The ‘Taylor Swift of romantasy’ has a new book. Why are people mad? – Full Story Podcast

Source: The Guardian Australia · 2026-11-08T14:00:41.000Z · World

With midnight book launches, record-breaking sales and billions of TikTok views, romantasy has turned into one of the biggest commercial juggernauts propping up modern publishing. But why are stories combining high fantasy and female-centric erotic romance still dismissed by mainstream culture? Guardian Australia lifestyle editor Alyx Gorman joins Taylah Strano to unpack the global phenomenon of romantasy and the divisive release of Sarah J Maas’s latest novel Read more: Latest Sarah J Maas book becomes UK’s fastest-selling adult fantasy novel ‘We sold out tickets within 13 minutes’: new novel from romantasy author Sarah J Maas sparks fan mania I have flung myself headfirst into Sara J Maas’s romantasy universe and I find myself a changed woman – Johanna Cosgrove Continue reading...

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