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I’m struggling to find good romance novels. I feel like MMC are always so toxic, a red flag and/or somewhat mentally abusive. (Please don’t hate me) Suggestions? (Already love Emily Henry!)
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Anonymous 15w

GIRL I GOT YOU 🤭 Emily Henry (of course), Hannah Bonam Young (her MMCs are all the greenest of green flags- my fav being out on a limb), all of Ashley Poston’s men are pretty good, the Windy City series by Liz Tomforde (MMC in book 1 is mid but they are all AMAZING in the rest), chestnut springs series (again, book 1 MMC is mid. 2-4 are amazing. I didn’t personally like book 5 but people love it)

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Anonymous 15w

I Wish You All the Best by Mason Deaver is a YA romance with a green flag golden retriever of a love interest

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Anonymous 15w

taylor jenkins reid is one of my fav authors ever!!

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Anonymous 15w

lesbian here! i have about a million books that don’t have ANY mmc for you to worry about. are you open to sapphic romance?

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Anonymous 15w

If you’re into fantasy, I always love to recommend the priory of the orange tree. (It doesn’t even have a MMC 🤭). However, even though part of it is romance, it’s heavy on the fantasy and very long, so you need to be into that type of thing

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Anonymous 15w

hannah grace’s wildfire has like the best mmc! it’s the second book but i didn’t like icebreaker and hated the mmc so i would skip it

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Anonymous 15w

Ooo I really enjoyed love and other words by Christina Lauren! I’ve read a few of their works but this one has to be my favorite

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Anonymous 15w

I feel like Lukas from Deep End by Ali Hazelwood is a good example of a non-toxic MMC

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Anonymous 15w

I’m commenting bc I would also like to know 🫦

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Anonymous 15w

Do you have any specific vibes you like? Like paranormal, fantasy, rivals, etc?

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Anonymous 15w

Rachel Lynn Solomon

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Anonymous 15w

carley fortune!!! every summer after was 5 ⭐️ and now im reading the companion novel one golden summer and already falling in love with

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 15w

Ann Liang has some great books if you’re open to YA romance (I hope this doesn’t find you is my fav), BK Borison (first time caller is really popular rn but her other series is pretty good), forget my not (broody angsty MMC but def has green flags)

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 15w

Not in my book, thank you for listening, the bodyguard, yours truly

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 15w

Thank you you rock!

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 15w

Hannah bonam young is amazinggggg

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Anonymous 15w

Theyre interconnected stand alones! So you can read them all separate- tbh I convinced my bf to read a romance book and I chose this series and had him skip book 1, he liked it so much he’s now read the whole series minus book 1. If you plan on reading all/multiple of them, I’d recommend in order just cause the characters all kinda come together in a found family way

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Anonymous replying to -> #11 15w

Yes please!

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 15w

kiss her once for me by alison cochrun (christmas themed, woman fake dates man and goes to his family’s ski lodge for the holidays, falls for his sister), like romance/scifi this is how you lose the time war (enemy soldiers in a war write love letters through time and space), paybacks a witch (3 witches get back at their mutual ex), love and other disasters (romance on the set of a cooking show), mistakes were made (girl accidentally sleeps with her best friends estranged mother), i have one (1)

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Anonymous replying to -> #11 15w

mlm romance for you which is the starless sea (in the genre of Man Explores Big Endless Area, which is a surprisingly large percent of books i read, i do bot know how to otherwise describe it), little blue encyclopedia (for vivian) is about a woman who is writing love letters to her deceased and straight best friend, on a sunbeam by tillie walden is a found family graphic novel about a girl finding her ex through space (free webcomic online as well as published, this actually has no male (2)

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Anonymous replying to -> #11 15w

characters at all), i’ll get back to you is christmasy sapphic fake dating, just as you are by camille kellog is a retelling of pride and prejudice, the stars too fondly by emily hamilton is a space rom com, the ride of her life is about cowgirls, here we go again by alison cochrun is about 2 girls going on a road trip to bisit their dying ex teacher, the companion by e.e. ottomon is about an exhausted woman and her employer’s ex, one last stop by casey mcquiston is about a stuggling recent (3)

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Anonymous replying to -> #11 15w

college graduate and her friends as the recent college graduate falls for a woman trapped in time on the new york subway, the price of salt by patricia highsmith is about a retail worker who becomes infatuated with a woman who she meets at her store, and not TECHNICALLY a romance but you should read Gideon the ninth is you like funny people and those who are extremely mentally ill (final comment)

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Anonymous replying to -> #11 15w

One last stop is one of my favorite books everrrrrr

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Anonymous replying to -> #12 15w

I agree on some points for sure

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Anonymous replying to -> #12 15w

I’d had to reread to fully give my opinion

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Anonymous replying to -> #9 15w

Daydream is great too!

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