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"Romance" vs. "fantasy" are significantly different genres. You can absolutely have romance in a fantasy and fantasy in a romance, and you can absolutely write a romantic story in a fantasy setting...
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2019-12-13T12:00:37Z (almost 5 years ago)
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2019-12-08T05:25:12Z (almost 5 years ago)
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"Romance" vs. "fantasy" are significantly different genres. You can absolutely have romance in a fantasy and fantasy in a romance, and you can absolutely write a romantic story in a fantasy setting without the book being a "romance." The differences are in the plot and characters. While I'm not familiar with the subgenre of YA Romance vs. adult Romance, a "romance" book focuses on the relationship. It's the point of the story. Robert Gellis's _Fires of Winter_ is a romance set in medieval England and Scotland. The story is about the two characters coming to fall in love. _Robin Hood_ is set in medieval England and has romance in it, but it's an adventure story because the romance is not the main purpose of the tale. If your story is not _about_ the romance, it's unlikely to be classified there.
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2016-07-13T10:07:13Z (over 8 years ago)
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