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Just finished it as well. I'll have to think on it, but my first impression is, I really liked it. A very different pace, and very different book than we've been getting. Knowing a bit about Butcher's personal journey recently definitely makes it hit different. Overall, I'm just really happy...

I'd definitely have to classify Gilgamesh as "spicy", there's some NSFW content in there for sure!

Not to spoil too much, but the trajectory of this book seems to be quite a bit different. The second novel in the series (the first chronologically) also involved numerous murders throughout the plot and ends in a big life or death fantasy fight...though I don't want to spoil it for those who...

To add to the two above, this is the opening line to Brigands and Bread knives, that sequel to Legends and Lattes which was a founding part of this cozy romantasy subgenre: So yeah, that's the opening sentence, with the MC in mortal peril attacked on the road by deadly lizardmen. They get...

Not that I disagree with that necessarily, but I'd also just add that people can just generally be real jerks overall, especially to other people we don't consider our "in group" or when people are allowed to spew venom in an anonymous way, and that social media does an incredible job of...

I just started it last night because this thread reminded me it exists, and it does appear to be that! And yeah these books are effectively already D&D books, the official version makes so much sense.

One of Travis Baldree's other books, Bookshops and Bonedust, features the same main character in a similar cozy setup; it's actually a prequel. She fights a necromancer in the book. He has another book out, Brigands and Bread knives, which I received for Christmas but haven't read yet. The cover...

I'm rewatching all of Stranger Things right now to get refreshed so I can watch the final season. As I've been watching, I keep rolling my eyes at how over the top the various "bully" characters are in the show, how they constantly ridicule our main crew for playing the silly fantasy elves game...

No worries, if this cozy feelings thing isn't your taste, I'm sure you'll be able to find another D&D story with higher stakes. Like I read a preview about a book coming out soon about a thief in over their head with a sinister patron, tasked with leading a party of adventurers into the feywild...

Finally, someone getting back to the actual topic of this thread: D&D romance!

No, I'm definitely exceptional. 😉

I assume that the crossed wires they are referring to might be "cozy romantasy" and "Heist". That being said, cozy fantasy romantasy typically crosses over with some kind of other lane as a baseline; I've read necromancer fighting romantasy, dungeon crawl romantasy, horror romantasy, political...

Definitely hoping that Netflix picks up the rights instead, their Hallmark knockoff romance things tend to be way more unhinged. 😛