Writing romantasy
Deliver a trope without the seams
Five romance tropes, what each one requires of the writer, the seam that gives it away, and the stitch that hides it.
Romantasy with the heat on the tag.
I read romantasy for what the cover promised.
Every review puts the tropes, the heat level and the content notes up front, where you can read them before you buy. Then I tell you whether the book kept its word. The writing posts are for people building these books. The reading lists deliver what their titles say.
New on the shelf
Reviews
Fourth Wing review: heat level and tropes
Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros on the tag: enemies to lovers, heat 3 of 5, the content notes, and whether a younger reader is ready for it.
Fourth Wing, Rebecca Yarros
Writing romantasy
Make the magic cost the relationship
How to build a romantasy magic system whose price is paid in trust, proximity, time or truth, so every spell moves the love story.
Writing romantasy
Set the heat level before chapter one
How to set a romantasy heat level on the 0 to 5 scale, state it where the reader can see it, and hold it to the last page.