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fanfiction to original fiction pipeline book rec
I promised I'd do a book rec list for people who've read my fanfics so! Here we are.
1. Winter's Orbit by Everina Maxwell
3. The Beautiful Ones by Silvia-Moreno Garcia
4. This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone
5. The Blue Castle by L. M. Montgomery
1. Winter's Orbit by Everina Maxwell
- sci-fi mlm romance
- arranged marriage set against a backdrop of galactic politics
- slow burn romance between a high EQ x high IQ couple
- they are stranded in the wilderness and there's only one sleeping bag and they must huddle for warmth
- read this if you liked a covenant with a bright blazing star or the bite that binds the gift that gives
- mlm regency romance with a dash of anachronism for flavor
- a stuffy demisexual duke goes on an adventure with his fiancee's twin brother after said fiancee flees in the night to avoid marrying him
- described by the author as "dude, where's my curricle?"
- a perfect balance of comedy hijinks and heartfelt examinations of the character's emotions
- spicy sex scenes!
- read this if you liked accidentally dating viktor nikiforov: the series
3. The Beautiful Ones by Silvia-Moreno Garcia
- m/f romance of manners with a paranormal twist
- a famous magician courts his old love's sister-in-law to get close to her, only to genuinely fall for said sister-in-law instead
- deals with themes of class and the pressure of societal expectations
- reads like a fantasy version of a good Regency romance
- read this if you liked a covenant with a bright blazing star
4. This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone
- sapphic sci-fi enemies to lovers romance
- rival agents on either side of a war fought via time travel fall in love
- via a series of letters
- lyrical prose, vivid descriptions, chock full of yearning
- read this if you liked immediately, though not very fluently or bad people in good love
5. The Blue Castle by L. M. Montgomery
- m/f historical romance set in early 1900s Canada
- a downtrodden wallflower discovers she is dying and decides, fuck it, she's going to live
- so she asks the town bad boy, who she is in love with, to marry her until she dies
- two people who are in love married while insisting to each other they are just friends
- relatable as fuck if you too are late twenties and sick of your family nagging you
- read this if you liked technically our marriage is saved or it promises light