Romance, Historical or Otherwise discussion

I just realized we didn't have this as one of our genres listed.

Sci-Fi romance has always had a base of hardcore fans, but I notice it gaining in popularity lately.

One of the more popular sci-fi branches involves anything to do with space or futuristic themes. Sure, space-opera has been around forever, but I'm noticing sci-fi romance blending in more with the UF/PNR crowd recently.

Series such as The League and Sirantha Jax are popping up as recs in groups previously dedicated to were and vamp love.





Another offshoot of Sci-Fi that's been extremely popular as of lately is Dystopia. In all honesty, I haven't read much adult dystopia because I feel like YA balances the heaviness of dystopia while still providing a little bit of hope (and often adds romance).

Some Dystopia books I've enjoyed (first in series) :



Has anyone else read any good sci-fi romance lately?

Did you want Matched as part of the Distopia books for YA?

I just wanted to start discussion and didn't have any plans on starting an actual list for the moment, but everyone else is welcome to talk about books they liked in this genre.

Matched does happen to be one I've read. I liked it okay, but the first half is sort of slow.

I'm sure someone will skewer me for this one, but I really enjoyed the "invasion of the body snatchers" theme of The Host. The love story between Ian and Wanda was downright adorable, if a bit creepy. The first 100 pages of this book are painfully slow and a bit confusing, but once you get past that, I think the story becomes so much fun and very imaginative. Most people either read the first few chapters and throw the book at the wall in frustration and trash the book, or they push on past that point and end up falling in love with it.

The underground cave system and medical technology differences between the humans and the souls is interesting. I was surprised that Meyer had it in her to write something with depth.

Also, I would love any recs for adult sci-fi romance. I do plan on starting Sirantha Jax, and really liked the first two books of The League, so I'd like to try some more.

I'd almost consider as a PNR/sci-fi hybrid. They read more like an urban fantasy, but the sentinels are descendants of aliens from another planet.

Yeah I agree that the beginning was slow. I never read the Host I couldn't figure out the description.

Forgot about these as well. I've seen a few friends reading them. Haven't read them yet, but might give it a go.

Another rec for The Host from me. I think it is Meyer's best book and I hope there will be another book set in this world.

A good series that I picked up a few years ago was the Chronicles of the Necromancer. Each of the books is a few hundred pages but I really got into it and could not put it down.

Sci-Fi Romance is a genre I haven't tried yet, but Dystopian is a familiar one. I really liked "The Chemical Garden" trilogy by Lauren DeStefano, and "The Hunger Games" trilogy was good too.