Recs if you like A Shadow in the Ember...

books in which Death, or a god of Death, or the Grim Reaper (or a Grim Reaper), is personified. This list will NOT include the works of Neil Gaiman (ew)

I'm sure some of these are already on your TBR, so might as well add some more! Let me know if I am missing any of your favorites!

these are pulled from a goodreads list that was published--working on trying to find the link again

Full Reading Order of JLAs Blood & Ash and Flesh & Fire Series

PS: You can also read JLAs The Awakening Series, starting with Fall of Ruin and Wrath #1, after A Light in the Flame since you’ll start to see connections in A Fire in the Flesh + its very helpful for The Primal of Blood and Bone #BAA6

PPS: The Throne of Bone and Ash #BAA7 (Poppy & Cas‘ final book) has been announced for release in 2026!

✨ This is just my recommended (spoiler free) order, you can obv read each series on its own!

A small selection of the over 2000+ banned books recently brought to the attention of Texas' Lt. Gov and a conservative organization for their for "vulgar" material 🙄 including topics of history, race, LGBTQ+, gender identity, feminism, mental health, and sex education as well as romance, horror, science fiction, memoirs, YA, and classic genres. Aka my new reading list 💅 **Includes all the books I've read/on my TBR and other popular books, comment others if you want!!

Join us on an epic journey through the captivating worlds of Jennifer L. Armentrout. Jennifer has created a world where all of her series tie together beautifully. The series included in this is “From Blood and Ash”, “Flesh and Fire”, and “Awakening” .

Mind, body, spirit, and 🐱, the holy quadrinity needed him

Ongoing

A list for people who don't want to be left waiting for the next book release.

• Includes: First books in completed series, standalones and interconnected standalones*

• Subgenres: Fantasy with significant romance plots, Romantasy and Romance in Fantasy Worlds

First books in completed romantasy/fantasy series with both significant romance and fantasy plotlines. Let me know if you have thoughts/suggestions, books to add, or think any of these fall into a different category.

Romantasy favorites from light to dark. Series & standalones

For the romantasy lovers who crave dark magic, morally grey men, and the ultimate power struggle between love and control. These shadow daddies don’t just brood—they own the night, wield forbidden power, and fall hard for the one woman who dares to defy them. Featuring ancient warlords, cursed kings, chaos gods, and enemies-to-lovers slow burns with fangs, claws, or wings.

• one love interest bathes the other • spicy bathing scenes
• they bathe together scenes

A list of romances where death is a love interest, or at least someone death adjacent. It could be Death, reapers, gods, and even sometimes liches.

Please check any content warnings before diving in. Romance novels dealing with death as a character tend to be well represented in all types, so not everything here may not be for everyone

Fantasy with fat/big/plus size female main characters

Books with average 4 or more 🌟 ratings and at least 100 points of engagement (reviews & posts) in Pagebound from the Master Fantasy and Romantasy List by readandtellstories. For those times when I want to find highly rated fantasy/romantasy books that aren't necessarily indie, self-pub. Books in a series will include only the first book. I can neither confirm nor deny the right for these books to have these ratings. This list will be updated monthly based on outputs from prime list.

After following the amazing antics of OfficialHellsBelles on Instagram, I have made a list of the books and authors mentioned.

Also read Jaysea Lynn’s For Whom the Belle Tolls! 💜

Updated note: several books are missing, but I requested them from the librarians. I also skipped all the Sarah J Maas books.

Gods, Primals, prophecies, and epic love stories. A list dedicated to the interconnected worlds of "Blood and Ash" and "Flesh and Fire". From bottom to top order starting with "From Blood and Ash".

CharlieDVan's favorite books.