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I need a romantasy or fantasy where the FMC isn’t a Mary sue “strongest person who has ever lived” or “weak but somehow defeats everybody.” I want STRUGGLE! I want GENUINE GROWTH!! Does this not exist. I want HIGH STAKES!!!
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Anonymous 7w

Bloody Rose by Nicholas Eames, Foundryside by Robert Jackson Bennett, The Fifth Season by NK Jemisin for fantasy, I don’t really know many romantasys, maybe Warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson?

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Anonymous 7w

You might like the Nesta book from the ACOTAR series. You don’t really need to read the whole series to understand it either tbh. I would recommend finding a summary for the earlier books then read the novella then the nesta book. I forget the name tbh they’re all too similar sorry.

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Anonymous 7w

I’m not sure if you’d entirely consider it romantasy/fantasy, but the Vegas Immortals series isn’t either of those tropes, I think

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Anonymous 7w

Probably This Woven Kingdom, The Mirror Visitor, or An Ember in the Ashes

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Anonymous 7w

the book I’m writing since I write what I want to read 🌝 (not a recc just a shared frustration)

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Anonymous 7w

mistborn by brandon sanderson. awesome fmc with a heist plotline and a group who teams up to kill god. fun romance too

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 7w

Warbreaker is a good one, Tress of the Emerald Sea is also great.

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Anonymous replying to -> #5 7w

I also actually really liked this one. I personally skipped all the smut and thought her character was super realistic.

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