Recs if you like Written in Red...

Limiting this to fantasy/sci-fi, these are books where the MCs are locked up for most of the book or it's a crucial part of the plot. This can include magical prisons, cursed towers, institutions of sorts, and probably more!

Inspired by our fave chaotic show! Romance stories paired with hunting the supernatural and/or with MMC’s inspired by or similar to Dean/Sam.

Full disclosure, most of these books are a compilation of recs, so I haven’t read them all myself!

I like my wizards in leather, my shifters in the streets(and sheets), and my skylines full of magic.

Books that feel like a CW show that takes place in the 2000-2010s.

Gothic fantasies wherein the MC is protected by a monster (may or may not contain romance).

it's 2009. you're in a borders. chris mcgrath has a (rightful) stranglehold on the covers of half the mass markets. you're looking for some magic, maybe some mystery, maybe some romance. let's see what's what.

recommendations for a fall tbr

Books with darker tones and themes that still feel cozy and comforting.

Books where our MC(s) evolve over the course of the book, or series.

These books feel like premium peak millennial Obama-era hope in the current Cheetoh-ruled world. They are what my best hopes of current reality are, with maybe a bit of magic thrown in. Reading and re-reading them is keeping me functioning right now. For the most part 😜

Bad things happen but these marginalized characters take it on and win in a way that satisfies me. I will save the books where bad things happen to bad people to another list!