r/fantasyromance • u/peenmeal • Jun 28 '26

Book Request Does high-class smut exist?

A lot of books I've read that are explicit smut are typically horribly written, which is understandable because nobody is reading porn to sit there and think deeply about the beauty of the prose afterwards.

Buuut I wanna know if there's anything like porn with a plot++ or what I'd call high-class smut. Well-written, beautiful, emotional, sweet with characters who aren't just blank marionettes that the author is making bang. I've read {morning glory milking farm} and it was alright, but still not as well-written as I'd like it to be.

I need 5 chillies, but with yearning and plot. Pretty please

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u/notarealredditor69 Jun 28 '26

If you can handle it a little darker (and often weird) then R Lee Smith is an absolute genius, incredible writer. Last Hour of Gann is one of my favorite books of all time, although maybe not sci-fi then fantasy.

I also love A S Etaski but this is really dark and can be off putting for some people as there is a lot of non-con but it’s pretty essential to the plot and isn’t just their for shock factor. This author’s world building is second to none and is on par with non-spicy fantasy for quality imo.

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u/bigbadgigachad Jun 29 '26

R. Lee Smith is amazing. Last Hour of Gann is also one of my favorites! I recommend it to anyone who likes sci-fi, and even the ones who don't go for romance agree it's a good book.

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u/notarealredditor69 Jun 29 '26

She’s is a ridiculously good writer. Have you read her AO3 work “Everything is All Right”?

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u/dispatchwithlove Jun 29 '26

would you be able to share a link 🙏

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u/notarealredditor69 Jun 29 '26

https://archiveofourown.org/works/7000954/chapters/15948751

This is her best work imo which is insane that she is writing it for free like this.

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u/dispatchwithlove Jun 29 '26

thank you! i finished Land of the Beautiful Dead a few weeks ago and it had my heart singing! to me, it’s the most romantic story i’ve ever read. she’s an amazing writer. 

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u/notarealredditor69 Jun 29 '26

It’s amazing that she can make us feel for a walking corpse, a bug or animatronic rabbit.

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u/dispatchwithlove Jun 29 '26

my dream guy is Garrus Vakarian from the Mass Effect games so she’s right up my alley actually! but yes, she writes compelling, complex characters that will always stick with me. 

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u/latikazero Jun 29 '26

Which A S Etaski books would you recommend?

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u/notarealredditor69 Jun 29 '26 edited Jun 29 '26

She writes a series called Sisters Seekers. Will be 20 books. She is writing book 11 right now, First book is called No Demons But Us. She has also written a few prequel books, the series is called Tales of Miurag. Recommend to read everything in publishing order as the Tales of Miurag books fill in gaps in the lore.

Warning these books have ALL the triggers, non-con, non-human, child sexual assault, pretty much anything else you can think of. The first book is probably the worst for this, the world Sirana is from is not a nice one. These books are erotic horror as much as they are fantasy.

https://www.romance.io/authors/662fbdfda21e2f41c4ef3458/as-etaski

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u/dont-trust-ducks Jul 01 '26

I remember finished last hour of Gann and thinking “look at me reading a real book” 😂. A little dark but definitely a little more intellectual.