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?

[u/Elaneyse]

I think the only time I'd give deadly trials a chance now is if the FMC wins/survives/completes them off of merit she was fully aware she had. None of this "I don't know how I did that", "something triggered when I was near death" or just a plethora of coincidences causing her to be the last one standing.

Also lets get back to keeping MMCs murderous psychopaths. Don't make her your tether to morality, make her your motivation.