Monster Romance Wishlist: The 2025 Edition

Solarpunk spice, centaur ranches, and everything in between.

2024 was a good year for books. I hope 2025 can be even better. When you read as much monster and paranormal Romance as I do, you start developing a wish list of stuff you want to see more of and stuff you want to finally experience.

It is a long shot, but here is my 2025 wishlist for the Smut Santas out on the Internet. I promise to be a good girl if you can bring me one of these, please!

Solarpunk/Biopunk

I am comfortable admitting that books are one of my coping methods for processing existential threats. As wildfires ravage our lands, capitalists privatize our waters, and cities disappear into the sea, it would be nice to be reminded there is still some love and beauty to experience.

(Internet brownies for anyone who essentially writes spicy Ergo Proxy fanfiction. Internet brownies for anyone even familiar with Ergo Proxy.)

Billionaire Romances Critical of Unfettered Capitalism

Like the climate, the global economy is something worth commenting on. With eggs in the US being more expensive than what an indie Romance ebook costs, give me a billionaire subdued into giving a fuck.

Sci-fi Westerns

I have loved what Ursa Dax tapped into in 2024. As a Firefly fan who will never get justice, you, my smut smiths, are my only hope to bring satisfaction to this helpless geek. Bring me outlaws who jump from one chaotic planet to another, running from the corrupt law. Send me a drama-filled romance on a ranch owned by centaurs. Give me two gunslingers who turn from enemies to lovers.

Folklore

I want the weirdest European shit, Aztec deities, Japanese demons, and the rest. I personally have had a fun time discovering Pennsylvanian Dutch folklore. Turns out that pre-Grimm Brothers German diaspora culture is super horny and occasionally gay. So, yes. Dig into your roots, y'all, and don't return until you find something sexy!

Mystery and Suspense

Outside of my romantic, happy place, I love a good mystery. Both make your blood rush differently, so why not put them in the same book? I also recognize this may be a tall order. Mystery and Romance both have specific beats and expectations. It takes a lot of careful planning. However, I believe in you all.

Diversity Everything

Here's the deal. I love tropes and need a HEA as much as the next Romance reader, but I also desperately crave novelty. I'm a white, straight cis lady, so I'm not in dire need of representation on those fronts. My TBR shall never runneth dry there. Nah, no. I want to live vicariously through other experiences I would never otherwise have. I want to look at things in ways I would have never thought about. I want to be surprised. I want something completely different. This is a dopamine hit for me.

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