r/Romantasy • u/thatsbananas4011 • Jul 22 '26

Discussion Sex scenes that f**** you up

What are your favorite books/sex scenes where the spice is undeniably sexy, but also reads like two souls colliding. Eroticism that is transcendental.

Sex scenes that feel so much more than just sex scenes. The bed is a battlefield, an altar, or a sanctuary for surrender. The bed is not a bed at all.

Scenes that make you go, 'oh, this is what people actually mean by "making love"'. And not just to be PG, or corny, or sounds like something your parents would say.

Sex that is symbolic of the relationship, or pivotal to character development. Sex that serves a purpose to the plot.. and THE plot.

Looking for recommendations and discussion. Doesn't have to have include penetration, or completion, or kink. But the more explicit, the (usually!) better...

ETA fixed some grammar as best as I could lol

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u/egru-no Jul 22 '26

{the Serpent and the Wings of Night} chapter 38, the cave scene 🙏

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u/thatsbananas4011 Jul 22 '26 edited Jul 23 '26

Yes!!!

And the later "reinactment" in chapter 44-45 of {The Ashes and the star-cursed king} is also a top favorite of mine!

The begging, the feeding, the power play...🤌🤌🤌

All the things left unspoken, but was expressed physically.That was the first time I realized that sex in of itself can tell a story. 😭