No Fated Mates but still fantasy or pnr.
I just finished All The Pretty Monsters & I LOVED the book. The humor, the plot, the fmc. But a component I really enjoyed is that they were not fated mates, they chose each other.
It still had the dark over protective mmcs but it was a choice. I’m starting to get tired of this over used trope of fated mates, where the fmc has no choice but to “want” the mmcs.
I’m an audible person! So bonus points if it’s a good audio book!