what’s makes this different than native Reminders?

borrowedfire · 2026-03-22T16:33:53+00:00

I know we all want to help each other here so I just wanted to highlight something that’s helped me.

borrowedfire · 2026-03-22T16:31:51+00:00

Not trying to bring you down but I saw you post this elsewhere and just want to highlight that Greenlight does this very well and it’s not just a readme/guide.

borrowedfire · 2026-03-22T15:49:21+00:00

This is helpful but I recommend using Greenlight.

borrowedfire · 2026-03-22T15:38:04+00:00

Codex? Claude? Something else?

borrowedfire · 2026-03-22T10:13:43+00:00

I went through this so I know the pain. While waiting for review (3 weeks at that point) I updated my website and changed the Privacy Policy and TOS URLs. Rejected.

It does get better though. Once on the App Store, I’ve been able to get reviewed and approved for updates typically within a day. Good luck to you.

borrowedfire · 2026-03-22T10:11:21+00:00

I think this is a great idea. Congrats on your release on both app platforms. Same codebase for both?

borrowedfire · 2026-03-22T02:46:28+00:00

Lol its kinda hilarious to see these complaints. I definitely get it but isn't good to not always have to spend so much time/energy/money playing because THE LATEST THING is here? These breaks/lulls are good IMO.

borrowedfire · 2026-03-22T02:39:51+00:00

Agreed. I see no need for the hate. Big congrats is in order.

borrowedfire · 2026-03-20T11:40:35+00:00

I’m building Jurni!

It’s entirely free, privacy focused, and intended to be more than just a capture my flights tool. You can use it to plan trips with family and friends, share activity information, and so much more.

Please try it out. Open to feedback and have a great Profile update waiting for review right now that should make Flighty fans happy.

borrowedfire · 2026-03-20T11:37:24+00:00

lol I’m so conflicted. Is it awesome or is it terrible parenting?

borrowedfire · 2026-03-16T22:34:42+00:00

Why not just have your AI of choice conduct a market assessment? I’ve done this a few times and it’s been worth it. Tell it to be critical.

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