I like fantasy. I like romance. But I am not a young adult. I am not interested in one more teenage girl with dead parents going to magic school, faerie court or dragon training. Of the 20 “Romantasy” nominees on the Goodreads Choice Awards, I’ve read “A Dawn of Onyx” and “The Hanging City,” the only grown-up books on that list. I Dnf’d “Fourth Wing,” because FOMO, but not my jam.
What possible distinction is there between “Romantasy” and “YA Fantasy?” Who is writing for us olds?
You basically have to ignore goodreads on this. (they are owned by amazon) so this award is just another way to push the same romantasy that already gets pushed on tiktok.
Its why there is romantasy + fantasy + ya, so these megasellers dont cannibalize each other in the same category.
if you’ve ever seen one of these images with a bookcover and arrows with tropes pointing to it, thats what goodreads tries to sell - fourth wing was sold like this too, apparently it’s"Hunger games + Harry Potter + dragons!!! + enemy to lovers + found family".
If you want to read anything else I recommend either using another site or use the lists and groups that are user created.