So today, I wanted to compile a list of books with romance subplots that have made me tear my hair out. This isn’t to say that genre romances don’t have individual character development or interesting storylines outside of romance I just prefer to have more of that over romance. I personally enjoy when the romance acts as a complement in the same way-I find myself more interested in fantasy with romance subplots rather than fantasy romance because it’s too much romance for me. I read for characters, and I love speculative fiction for its imaginative worlds and how they can support a more deep and thoughtful development of characters. Perhaps my preference for subplots is also because I read more SFF and am used to more action happening than seen in the standard romance. (And I can say this as someone who used to 5-star books much more freely.) Call me masochistic, but the tension and payoff are just so much better this way!!!! It’s like me with 5-star books-I may seem miserable because I rarely rate books 5 stars, but the feeling of finally finding that special 5-star book is so gratifying, in a way that is just different from rating tens of books a year 5 stars. I want less of the romance shown so that I will be forced to want more of it. I love when I get teased with only a few scenes between the characters, or when something bigger than them keeps them apart, or when they have to spend the entire time yearning at a distance.
It can really hook me in and make me more invested in the characters and their dynamic, and when done right, I can become completely obsessed with them.īut part of the fun for me is when the romance is kept as a subplot.
Maybe I just don’t like romance itself.īut I actually love romance- just not when it’s the main plot. Maybe I don’t care for the romance books that are popular, whether it be romcoms or dark romances. Maybe I hate happy books, since most of what I read is quite devastating. Ever since romance has become a more and more popular genre for people to turn to with the rise of Tiktok, I’ve wondered why I rarely feel inclined to pick up a romance book now.
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