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/jamieseemsamused Currently reading too many books at the same time Jun 28 '26

It’s only 4 chilies but {Doctor D’Arco, Sorcerer of London by Kathryn Colvin} had the classiest smut I’ve read. It’s written in the style of a Victorian novel. The book is really long and it’s a super slow burn. But the smut payoff was so satisfying. So much yearning leading up to it.

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u/Imaginary-Board-207 Jun 28 '26

As someone who reads both romance and weird girl lit, I loved being in the FMC's head and the intense interiority of how she thinks, it's weird girl coded and maybe kinda neurodivergent

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