LF BAMF FMC x Cold MMC w/ slowwwwwww burn [enemies to lovers]
hello friends!
i’m looking for recs for books similar to {The Crown of Oaths and Curses by J Bree} or {The Firebird Chronicles by T. A. White}.
I really loved the FMCs in these books and i’d like to see a bad bitch kick ass and have a grown man fall to his knees because she’s so much cooler than him. I read Firebird sooo long ago but i loved the world building, the focus on the FMCs character development and the fact that the romance is almost a background/subplot for so long bc she’s 100% dedicated to her mission and he’s just a boy.
Rooke in TCOC is my president and I would die for her but book 2 made me want to perish fr (you forgive him???? girl GET UP) and i need something angsty and slowwwwww to fill the hole in my heart. I’m open to any setting (space odyssey, fated mates, witches, fae, ANYTHING) as long as it has;
- strong, competent FMC (she doesn’t need to have abilities or powers or anything like that but a SPINE and some CONVICTION is a must)
- a broody or intense MMC; he can either begrudgingly respect her or outright dismiss her as long as he grovels/redeems himself twice as hard
- slow burn; i’m ok with them hating each other for 90% of the book as long as the character development on both sides is there before we Make Love and Rainbows
- enemies to lovers or reluctant allies to lovers; i just want them to not vibe with each other at first and through external circumstances they have to work together, the respect builds first, then friendship and then something more
Thank you for your attention to this matter 🫡
books i’ve read w similar vibes; ACOTAR (haven’t we all), The Cruel Prince, The Bridge Kingdom, The Serpent and The Wings of Night, From Blood and Ash
on my TBR already: {Serpent & Dove by Shelby Mahurin}