What an incredible sampling of various romantasy authors! Some of them I've read before, some are brand new to me. Of course, I loved every single Sapphic story that was in this collection, but the M/F romances were good too. Here we go.

- The Fall Guy by Olivie Blake
Mer involves himself in Lady Lilari Barzya's kidnapping and doesn't regret a moment of it.
I was so lost at the beginning of this. So many elements introduced in a short time. I liked the conclusion, though.

- The Dubious Ladies of Mirador by Melissa Marr
A monster hunter leaves the convent on a mission to contain Mirador by any means necessary.
This is an interesting Sapphic vampire x hunter fated mates scenario that I liked well enough.

- Until December by Kelly Andrew
Academic rivals thrown together in a strange time-bendy way.
This one was intriguing. Mind-bending in a good way.

- The King's Witch by Tasha Suri
Silver is sent for to be wed to the new king, chosen to her surprise.
Tasha Suri can do no wrong. I loved everything about this Sapphic story, especially the ending.

- Designated Virgin Sacrifice by Kelly Armstrong
A monster hunter seeks to rid a town of their monster.
Oh, I was pleasantly surprised by this one. Give me a good hero of her own making story any day.

- Second Class Magic by Kamilah Cole
Rival researchers Margot and Jesy compete for the chance to become an apprentice.
Short and sweet rivals to lovers Sapphic romance with a dash of magic. I love Kamilah Cole's writing.

- Bamboo, Ink, Paper, Clay by Eliza Chan
In a world where the characters take materials from themselves, a papercutter lives out a tale of a spurned lover, a hardworking father, and her soulmate.
This was lyrical and lovely. It was a little hard to wrap my head around at first, but I quit trying to make sense of things and it eventually made sense anyway.

- Slay the Princess, Save the Dragon by A.C. Wise
Daunted by her futuer prospects, Ev decides she needs to ruin Carissa's reputation by saving her dragon.
I wasn't expecting this to be Sapphic, so I was happily surprised. I wish there was more to this story. I want the full-length version, please.

- San't Marten's Book of Mild Melancholy by A.G. Slater
Millicent was trained by the Witches to take over their business as a medium. When an unlikely customer shows up, Millicent must figure out what she really wants out of life.
This was interesting. Not what I expected. It's a little too short for the romance aspect but a nice, quick read.

- Good Deeds and Their Magical Punishments by Hannah Nicole Maehrer
Elizabeth "Bette" gets pulled through a magical portal by a meddling lady to prove to the lady's son that mortals are kind.
Maehrer's whimsical writing style shines through in this one. Short and sweet with a tiny bit of steam.

- The Larkspur by Megan Bannen
Sterling Valancy fully expected to die within the year, but his luck keeps holding out. Unfortunately, this also affects his wife, who married him out of pity.
I love the world of Hart and Mercy, and I was really pleased to see a short story from that world. I think if I wasn't already familiar with it, I'd be a little lost with the lore of birth keys and demigods. Regardless, this is a lovely and romantic short story.

- Rosebud by Katherine Arden
Alice and Susan are the daughters of a diplomat who moved to Brussels shortly after a War (assuming World War I?). Their new house includes an incredible, possibly magical ballroom.
I was not expecting the way this one ended. It gives a little more of a spooky vibe than a romantasy one.

Thank you to NetGalley and publisher for the opportunity to read and review.

Romantasy is the current big thing in BookTok and Bookstagram. This collection of 12 romantasy stories is a great way to dip a toe into the world of romantasy for those who are afraid to begin and the perfect way to find new authors for those who have already fallen in love with the genre.

The stories range from taking place in fantasy worlds to historical worlds filled with familiar names, to anywhere your imagination can take you. The stories themselves also range across a broad range of plots and characters. Whatever it is that you want to read can be found in this anthology.

I find it difficult to summarize shorter stories but they are all excellent.

Thank you to Titan Books for the ARC. All opinions are my own.

This was a great collection of short stories. Obviously every story wasn't my favorite but I got to read some authors I haven't read before. This is a great sampler to wet your toes in romantasy.

Rated 4 stars. Thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for the ARC ebook.

As with any anthology, this was a mix of writing styles and signatures, and I gelled with some and not so much with others. Olivie Blake, as always, provided a beautiful short story that somehow had me aching for more interaction between the characters despite only meeting them for a few short chapters. I am also grateful to have received this ARC as I loved Kelly Andrew's short story and plan to seek out some of her other published work.

Overall, it was great to experience short pieces from different authors and a credit to the current popular trend of romantasy.

I really enjoyed this short story collection from some of my favourite authors. Each story is a perfect little appetiser and it was great to read such a variety.

I always love anthologies so I was very excited for this one since it has some of my favorite authors in it! Like every anthology I really enjoyed some but thought others were just okay. Overall I liked all the stories and enjoyed the different tropes but one of my favorites was definitely Hannah Nicole Maehrer's! This is a great palate cleanser in between books and I would highly recommend for Romantasy fans. I'm excited to read more from the authors!

Thank you to NetGalley and Titan Books for an advanced copy!

I have mixed feelings about this anthology. As much as I liked a couple of stories, the rest fell a bit flat for me unfortunately. I get that being short stories there is only so much you can do in terms of world building and character development, but still some of them just weren’t working for me. Overall this was an okay collection and I feel like any romantasy reader can enjoy it as a palate cleanser, just not my favorite. Thank you NetGalley and the publisher for an e-arc in exchange for an honest review.

This review is hard to write because it’s a compilation of short stories all by different authors. Some I really like and some a really didn’t like. Overall, I would say I felt pretty meh about most of them. I think in general this book shows me that maybe short story isn’t the best format for the romantasy genre. However I don’t want to be too overly critical because there were a couple stories here that I really, really liked!

Thank you to the publisher, author, and NetGalley for providing me with an ARC in exchange for my honest rating and review.

Understandably and as with most anthologies, this is a mixed bags. Some were excellent and some were meh, but overall a good mix and introduced me to some new to me authors, so overall worth a read

These stories are really cool. Some are little more than vignettes, but the world building is so complete that I got sucked into each one. My only nitpick is that the final story ended so melancholically. I was hoping to finish the anthology on a happier note. Highlights for me were stories by Megan Bannen, Kelley Armstrong, Kelly Andrew, Olivie Blake. Thanks to Titan for the ARC.

This is a truly fantastic anthology of short stories for Romantasy fans. As with all collections like this some were more to my taste than others but every story was well written and original.

Among my favourites were Kelley Armstrong’s “Designated Virgin sacrifice”, about a girl who decides to step up and slay the world’s monsters, it’s a sweet story with an excellent twist and A.C. Wise’s cute urban love story “Slay the princess, save the dragon”.

By far the standout for me was Kelly Andrew’s beautiful time travel love story, “Until December”. She was a new author to me and I will definitely be looking at her other work.

Overall, this book is the one that I am going to recommend when someone has just devoured Fourth Wing and A Court of Thorns and Roses and is wondering what to read next because they will find their next favourite Romantasy author here.

Honestly anthologies are really hard to review because some stories will work better in this shorter condensed form than others. Many of the stories follow a similar formula since the authors are condensed in a way that does not spring off of original material like fanfiction does so there is a lot of world building done.
My favorite stories were Until December, The King's Witch, Designated Virgin Sacrifice, Slay the Princess Save the Dragon, and Rosebud.

I loved this! It had a lot of different authors such as Olivie Blake (who I adore) and had a mix of romance, paranormal and fantasy stories. I love books like this whether you are unable to have time to sit down to read a full story or in a reading slump that you can dip in and out of but still have to e satisfaction of reading a great story! It was such an easy book to read and I throughly recommend.

This was such a great compilation book filled with a great mix of authors combing both romance and fantasy into a great variety of stories. I love books like this whether you are unable to have time to sit down to read a full story or in a reading slump that you can dip in and out of but still have to e satisfaction of reading a great story! This was the first I’ve seen of romance and a bit of supernatural so that was a really fun aspect