Romantasy has taken over the Booktok space and we are hopping in to recommend your next romantasy read. From favourite authors to new-to-the-scene authors we think you should read, there is a book for everyone!
Your Next Favourite Romantasy Read
Metal Slinger
9781399633987 | Gollancz | TPB
Rachel Schneider
Featuring a never-before-in-print bonus scene from the sequel, UK exclusive foiled endpapers & hardcover foil design
Sail the seas. Master the blade. Protect your heart.
What would you do to have it all?
Even though she’s not one of them, Brynn has spent her life among the Alaha – a community exiled to live at sea – training to be a guard and waiting for the chance to attend the annual market hosted by the Kenta – the very same people who exiled her adopted community. Going to the market is a rite of passage eagerly anticipated by all young guards, but Brynn does not anticipate breaking a century-long peace treaty while there… Or for an intense encounter with an enemy soldier to threaten the fragile peace between their people and everything Brynn once believed to be true.
Soon, Brynn’s loyalty to the Alaha is tested when an unexpected visitor tracks her down – none other than said enemy soldier – sworn under oath to awaken Brynn to her true identity. Sent to sea and feeling more alone than ever, there a world of denied magic is unveiled. With rumours of a growing rebellion, Brynn’s future has never looked so unsure. She was once certain of her fate and where she belonged, but the dark, knowing eyes of this stranger have her questioning everything, including her heart…
Never
9781398717114 | Orion | BPB
Jessa Hastings
THE FIRST IN A FANTASY ROMANCE SERIES FROM THE AUTHOR OF TIKTOK SENSATION MAGNOLIA PARKS
“There is a boy of legend in the tales passed down in my family. He glides on the coat-tails of the sun, rides the wind, and freedom runs through his veins. His heart – so the legend goes – is wild.
The boy lived in a faraway land tucked behind a star, where pirates were still true, mermaids didn’t hide, and fairies flew through the air like autumn leaves on a windy day. He took my mother there, just like he took my grandmother, and my great-grandmother.
Just as he would come for me.”
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Swept away from her life in London to a place beyond the stars, Wendy’s granddaughter Daphne is torn between the boy of legend – Peter Pan, whose fate is irrevocably intertwined with her family’s – and Jem Hook, the pirate who has captured her heart against all her better judgement.
Filled with hope and heartbreak, beauty and betrayal, dreams and devastating reality, Never asks: Can we ever be free while we’re holding on to the past? And what would happen if – just once – we truly let go?
The Things We Water
9781035432660 | Headline Eternal | BPB
Mariana Zapata
Once upon a time, a girl found a magical puppy, and her life was never the same again.
Nina Popoca needs help.
So, so much of it.
The only place she can find that help is on a sprawling ranch in Colorado. A place hiding more than a community filled with magical creatures trying to live their lives in safety and in peace. A village that might hold the answers to questions she’s had her entire life.
And if that ranch is owned by her best friend’s hunky cousin?
. . . there are worse things in the world than having to live right by Henri Blackrock.
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💖shifter romance
💖enemies to lovers
💖found family
💖slow burn
Dance of Lies
9781526681393 | Bloomsbury Publishing | TPB
Brittney Arena
2025’s most-anticipated new debut romantic fantasy is the epic, unmissable story of hope after heartbreak, secrets, betrayal, dancing – and the touch of a goddess of death.
My protector is gone, revealed to be a monster. But I remind myself that I am not a damsel. I’m no princess bound within a tower.
I am a shadow.
Vasalie Moran was once a dancer in King Illian’s court – until he framed her for murder. Barely surviving her two years in the dungeons, she’s suddenly called to face her King. He offers her a deal: become his spy at the month-long royal Gathering and he’ll grant her freedom.
As Illian’s orders grow bloody and dangerous, forcing her to harm and betray those around her, Vasalie discovers the monster she serves may be aligned with a bigger monster – one far closer to home. With her world threatened, Vasalie enlists the help of Illian’s brother and greatest adversary, the King of the East.
As the rivalry between brothers escalates with Vasalie caught in the middle, the truth of her past comes to light. If she wants to survive, she must decide who to trust, who to fight for, and how much of her soul she’s willing to damn in the process
