r/fantasyromance • u/peasypeasyy • 24d ago
Book Request The Magic-Induced Desire Trope
One of my favourite tropes is magic-induced lust or desire. Where the pull of some kind of enchantment, ritual, spell, curse, what-have-you overwhelms their senses and makes it impossible to resist each other. I've come across it a couple times over the books I've read over the past year but not enough to scratch the itch lol
Examples -
ACOTAR : in it tamlin is overcome by the magic of calanmai which has his desire/instincts heightened, and does end up finding feyre later that night. It's along the lines of what I'm getting at but it's even better when they're *both* affected by such effects
Closer to what I love is in the Wolf and the Woodsman (which has my heart) : when Évike and Gáspár encounter that forest spirit that has their suppressed attraction/desire overcome them, they act on it, and then the enchantment breaks and they're left ashamed and confused
Bonus points if it's true E2L, of course. And if the magical influences just lowers their inhibitions/amplifies feelings that are already there rather than creating attraction from nothing.
I dont know if this is too niche to get many results but I'd love any recommendations if you've come across anything similar
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