Welcome to Genre’d: Off Book — our new off-week mini-series where we dive into the genres that made us fall in love with reading.
In our first ever episode, Katy takes the hot seat to answer five big questions about her favorite genre: romantasy. From Twilight to A Court of Thorns and Roses to Rose in Chains, she shares how this once-nameless category turned her from an occasional reader into a “can’t-sleep-until-I-finish” one.
We unpack the YA roots of romantasy, the golden age of dystopian reads (Hunger Games, Divergent, The Darkest Minds), and what makes wings, banter, and morally gray men so addictive. Plus — the books she hands to skeptics who still think it’s just “fairies and smut.”
Books Mentioned:
📚 Twilight — Stephenie Meyer
📚 A Court of Thorns and Roses (ACOTAR) — Sarah J. Maas
📚 The Hunger Games — Suzanne Collins
📚 Divergent — Veronica Roth
📚 The Darkest Minds — Alexandra Bracken
📚 Throne of Glass — Sarah J. Maas
📚 Magicians of Venice — Amy Kuivalainen
📚 Rose in Chains — Julie Soto
Favorite Tropes Discussed:
💥 Enemies to Lovers
💍 Marriage of Convenience
🚫 No Love Triangles (sorry, not sorry)
Listen for:
The exact book that flipped the reading switch
Why dystopian YA walked so romantasy could fly
A brief detour into Dancing with the Stars
The real meaning behind “men with red flags and wings”
🎧 New Off Book episodes drop every other week between full-length Genre’d discussions!