‘It’s more than just fairy smut’: Inside the UK’s first romantasy bookshop
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Source: Guardian Australia
Published: 2026-07-07 02:31 UTC+10:00
Section: Books
Factuality Score: 90
Opinion Category: Neutral
Topics: Culture & Entertainment, Europe
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Between enemies-to-lovers and ‘shadow daddies’, BookTok has fallen in love with the spicy stories combining romance and fantasy. But there is more to the subgenre than sex, say the fans who queued for hours outside the brick-and-mortar Oxford store
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