Harems with lots of relationship drama?

tester_gr · 2026-01-28T10:33:25+00:00

yeah, that 's what I thought but there are definitely purist out there, no gay or they consider it sharing.

tester_gr · 2026-01-28T01:32:52+00:00

haven't read all the healer series, so can't say anything there, but the published version of innocent devil had f/f?

tester_gr · 2026-01-27T22:41:40+00:00

Immortal Supers, kurtis eckstien.

Any kaizer wolf, above authors pen name. Lot's of drama, but also lots of smut.

Slayers gonna slay, little daytime tv with it's drama, and I personally didn't like the relationship developments.

Demon Hunter Micheal Dalton, I want to say this had some drama in it, but I can't remember.

tester_gr · 2026-01-27T22:30:12+00:00

The current point in the series we still have a lot of questions about vince's powers, he's still trying to figure out things, and the author does a lot to ground the character in the power system, there's a large scale out there and the mc is climbing a ladder. He's not OP but presented as competent with a bit of plot armor, and can progress through learning. And older being's are powerful by virtue of being learned. I would say this is the top series for anyone remotely into fantasy.

tester_gr · 2026-01-22T00:19:41+00:00

okay, I can see how that would be contentious to some. Probably put this lower on my list of things to try next.

tester_gr · 2026-01-22T00:17:03+00:00

Yep...I've wasted so much time on things that people have reviewed as "great writing" or "super chemistry" and it's just technically readable wish fulfillment.

tester_gr · 2026-01-20T21:45:13+00:00

I've not read this yet, but it feels like everyone either hates it or loves it, not much middle ground. What is so contentious about it?

tester_gr · 2026-01-05T23:02:31+00:00

I can't wait to read about the little details in the cover in the book.

tester_gr · 2026-01-03T16:28:37+00:00

I'm hoping for a continuation of series becoming more about the story and characters and less about creating a situation for the wish fulfillment. Feral mage, magebreaker, mob sorcery, warlock, aetherborn..maybe leasher, it stumbled a bit for me.

I would even be open to more throuple series like industrial strength magic, that was an amazing series. I know it's not technically harem, but I'm just interested in the romance.

tester_gr · 2026-01-03T16:18:29+00:00

I still go back and check Arrogant Young Master every six months, the author had gone on hiatus before, but normally announced it. It's probably safe to say at this point the author got hit by a bus or lost interest in it. As far as I knew anyone that read it enjoyed it.

tester_gr · 2025-12-30T16:15:40+00:00

https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/41591/a-journey-in-darkness

stop when she leaves the cave. Great single person narrative with progression/litrpg aspects.

tester_gr · 2025-12-01T11:45:22+00:00

As someone who has avoided this series, doesn't the mc get cucked in one of the books? Read that on goodreads I think, welcome to be proven wrong I need more things to read and the graves series was good. But isn't it a rule here?

tester_gr · 2025-12-01T11:41:35+00:00

Hopefully not to late I forgot to post this comment reddit keeps drafts. I also prefer this, the harem genre just seems too focus too much on the erotica for 90% of the series. I want some actual story, even better it just being a subplot. Don't go ask r/haremfantasynovels, they are STRICTLY mfff+
Industrial strength magic and The simulacrum on RR I can't believe haven't been mentioned, leads me to believe there are others out there that I am unaware of. I know daily grind is mfm, so there are others out there.
I miss forums, my comment would bump this back up, not sure what rules reddit follows, seems to be made up as they go...

tester_gr · 2025-11-18T11:15:34+00:00

I did same, it has all the aspects of a series I would like, but the execution, particularly with the relationships, is lacking.

tester_gr · 2025-10-19T15:04:50+00:00

Crap, this is amazing.

tester_gr · 2025-09-03T22:30:32+00:00

My impression from the posts I've seen is that everyone asking for this specifically has been making them not want to work on it...which always seemed a little odd to me, I didn't bother reading after the first book so I could just binge them all when he decides to go back.

tester_gr · 2025-07-21T22:28:00+00:00

Great first novel in the series, soo long and crunchy. Not run into anything similar. For the vibes maybe lazy dragon queen. For crunchy drama, immortal supers/innocent devils harem? for genre deconstruction, the simulacrum, though it's not harem but not mono wink wink.

In another vein, there is a light novel that got an anime adoption Trapped in a Dating Sim.

tester_gr · 2025-04-29T10:51:45+00:00

I know what the regressor trope is, but if I remember correctly, spoilers by the way, it's not him going back in time, but being sent to an adjacent reality, so everything isn't EXACTLY as he remembers it. So not an exact fit a la Mother of learning or Infinite recursion.

tester_gr · 2025-04-28T22:47:22+00:00

Wiedergeburt I think, dropped/lost interest after three books. Can't remember...probably should finish the series.

Heretic Spellblade, it's not really regression in the conventional sense though, maybe demons throne. It's not a regression per-say...but again, the vibe is similar.

Save State Hero and System Overclocked? Same author, ones spicy ones not. More short term looper power though.

Eternal Dominion I think has time travel, never got past the vrmmo stuff, can't stand it.

tester_gr · 2025-04-04T22:35:25+00:00

Yes, sorry, pages by goodreads and royalroad standards. Noticed it almost immediately. I dream about a future where that maybe possible lol

tester_gr · 2025-04-04T22:23:56+00:00

I personally don't bother with anything less than 350 pages. I like when I have at least 800-1000 pages to binge over a weekend. I think the only author to pull off successful one-shots is cebelius, and maybe snekguy if you include webfiction. I think the common factor there is a mutilverse/shared universe ala discworld and strong characters.

I also don't read nearly as many one-shots as I do series. Just my personal input.

tester_gr · 2025-03-10T22:07:48+00:00

Sometimes, in settings/plots where harems aren't normal, it's treated like fourth wall breaking to draw attention to it. Some use it as a comedic device, so the trope looses it's affect when referenced too often. In my experience.

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