Best Romantasy Series to Start Right Now
The best romantasy series have more than a great first book — they have multiple volumes available to binge immediately, romances that escalate rather than deflate across books, and worlds worth returning to for hundreds of additional pages. Whether you want dragon riders, fae courts, vampire tournaments, or gods-at-war backdrops, every series below delivers the same core promise: enemies-to-lovers tension that earns every degree of heat it eventually delivers, in a world you won't want to leave.
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Fourth Wing
by Rebecca Yarros
A war college for dragon riders, enemies-to-lovers tension that earns every degree of heat it eventually delivers, and pacing engineered for maximum one-more-chapter energy. The series that made romantasy a mainstream phenomenon.
Fourth Wing, Iron FlameOngoing - 2
A Court of Thorns and Roses
by Sarah J. Maas
A mortal huntress dragged into a dangerous fae world, a Beauty and the Beast retelling, and a slow burn that rewrote the genre's expectations. ACOTAR launched the current romantasy era and has five books available immediately.
5 books availableComplete - 3
From Blood and Ash
by Jennifer L. Armentrout
A sheltered maiden chosen by the gods falls for the guard assigned to protect — and control — her. Armentrout delivers addictive forbidden romance, jaw-dropping twists, and a brooding love interest who became a reader obsession. Multiple books available.
5+ books availableOngoing - 4
The Serpent and the Wings of Night
by Carissa Broadbent
A human girl competes in a deadly vampire tournament — the only human in a competition designed to kill her — and must ally with the most feared contestant to survive. Broadbent's vampire romantasy is dark, propulsive, and the enemies-to-lovers arc is precisely calibrated.
The Serpent and the Wings of Night, The Ashes and the Star-Cursed KingOngoing - 5
The Cruel Prince
by Holly Black
A human girl stolen to the fae world schemes her way into power among ruthless faeries — including the prince who despises her. Holly Black's Folk of the Air trilogy is the definitive fae enemies-to-lovers romantasy, and all three books are available immediately.
3 books — complete trilogyComplete - 6
Divine Rivals
by Rebecca Ross
Two rival journalists unknowingly exchange enchanted letters with each other while gods wage war around them. Ross's duology delivers the most achingly romantic slow burn in the genre, with a war-torn backdrop and a correspondence that builds to something genuinely moving.
Divine Rivals, Ruthless VowsComplete - 7
A Shadow in the Ember
by Jennifer L. Armentrout
A prequel series to From Blood and Ash set centuries earlier — a maiden raised to seduce and kill a god falls for the very deity she was born to destroy. Enemies-to-lovers that smolders from page one, with rich world-building that adds depth to the main series.
2+ books availableOngoing - 8
Powerless
by Lauren Roberts
In a kingdom where the powerless are hunted, a girl with no abilities must compete alongside deadly elites — and catches the eye of the prince who should want her dead. Razor-sharp pacing, genuine enemies-to-lovers tension, and serious Fourth Wing energy.
Powerless, Powerless sequelOngoing