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Is Romantasy About to Die? Or Is It Just Growing Up?

“Romantasy.”

Even typing the word makes me twitch.

It sounds like something invented during a marketing meeting that ran out of coffee and started smashing syllables together for sport. And yet here we are — romantasy dominating sales charts, fracturing into micro-niches, and now apparently flirting with pirates.

Is it about to die?

Or is it simply growing up?

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Serial Killer Fatigue: Can We Mix Up Our Villains, Please?

Can we talk about the death grip serial killers have on romantic suspense? Lately, it seems like every book I pick up in the genre has a villain who’s a serial killer. It’s like they’re being handed out with publishing contracts. “Oh, you’re writing romantic suspense? Great! Here’s your serial killer starter pack.” I get

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