Recs if you like A Touch of Darkness...

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)

chest hair, the happy trail, armpit hair, and the ever elusive bush 🥴 this list is a compilation of smutty books with descriptions or mentions of body hair. because there is nothingggg NOTHING!!!! more primal and sexy than hairy people going at it 😌 if you have suggestions or if you've seen the mythical bush, pLEASE LET ME KNOW I'M ON MY KNEES!! i want to normalize body hair so bad 🥺 will only list first in series to keep things in check! body hair types listed in the comments

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!

When the love story and the world building go hand in claw. For series, only the first book is listed.

these books are based in hell 😈

taking any and all recommendations!

tortured/traumatised MCs where the love interest endeavours to eliminate the root cause of their trauma by any means necessary (some may eventuate in death) ⚔️ protective mode, activated ⚔️

⚠️ CHECK YOUR TRIGGERS

All the greek mythology I can find out there! There is a lot of Percy Jackson and then quite a bit more. A mixture of more modern retellings and also the books and plays they're derived from.

The god tier list

books inspired by a range of mythologies (mostly Greek, Egyptian, & Hindu)

I have been a Romance reader for such a long time and have been enjoying the influx of Indigenous Romance authors recently! I’m looking for sci-fi and fantasy romance by Native authors and also queer romance. If you have any you know of please let me know! (So far these are authors from Native American and First Nations communities!)

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includes complete series & standalone, which are all quite smutty!

Book Attic

A list of Romantasy books that I've read, or have added to my TBR, that are deliciously spicy or smutty.

Books that retell the story of Hades and Persephone or are inspired by Hades and Persephone

Books that either filtered to me directly from or have strong associations with booktok. A lot of dark romance, a lot of smut, some things I would (lovingly) consider "trashy".

Hekate (Hecate) - Goddess of the Crossroads, Witchcraft, Magic, Ghosts, and Necromancy

My current knowledge of Hekate is pretty surface-level, but she is the goddess I am always drawn to the most whenever I encounter her in stories.

For now I’m open to including all kinds of books whether scholarly, retellings, solely about her, or even where she appears as a side character.

Please send your recommendations and insights about this fascinating goddess!

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

Ongoing

novels based on mythologies and folklore around the world -- recs welcome!!

Romantasy favorites from light to dark. Series & standalones