In the event you’re a bookworm with social media, likelihood is you scroll by way of e book suggestions continuously, bookmark them for later, after which have to look again by way of all of them to discover a new learn later. It may be exhausting to maintain up with what books are coming out when and which title was about what. Effectively, listed here are a ton of recent romantasy books popping out between now and early subsequent yr, so you’ll be able to have all the information you want in a single place.
For starters, we have to speak about all the brand new installments coming to our favourite collection:
- A Theory of Dreaming by Ava Reid: This e book simply got here out on the finish of July, so I’m together with it right here in case you missed it! It’s the second e book within the A Examine in Drowning duology and so, so good.
- Lore of the Tides by Analeigh Sbrana: In the event you haven’t learn Lore of the Wilds, this late-July follow-up might have flown underneath your radar. The primary e book is tremendous cozy — set in an enchanted library — and has a extremely nice love triangle on the coronary heart of it. The second sees our heroine taking over the excessive seas to avoid wasting the human race from fae domination.
- Wild Reverence by Rebecca Ross (September 2, 2025): Set in the identical world as her Divine Rivals duology, this e book follows Matilda, who’s a messenger for the gods. When she delivers a letter to a lord, Vincent of Beckett, the pair notice it’s not the primary time they’ve seen one another, and their destiny unravels from there.
- Mate by Ali Hazelwood (October 7, 2025): Hazelwood’s Bride broke onto the scene early in 2024 and made the omegaverse not less than considerably mainstream (IYKYK). Mate isn’t a sequel however a companion novel, during which Serena, the primary human-werewolf hybrid in centuries, is a goal of each people, weres, and vampyres. However her mate will cease at nothing to maintain her protected.
- Brimstone by Callie Hart (November 18, 2025): The second e book following Hart’s insanely widespread Quicksliver, during which we see Saeris and Kingfisher proceed to battle for each of their realms.
- The Ballad of Falling Dragons by Sarah A. Parker (February 2026): That is the sequel to Parker’s When the Moon Hatched, one of the raved about romantasy books final yr, and for good motive. All of us love us some Kaan Vaeger.
In the event you’re considering, “Sure, sure, I learn about all of those, what in regards to the completely new tales?!”, worry not. Loads of these are coming too. Whereas we might by no means really seize all the brand new releases coming our approach, these are the books that stand out among the many relaxation — with particular consideration paid to authors of color and tales with diverse characters (you realize, those your algorithm by no means appears to push your approach).
01The E book of Heartbreak by Ova Ceren
Out there August 26
One among my favourite issues in regards to the fantasy style is getting a peek into folklore from world wide, and writer Ova Ceren is impressed by Turkish and Ottoman tales. The E book of Heartbreak introduces us to Sare — she was born with a curse that she’ll die after her fifth heartbreak. When her mom passes away, that marks 4 occasions her coronary heart has damaged, and Sare units off to learn the way to interrupt her curse. She meets Leon alongside the way in which, a seer who helps her uncover the origin of the curse, however who might pose the last word menace to her survival.
02Dream by the Shadows by Logan Karlie
Out there August 26
This YA novel is sort of a mix of Labyrinth and Magnificence and the Beast — signal me up. Right here’s the gist: Esmer desires to flee her horrible village, however her sister, Eden, succumbs to the Corruption, a curse that spreads by way of dreaming. To avoid wasting her household and break the curse, she follows the Shadow Bringer into his dream realm, the place he might change the destiny of her coronary heart and her kingdom ceaselessly.
03The Shattered King by Charlie N. Holmberg
Out there September 2
I acquired an advance copy of this e book and completely devoured it in a few days. The principle character, Nym, is a healer conscripted to deal with the thriller sickness of an unbearable prince, one thing no different healer has been capable of assist with but — till her. To be able to return to her household, she has to return him to good well being.
Nym is kind of presumably my favourite narrator ever, if solely as a result of she didn’t frustrate me as soon as. She did precisely what I might do in her footwear, and I feel what most individuals would; not as soon as did I rub my temples and bemoan her angle like some romantasy heroines make me do. I additionally liked the way in which therapeutic works on this e book as a result of it’s so distinctive: the healer immerses themselves into an individual’s thoughts, which appears like an object — a portray, a vase, that form of factor — they usually set about repairing it. There’s additionally political intrigue and an ending that has me begging for the following e book instantly.
04Alchemised by SenLinYu
Out there September 23
In the event you haven’t heard of Manacled by the identical writer, right here’s the DL: It was a massively widespread darkish fan fiction based mostly on the worlds of Harry Potter and The Handmaid’s Story. Alchemised, which is being revealed historically, is a reworked model of that story with unique characters and a contemporary plot.
On this model, Helena Marino is our fundamental character — an alchemist who’s now a prisoner of struggle, conveniently lacking her reminiscence of the months main as much as her seize. The ruling class doesn’t take kindly to resistance members, in spite of everything. To unlock them, she’s despatched to the Excessive Reeve, a robust necromancer who could possibly faucet into them and uncover the resistance’s plot. However will Helena additionally determine his secrets and techniques and switch them in opposition to him?
05Our Vicious Descent by Hayley Dennings
Out there October 21
That is the second e book in a duology that I don’t suppose will get practically sufficient hype. It follows the Reapers, an underground vampire coven dwelling in Twenties Harlem. The group is impressed by the historical past of secretive and unethical medical experimentation on Black communities and the ensuing generational trauma, as Dennings defined in an interview with The Washington Post.
On this installment, we see vampire-hunting heiress Elise defect with the intention to assist her lover, Layla, and her Reaper household. However earlier than the top, they’ll must make some sacrifices, presumably even one another.
06The Moorwitch by Jessica Khoury
Out there November 1
Rose Pryor is a younger witch who spins spells with a needle and thread. She has sacrificed a lot for her magic, together with making a shady take care of a fae, Lachlan. When every spell she weaves begins to empty her life drive, Lachlan additionally returns to name in his debt, and the 2 depart to the Scottish moors to search out the portal to the traditional fae realm.
07Everlasting Wreck by Tigest Girma
Out there November 4
Extra books impressed by African mythology entrance and middle, please! Writer Tigest Girma delivers within the sequel to her NYT bestseller Immortal Darkish, which is popping out in only a few months (that means you’ve got time to devour the primary). It’s acquired darkish academia and Black vampires, and guarantees a scorching romantic pressure and really excessive stakes.
08The Elsewhere Specific by Samantha Sotto Yambao
Out there January 2026
Yambao writes magical realism that makes me really feel like I’m immersed in a Studio Ghibli movie, particularly her e book Water Moon. The Elsewhere Specific sounds simply as magical and unpredictable — it might probably’t be discovered and you’ll’t purchase tickets for it, however it can arrive to you whenever you really feel misplaced and adrift. Inside are two misplaced souls who make their approach by way of a eating automotive the place passengers picnic on lilypads to 1 that’s only a meadow, by some means?
In the event you like whimsy, you’ll love Yambao’s work. Her wordplay and worldbuilding make me really feel like I did as a child studying The Phantom Tollbooth for the primary time.
09The Solar and the Starmaker by Rachel Griffin
Out there February 2026
The small village of Reverie lies exterior the solar’s attain, so it is determined by the magic of the Starmaker, who magically pulls daylight over the peaks of a glacier for the village every morning. Aurora grew up within the village and at all times heard tales of the mysterious determine however had by no means seen him, till an opportunity encounter within the forest. He senses magic inside her and sweeps her away to his fort to mentor her, and the survival of her village is determined by it.
We’ve so many new tales to sit up for within the coming months, to not point out new installments of our favourite collection the place we get to see what our very favourite characters do subsequent. Blissful studying.
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