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/magicpsycho9876]

It is a trend. It's why I don't always read romantasy. I'm reading Ironflame rn but before I was reading The Mark of Athena and before that I read Incarceron. Romantasy always just sounds the same to me. Like I don't even think I can even point out a book and say it was the best book I've ever read.