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  • 2 weeks ago | bookriot.com | Chris Arnone

    This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Romantasy is all the rage right now and with good reason. Something about the intersection of fantasy settings and romance works so well. Personally, I think it’s because both offer a form of wish fulfillment and escapism. Together? Perfection. But romantasy isn’t just limited to traditional prose books. Nope.

  • 3 weeks ago | bookriot.com | Chris Arnone

    This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Sometimes, one genre just isn’t enough. Science fiction is really great, but what if there’s also some horror involved? Fantasy is cool, sure. Magic and stuff. If there’s a real historical setting involved? Now I’m really in.

  • 1 month ago | bookriot.com | Chris Arnone

    This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Ah, Lumberjanes. Coming out of Boom! Studios’ Boom! Box imprint, the premise was simple enough. Five girls bunking in a cabin at summer camp. Friendship and hijinks ensue. Except Lumberjanes was so much more than that.

  • 1 month ago | bookriot.com | Chris Arnone

    How is it that we’re already more than a quarter of the way through 2025? I’m ahead of my reading goals and still feel so far behind at the same time. I’ve packed in plenty of poetry, though, finding lots of wonderful and surprising voices emerging. It’s early, but totally time to check in with some of the best new poetry collections of 2025 so far. It’s funny how timely these collections are.

  • 2 months ago | bookriot.com | Chris Arnone

    This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. I’ve been a fantasy reader for as long as I can remember. I’m pretty much always up for an adventure that features magic, fantastical creatures like dragons, and clashing swords. I’m here for urban and portal fantasies, too. If there’s magic afoot, I’ll give it a try.