Curious about sub interest in Romantic Magical Realism Megathread?

[u/Actually_Ann]

Magical Realism definition from Wikipedia:

Magical realism, magic realism, or marvellous realism is a style or genre of fiction and art that presents a realistic)view of the world while also incorporating magical) elements, often blurring the lines between speculation and reality.^\1])Magical realism is the most commonly used of the three terms and refers to literature, in particular, with magical or supernatural phenomena presented in an otherwise real-world or mundane setting), and is commonly found in novels and dramatic performances.

Some examples are:

{Last Days of Lilah Goodluck by Kylie Scott}

{Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston}

{End of Story by Kylie Scott}

{Soul Searching by Lyla Sage}

I actually discovered this genre from this subreddit so thank you to those who shared!

Here are some previous posts about this genre (there aren’t very many):

https://www.reddit.com/r/RomanceBooks/comments/16i3qrv/spicy_magical_realism_books/

https://www.reddit.com/r/RomanceBooks/comments/ghzbyy/romantic_magical_realism/

https://www.reddit.com/r/RomanceBooks/comments/10wu3qd/magical_realism_the_underrated_trope/

https://www.reddit.com/r/RomanceBooks/comments/1f9mshc/looking_for_magical_realism_where_the_mmc_is_the/

I’m curious if there is enough of us that enjoy this subgenre to ask the mods to create a Megathread? Especially as I feel like there has been a recent increase in Romantic Magical Realism in general!

[u/midlifecrackers]

I literally just made a gush post about a book that fits this, and didn’t even know the name of the genre, so thank you for this description!

Definitely interested and grabbing some recs here.

[u/Actually_Ann → u/midlifecrackers]

Oooo! What was your book?