D&D General New Feywild themed D&D Romantasy tie-in announced

[Misanthrope Prime]

The Feywild Job by C. L. Polk: 9780593599792 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books

Sparks fly when bitter exes are forced to team up for an elaborate Feywild heist, in this cozy fantasy romance by the bestselling author of the Kingston Cycle and Even Though I Knew the End. Saeldian...

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I told you guys it was a matter of time before they went after the Fourth Wing demo.

 

[bedir than]

Polk won a Nebula and was a finalist for a Hugo.
That's a great get for a D&D novel project.

The description seems like a rogue and a bard

 

[LuisCarlos17f]

I am not too surprised because I guessed a D&D romantasy novel should be published sooner or later but I imagined the setting "Birthright".

My doubts are about to use "them" for the main character. That gives me a bad feeling.

 

[Autumnal]

Polk is really good. I’ll be curious to see how this turns out, but they start off high on the plus side for me.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

The Feywild Job by C. L. Polk: 9780593599792 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books

Sparks fly when bitter exes are forced to team up for an elaborate Feywild heist, in this cozy fantasy romance by the bestselling author of the Kingston Cycle and Even Though I Knew the End. Saeldian...

www.penguinrandomhouse.com

I told you guys it was a matter of time before they went after the Fourth Wing demo.

They should have gone after it years ago*. Late to the party as usual.


*I think Stryxhaven made a half-hearted attempt to go in that direction.

 

[humble minion]

I told you guys it was a matter of time before they went after the Fourth Wing demo.

Polk is a genuinely good writer and is seriously worth the read. And while I haven’t read Fourth Wing , the blurb on this one says ‘cosy’ rather than ‘spicy’ which is genre-speak for ‘very non-explicit’. So not sure the BookTok ACOTAR etc fans are entirely the demographic they’re after. Though cosy romantic fantasy is a genre of its own, and how it’s supposed to work with a heist tale I’m not entirely sure.

Notably, one character uses ‘they’ pronouns in the blurb, so we can probably expect another theatrical explosion of outrage from the usual suspects here.

 

[Sulicius]

I am not too surprised because I guessed a D&D romantasy novel should be published sooner or later but I imagined the setting "Birthright".

My doubts are about to use "them" for the main character. That gives me a bad feeling.

Why would that give you a bad feeling? Birthright hasn't been relevant in decades, the Feywild makes sense.

 

[LuisCarlos17f]

Yes, "Witchlight" is potentially more famous than "Birthright" and more "sandbox", allowing more creative freedom, but I imagined the first D&D romantasy novel would arrive after the update of Birthright.

I hope it doesn't include any irritating clichés like the "shadow daddy" archetype or the "chosen".

 

[Amphytrion]

They should have gone after it years ago*. Late to the party as usual.

I very much agree with this. Putting aside my personal indifference to modern romantasy, it is absolutely a sizeable demographic that has shown a lot of interest in D&D in the past via live shows and adjacent brands.

I was very surprised that the 2024 rules made no attempt to go after this and other story-oriented demographics. Seemed like a weird choice from a brand perspective.

Anyway, I am not the target demographic for this book by any means but I hope that the target demographic enjoys it.

 

[TwoSix]

I hope it doesn't include any irritating clichés like the "shadow daddy" archetype or the "chosen".

That would seem relatively unlikely. Romantasy, like the romance genre it developed from, is built around prioritizing the repetition of tropes over innovation.

It's meant to be a comfort read, not a challenging one. That's not an indictment, very few people want to do nothing but challenge themselves all the time. Comfortable media is very important.