YOUR Favorite Fantasy Romance Books (2024) // Over 20+ Must-Read Fantasy Romance Recommendations 💖📚

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Hey book lovers! Welcome back to my channel! Today's video is all about YOUR picks for the best Fantasy Romance books of 2024 (so far)! After asking over on my Instagram for your favorite reads this year, I received an overwhelming number of responses. Thank you to everyone who shared their top picks!
In this video, I'll dive into each book with a spoiler-free synopsis and share my thoughts on them. Whether you're looking for your next magical escape or just curious about what's been captivating the hearts of Fantasy Romance enthusiasts, this video is for you!
📚 Here’s what you can expect:
A detailed look at the most beloved Fantasy Romance novels of the year, as chosen by you, my viewers and followers!
My personal insights and reactions to these recommended reads.
Tips on which books might be your next favorite!
Hopefully, you’ll discover some new gems to add to your reading list. Don’t forget to comment below with any books you think I should check out, or if any of these are on your TBR list too!
Timestamps:
00:00 - Intro
01:14 - Commanding Flame And Shield by S.J Barnett
02:25 - The Hurricane Wars: A Novel (The Hurricane Wars, 1) by Thea Guanzon
04:36 - The Book of Azreal by Amber V. Nicole
06:14 - Whispers of the Deep by Emma Hamm
07:00 - Someone You Can Build a Nest In by Jon Wisewell
08:14 - The Ever King by L.J Andrews
09:38 - Throne of the Fallen (Prince of Sin, 1) by Kerri Maniscalco
11:24 - When the Moon Hatched: A Novel (The Moonfall Series, 1) by Sarah A. Parker
14:23 - The Marionettes by Kate Wismer
15:32 - Serpent and the Wings of Night by Carissa Broadbent
17:10 - Trial of the Sun Queen by Nisha J. Tuli
18:09 - One Dark Window (The Shepherd King, 1) by Rachel Gillig
19:52 - The Hanging City by Charlie N. Holmberg
20:51 - Lightlark (The Lightlark Saga Book 1) (Volume 1) by Alex Aster
22:09 - Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
23:56 - Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas
26:02 - Assistant to the Villain (Assistant and the Villain, 1)
26:55 - Feathers So Viscious by Liv Zander
28:31 - How does it feel?: Infatuated fae book 1 by Jeneane O'Riley
30:55 - Manacled by SenlinYu
32:33 - Spark of the Everflame by Penn Cole
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📚 Books Mentioned & Affiliate Links 📚
Commanding Flame And Shield: Grayshell Rising, Book One by S.J Barnett
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The Hurricane Wars: A Novel (The Hurricane Wars, 1) by Thea Guanzon
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The Book of Azreal by Amber Nicole
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Whispers of the Deep by Emma Hamm
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Someone You Can Build a Nest In by Jon Wisewell
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The Ever King: A Dark Fantasy Romance (The Ever Seas) by L.J Andrews
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Throne of the Fallen (Prince of Sin, 1) by Kerri Maniscalco
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When the Moon Hatched: A Novel (The Moonfall Series, 1) by Sarah A. Parker
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The Marionettes by Kate Wismer
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The Serpent & the Wings of Night: Book 1 of the Nightborn Duet (Crowns of Nyaxia, 1)
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Trial of the Sun Queen by Nisha J. Tuli
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Lightlark (The Lightlark Saga Book 1) (Volume 1) by Alex Aster
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One Dark Window (The Shepherd King, 1) by Rachel Gillig
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The Hanging City by Charlie N. Holmberg
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Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas
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Fourth Wing (The Empyrean, 1) by Rebecca Yarros
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Feathers so Vicious: A Dark Fantasy Romance (Court of Ravens) by Liv Zander
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How does it feel?: Infatuated fae book 1 by Jeneane O'Riley
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Glow of the Everflame: The Kindred's Curse Saga, Book Two by Penn Cole
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@Harley24986 Ай бұрын

Assistant to the Villain I ended up loving lol I don't do regular romance or rom com stuff but this book was hilarious. I was pleasantly surprised. But thanks again for adding like 4 more books to my TBR with this video! 👀

@BecxReadz Ай бұрын

That book was so stinking cute

@en2336 28 күн бұрын

My favorite of the year was A Fate of Wrath and Flame. Such an underrated book imo!

@ella.1012 Ай бұрын

The Book of Azrael has been on my tbr for so long, now I’m on book 2 and I’m mad I didn’t read it sooner 🥲 also Spark of the Everflame lives in my head rent-free, I think about it almost everyday 😭

@kathilieb2464 Ай бұрын

Fourth Wing and Serpent an the Wings of Night are also my favourites! But since it is not included: I can also highly recommend Powerful by Lauren Roberts 😍 I love the enemies to lovers romance!!

@kathilieb2464 Ай бұрын

I also heard Crimson Moth is very good and fantasy romance! It sits still on my shelf, but only heard good things about it!🥰

@AmandasBooktopia Ай бұрын

You gave me a couple of new recommendations that I haven’t heard of. I’ll definitely have to check them out!

@ElizabethStarkRN Ай бұрын

Loved Hanging City. The characters are so likable, and the romance is tastefully done, imo. Other fantasy romance books I enjoyed this past year are Divine Rivals and a River Endless (both by Rebecca Ross), and What the River Knows by Isabel Ibañez.

@ayragon Ай бұрын

When The Moon Hatched is fantastic. It is worth the hype.

@hannahblackwellbooks Ай бұрын

Trial of the sun queen, when the moon hatched and so many of these r definitely on my TBR!

@tsaihutchins86 Ай бұрын

I read Hanging City and gave it 5 ⭐️ I really liked the world. Thank you for all the recommendations!💕

@neph_booklover Ай бұрын

“Aaron Warner but pirate version!!!” Girl I’m sold. The Ever King has been added to my cart

@HonestFiction Ай бұрын

Haha YASS!!! 🏴‍☠️

@justfun4kirsten Ай бұрын

I love love your videos. You are the reason I got more involved in reading again. I use to be so into reading a few years ago and then stopped. Now watching your videos makes me want to read all the time and collect the beautiful special edition there are. Thank you for sparking the flame again for me!!!

@HonestFiction Ай бұрын

Omg thank you so much for this comment! 🥹♥️ I get so excited when I find out someone enjoyed a book I recommended so to hear you’ve fallen back in love with reading makes me so freakin’ happy!!!

@pardonthisbookaddict Ай бұрын

Manacled is the best!

@HonestFiction Ай бұрын

💯😍

@threeoaks2004 Ай бұрын

I’m starting Feathers so Vicious today- super excited. I am struggling to find books currently that are a finished series- I’m looking at stacks of books that are incomplete groups and trying to hold off.

@Stephanie-kc9kw Ай бұрын

I read the whole Lightlark series and I really liked it. I’ve think you would like it from what I’ve seen of your reading choices.

@constancesedon500 12 күн бұрын

Thanks for your videos! I read the Drowned Empire series by Frankie Mallis. While it can sometimes get a bit repetitive with the characters internal monologues, overall, I thought it was fun and look forward to the final book coming out. I really liked Ryhan, the male lead. Very slow burn.

@lauraelizabeth28 Ай бұрын

Really enjoyed Lightlark, Nightbane is even better 👌

@BecxReadz Ай бұрын

I'm conflicted with When the Moon Hatched, I liked a lot but I also was bored for awhile. I don't know if I'll continue the series but I might

@sinfullysarah4647 Ай бұрын

I heard a lot of negative things about Lightlark too. But when I read it those negative things didn’t make sense to me anymore. It’s definitely YA, but it was a good read. I’m waiting for my hold for book 2 to come in from the library. Not a 5 star but I liked it enough to continue with the series!

@tamz0309 5 күн бұрын

Feathers so vicious is one of my favorite books.

@HonestFiction 4 күн бұрын

Yesss!!! I need to read the sequel ASAP!

@ms.annaong Ай бұрын

I am addicted to anything Dramione! My favorites aside from Manacled are: breath mints and battle scars. Isolation. Ten out of ten. Remain nameless and apple pie and other amends. But i can go on and on … For original fiction, The bridge kingdom series was my favorite read for this year so far. I especially loved book 3 - The Inadequate Heir. The Serpent and The Wings of Night series are next on my TBR. Still undecided whether to read the Throne of Glass series maybe 2025? My kindle is a mish-mashed of FF and original fiction.

@kellyannaynes2800 Ай бұрын

My favorite series is Guardian of the Maiden ..book 1 is Divine Blood by Beck Michaels. The books are fantastic and get better and better. I also adore the Lady of Darkness series!

@reviewedbylisa1 Ай бұрын

I did not get Hurricane Wars! I don’t look books up too much beyond what the plot was and i immediately picked up in Star Wars vibes and I’m not big on that. I wound up DNFing because I was getting lost. But LOVED Lightlark and the sequel.

@liezllovesbooks Ай бұрын

My favorite is the sword of Kaigen

@BookishDaddy Ай бұрын

The ever king is next on my TBR!!!! I can’t wait 😁😁😁

@ilovekpop39 Ай бұрын

I'm early!!

@Mxe00. Ай бұрын

Currently "Mates" by Sobers Rodrigues is best in romance gener.

@Cityofstarlightvelaris Ай бұрын

I’m begging you to read Reign & Ruin by JD Evans. This is top tier fantasy romance!! ♥️

@luvlost03 Ай бұрын

The tree creature from how does it feel was the only weird thing about that book. Other than that, I think it was really good, I can't wait for your opinion on the second book

@HonestFiction Ай бұрын

It’s taking all my self control not to start it right now 😭😭😭

@Stephanie-kc9kw Ай бұрын

And I am reading assistant to the villain right now and it’s not an urban fantasy. It’s set in this fairytale world, and one of the villains men is training a dragon there. There is also magic. I’m halfway through it and it’s very cute. I don’t think it’s very funny though but very enjoyable. I recommend it.

@BecxReadz Ай бұрын

I agree, it's not super funny but it is super cute especially the frog 😂

@Stephanie-kc9kw Ай бұрын

@@BecxReadz Yes, I love the frog and his signs. I heard they are making a tv show out of it. Not sure if that’s true or not.

@BecxReadz Ай бұрын

I loved The Hanging City but I really don't think you'd like it. There's not much world building, it's very character driven with a cute low spice friends to lovers romance.

@Cm-up9sf Ай бұрын

When The Moon Hatched, I wanted to like it, but it was just ehhh. It was so wordy and confusing 😕. It comes kinda together at the end.

@ExLibris-Alys Ай бұрын

I think the word you’re looking for with regard to the use of too many words is ‘verbose’. I dnf’d that book because not only was it ‘wordy’, but it was overly so, if that can be a thing 😁

@HonestFiction Ай бұрын

Verbose is the PERFECT word! Thank you! 😊

@danielleoliver1734 Ай бұрын

I think I gave hurricane wars 3 and a half stars and the only star wars I’ve watched is the OG trilogy years ago. It’s not bad, but not really good either

@athenademeo1225 Ай бұрын

What edition of Fourth Wing is that?!

@HonestFiction Ай бұрын

It’s a dust jacket from Kiley Freshwater 💕

@cherianfelix4332 Ай бұрын

what platform do you recommend for audiobooks?

@HonestFiction Ай бұрын

I use audible - but almost exclusively books with whispersync (if you have KU you can buy the ebook and get the audio at a discount)

@cherianfelix4332 Ай бұрын

@@HonestFiction Thanks!

@Ar-zt8fu 19 күн бұрын

Bookbeat and Spotify are both great for audiobooks 🎉

@gwenma1579 Ай бұрын

Assistant to the Villain is not urban fantasy. It’s set in a forest, village or castle. It does not read as modern either, it’s more like

@kyliehoward6180 Ай бұрын

Is spark dark?

@HonestFiction Ай бұрын

Nope!

@magicjudy Ай бұрын

When the Moon Hatched broke my brain. I was seriously questioning my ability to read ... I don't do audio books but maybe that would have worked better for this book. 40 pages in and I DNFed it. Sorry to anyone who likes it. Honestly, I just think her writing is not for me :)

@user-zd4qz5yy3j Ай бұрын

Ever Queen has been mediocre so far, and I stopped reading a couple of weeks ago and almost forgot about it. I’ll get back to it, but perhaps jumping into the hard after the very good book 1 narration is also impacting my opinion. When the Moon Hatched deserves all the stars, stick with it. You really should get into the Lady of Darkness series. There is another universe The Legacy Series where the crossover is done right (much better than in Crescent City).

@HonestFiction Ай бұрын

Ahhh okay, I loved the first Lady of Darkness book but never continued after that - I’ll def give it another try!

@saramm3765 Ай бұрын

I wanted to love WTMH and I did like the story overall but I really disliked the writing style. So many stunted sentences and italics. It made it feel over the top in a bad way. If every word needs to be said with so much emphasis it waters down the actually important thoughts and moments. I wonder if the trad pub will change any of that. It was so unnecessary.

@kathyhackney7950 Ай бұрын

Can I just be a negative Nancy here and say I feel like "when the Moon hatched" was one big giant waste of my life/time. I listened.to it on audible.too. 13/20 hours of it. I couldn't even pay attention 3/4 of the time. Was just sooooooo boring