Taste of Romance discussion

There's a few different lists for post-apocalyptic romance novels on goodreads, I know, but I was wondering if any of you guys had personal recs? I'm trying to bypass anything purely erotica or just purely cheesy. Just an honest build of romance in a harsh landscape. If anyone has seen the game "The Last of Us", something close to that world would be amazing (namely: zombies, just trying to survive, etc).

...so... anything? (I feel like crickets are chirping as I end this.)

There is nothing I enjoy more than a well-written dystopian/post-apocalyptic romance book, but most are either YA or erotica. I will recommend the Eve trilogy by Anna Carey. It's YA romance.

Scorpious Syndrome Series byRebecca Zanetti are my absolute fav. Give the first book in the series a try....Mercury Striking🧡🧡

Following!!!!!!

You should try beyond series by Kit Rocha, if you’re into erotica.

BB Easton’s Rain trilogy - no zombies though. Have you read Kylie Scott’s Flesh series?

I definitely recommend these books for that apocalyptic slow burn romance!

Angelfall by Susan Ee
Pestilence by Laura Thalassa
The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey

Pestilence by Laura Thalassa** forgot the full author’s name 😅

I highly recommend the Fallen World trilogy

And this is a long book but very good...

I actually haven't read any of these suggestions so far, other than Pestilence which I have to admit... I deleted before I finished the second or third chapter. 😅 Neither the writing nor the lead male were my cup of tea.

Definitely checking out all of the other recs, however, and I don't mind YA! I don't even mind *erotica*, honestly - there's just rarely emotional connection to the story or the characters in those (obviously). LGBTQ+ recs are also welcomed. I just want a really good story at this point.

I really loved the Legend trilogy by Marie Lu. Give it a try

Until the End of World series by Sarah Lyon Flemings!!! So Great!

Mila wrote: "I really loved the Legend trilogy by Marie Lu. Give it a try"

I second the Legend Trilogy Boxed Set suggestion if you have not read.

Nobody's Hero by Bec McMaster is the first of three books in the Burned Lands Series. Post Apocalyptic Australian desert with a paranormal element. Loved the first book.

Sarah wrote: "I highly recommend the Fallen World trilogy

And this is a long book but very good... "

The Land of the Beautiful Dead is sooo goood.
Her orher book, Tha Last Hour of Gan is not a esay book to read but is also very good.

Jay wrote: "Pestilence by Laura Thalassa** forgot the full author’s name 😅"

Pestilence is such a great book!

Ines wrote: "Sarah wrote: "I highly recommend the Fallen World trilogy

And this is a long book but very good... "
..."

I still need to read that one.

I really enjoyed Kit Rocha’s Beyond series .

The Praying for Rain Trilogy by BB Easton was really good, and I also just read Last Light by Claire Kent which was also another solid read.

Lea wrote: "There's a few different lists for post-apocalyptic romance novels on goodreads, I know, but I was wondering if any of you guys had personal recs? I'm trying to bypass anything purely erotica or jus..."

Thicker Than Blood Series
by Madeline Sheehan and Claire C. Riley

Not sure if anyone has suggested Ilona Andrews Kate Daniels Series, The first book was my least favourite, but each book just gets stronger as you read through the series. Lots of interesting paranormal magic and shifters and a kickass heroine with quirky found family. Here is a quick precis: The world has suffered a magic apocalypse. We pushed the technological progress too far, and now magic returned with a vengeance. It comes in waves, without warning, and vanishes as suddenly as it appears. When magic is up, planes drop out of the sky, cars stall, electricity dies. When magic is down, guns work and spells fail.

It’s a volatile, screwed-up world. Magic feeds on technology, gnawing down on skyscrapers until most of them topple and fall, leaving only skeletal husks behind. Monsters prowl the ruined streets, werebears and werehyenas stalk their prey; and the Masters of the Dead, necromancers driven by their thirst of knowledge and wealth, pilot blood-crazed vampires with their minds.

In this world lives Kate Daniels. Kate likes her sword a little too much and has a hard time controlling her mouth. The magic in her blood makes her a target, and she spent most of her life hiding in plain sight. But sometimes even trained killers make friends and fall in love, and when the universe tries to kick them in the face, they kick back.

I enjoyed Tracey Ward’s Quarantined, Survival and Rising series.

https://www.goodreads.com/series/1666...

The Kate Daniels series by Ilona Andrews is really good. The storyline is one of the most original I've read and the world and characters are richly developed. Also, almost the entire series is a slow burn.... and it's SO worth it.

Cari Silverwood’s Beast Horde series is a real treat
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...

And i enjoyed Addison Cain’s Swallow it Down
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...

I loved Rebecca Zanetti Scorpio Series as well as Nora Roberts Year One. Amazing!