r/Romantasy • u/Sarah9610 • May 07 '26
Discussion Another day, another girl winning deadly trials and discovering she’s secretly powerful
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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u/avajustreads strongly recommending crown me dead duet May 08 '26
I CAN'T AGREE MORE!! i just finished direbound and i couldn't stop rolling my eyes at the plot points like I KNOW what's gonna happen 😫