@azantareads: we’re actually all just vibing out here and nothing means anything #BookTok #azantareads #bookishskit #romantasy #fantasy #romancebooks #bookrecommendations #fantasybooks
fantasy romance = romance book with fantasy elements (the plot is the love story mostly)
romantic fantasy = fantasy book with romance elements (the love story doesn't affect the plot, it's separate mostly)
romantasy = the bleeding edge between the above 2 (the romance and plot are kind of separate, but are they really?)
I'll die on this hill
2025-06-24 00:44:18
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Niya :
I’m genuinely tired of everything being called romantasy
2025-06-24 11:38:47
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Salma :
I love when the romance is a subplot, they barely touch hands but the tension is soooo goood. But give me that complex magic system, intricate world building and heavy political tension baby because I’m all for it 😌
2025-06-25 01:13:36
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mydragonflydust :
Ok I think I get it: Romantasy is when the fantasy plot centers & hinges on romance plot succeeding? Am I right?
2025-06-23 23:11:56
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rach 🪴 :
i think about it like 3 options: romance with fantasy elements (where the romance is the story but it’s magical), fantasy with romance elements (mostly fantasy with a romance subplot), and romantasy (each is given 50% of the importance of the story)
2025-06-23 23:46:40
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Laylatun 📚✈️💕 :
I love the part where you explained what a romantansy novel is 💀
2025-06-24 05:01:31
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Lumi / Writer+Illustrator 🍉 :
Differentiating is important, otherwise 99% of fantasy would be romantasy now😂
2025-06-24 13:11:40
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BookStrings :
Books should come with pie charts for the percentage of each genre that makes up the book.
2025-06-24 13:38:00
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kayli :
the way i have to look up the difference every time
2025-06-23 18:30:58
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em reads📚 :
✨fantasy with romance subplot✨
2025-06-25 15:36:47
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LoisLanea on YT & IG :
They are so different, I could give a Ted talk.
2025-06-24 03:20:03
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Kat 📚 ⚖️⚡️🌺 :
Wait I need a list of all the books in this video bc those covers!!!!
2025-06-23 19:18:28
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Mirte :
for anyone who doesn't get it: fantasy with romance is fantasy plot romance subplot, romantasy is as much fantasy as romance and the romance is important to the plot
2025-06-24 13:06:11
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eli⚔️ :
SIX OF CROWS SPOTTED
2025-06-25 04:58:24
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karenthemoment :
There is a difference!! And I think if you go in expecting one thing and get another it can 100% affect how you read it!
2025-06-23 21:19:57
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staceymcewanbooks :
It’s simple really. Now me? I write fantomance
2025-06-25 03:26:14
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lisa🫶 :
acotar is romantasy and throne of glass is fantasy with romance is how i always explain it
2025-06-26 11:31:40
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Jude Duarte :
Booktok has done great and horrible things
2025-06-29 21:20:07
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MysticalPhases 🌖🌑🌔 :
Yess!!! I’m also tired of people saying “romantasy has ruined the genre” romantasy has been around for far longer than the label has existed
2025-06-24 17:37:22
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meghanvanderlee :
me talking to customers at the bookstore all the time! 😂😂
2025-06-24 05:13:47
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🫶 :
THANK YOU for making this bc i thought i was going insane picking up “romantasy” books thinking they were FANTASY books WITH romance 😭
2025-06-27 00:45:30
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Mel :
Please break them down for me,I’m so lost.😭
2025-06-25 22:31:32
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Mayla🌙 :
I’m tired of people calling every fantasy book romantasy bcs it has some love. LOVE is so natural and human that reading a book with no love at all, not even the mention of it feels unnatural. You don’t call a thriller a romanthriller because it has a romance subplot, so why every fantasy book that includes couples/ lovers is immediately a romantasy??🗣️🗣️