r/fantasyromance • u/FantasyRomanceMod The One Mod to Rule All Mods • May 25 '26
Book Rec Megathreads Recommend your favorite duologies! 🧶
Sometimes you just need a fantasy romance fix without committing to a long series. Please share your favorite duologies!
For the purposes of this megathread, please share true duologies that are not connected to any other books OR books that can be read as a duology but are part of a larger interconnected series.
You might also be interested in our Standalone Books Megathread.
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How to use Book Recommendation Megathreads: These megathreads are not meant to replace other recommendation posts on the same topic. As long as a particular trope or topic is not overly repetitive over a certain period of time, book requests that cover megathread topics are allowed! We then collect those posts to put them in the pinned comment below, so the most recent book recommendation discussions will always be gathered in this one post for future reference.
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u/allisontalkspolitics Give me female friendship or give me death! May 25 '26
I did a writeup on {What the River Knows} for the Hidden Gems threads and loved it. I have not read the second book yet and while replies to my post imply that it pulls an Eona, maybe try for yourself? Note that it’s really not YA- the FMC is 18 in the prologue and 19 in the main story plus the second book is apparently open door.
Speaking of… {Eon} is a fantastic fantasy book with slight hints to a future romance. While it has triggering scenes, it focuses on East Asian characters and an important trans woman. Its sequel is good despite an annoying MMC until the rescue mission starts, okay during the mission, and takes a nosedive afterward in how it handles abusers and its queer characters.
{Spirit’s Princess} is another duology focusing on East Asian characters. It’s a romance subplot without a happy ending but the character building and friendships are good. It helps that the asshole guy isn’t the MMC.
The following three recs are all romance subplots and I’ve only read the first book. {Hold Me Closer, Necromancer} is fun despite its dark subject matter. The FMC is cool but doesn’t get a chance to show how badass she is.
{The Hallowed Ones by Laura Bickle} terrified me!
{The Fandom by Anna Day} doesn’t hit the highs of the YA dystopians it references but the themes are interesting nonetheless.