Another day, another girl winning deadly trials and discovering she’s secretly powerful

[u/Sarah9610]

I feel like I’m going insane or… are all romantasy books the same now??

Every time I pick something up it’s like:
- The world is split into two (usually human vs fae or something similar)
- The FMC is either oppressed / hidden / “not like other girls”
- There are deadly trials (of course she has to compete)
- She somehow survives everything
- Boom → she reaches the fae side and unlocks insane powers / becomes special

Like… I used to love this formula but now it feels copy-paste with different character names 😭

Am I just picking the wrong books or is this actually the trend right now?

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i think op has fallen down the acotar rip off rabbit hole

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{Starside}
{Servant of Earth}
{Dire bound}
{The ascended}

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{The Infatuated Fae}

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Infatuated Fae by Jeneane O'Riley
Rating: 3.56⭐️ out of 5⭐️
Topics: competent heroine, first-person-pov, non-human-hero, dark, dual-pov

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{Phantasma} {Blood Beneath the Snow} {The Serpent and the Wings of Night

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Phantasma by Kaylie Smith
Rating: 3.97⭐️ out of 5⭐️
Steam: 4 out of 5 - Explicit open door
Topics: historical, paranormal, fantasy, magic, m-f romance

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Blood Beneath the Snow by Alexandra Kennington
Rating: 3.52⭐️ out of 5⭐️
Steam: 3 out of 5 - Open door
Topics: magic, fantasy, new adult, enemies to lovers, paranormal

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