Now that I’ve read SJM’s popular fantasy series Throne of Glass, A Court of Thorns and Roses and Crescent City, I see so many similaries in every other fantasy book out there. They seem heavily influenced by her, but some stray way over the line into outright copies.
Now, I'm definitely the target audience for these types of copies! But I'm finding myself disappointed in the repetition with what I'm getting. How many dark-haired tortured shadow daddies do we really need? Surely there are ways to innovate within these tropes!
Do you think we’ll get more and more of these same tropes because that’s what people want now, or are others getting tired of these? Will we get innovation despite the huge SJM influence?
I'm still seeing some wonderful fantasy romances being published amidst the unremarkable copies too though! A few that I'd recommend: One Dark Window by Rachel Gillig, The Bridge Kingdom series by Danielle L. Jensen and When the Moon Hatched by Sarah A. Parker.
by TandemBookDoctor