Fantasy Romance vs Romantasy

What’s the difference between fantasy romance and romantasy? And if a fantasy book has a love story, does that automatically make it either one?

In this Hart Books beginner’s guide, we explore how readers use these overlapping labels, where the word romantasy came from, and why a romance plot doesn’t make a fantasy story less worthwhile. We’ll also talk about the readers discovering these books for the first time—or finding their way back to reading because of them.

We also clear up a common misconception: romantasy doesn’t tell you how spicy a book is. That’s why we talk about genre and heat level separately here at Hart Books.

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