I did a book crawl this year around march and really found the love of reading again. I know a lot of it is trash by literature standards but I've enjoyed the escapism quite a bit. My favorite was Moonbound, maybe my favorite sci-fi book of all time tbh. I also enjoyed the House of Salt and Sorrows, Bitterblue, and Sea Sparrow quite a bit.
What were your favorite books?
Yea I don't think ACoTaR is romance in that way, but if you're really willing to push your boundaries of predicability and comfort you might like the Bone Island series. Personally I hated how it made me feel, but it definitely made me feel something, especially the second book. My initial thought was jfc the author needs to seek therapy. Do you have any love/smut that you do like? I love love, but haven't enjoyed any romance books that come from the pastel covered romance section of the bookstore which is why most of my books lean fantasy romance.
[Edit] You might also like a study in drowning. The book has you questioning the reliability of the narrator in a fairly interesting way and I enjoyed the light romance.