Bromantasy - by Máire Roche (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

Two heroes. One brain cell.

BROMANTASY is a cozy, queer fantasy about the mortifying ordeal of being known by your totally platonic best friend and the epic quest that might force you to confront the truth.

Fellas, is it gay to kiss your bff while on a quest through the forest you're unqualified for?

Juniper O'Reilly is good at only two things: demolishing a pint of mead and finding the perfect skincare routine. Everything else--taking care of the farm, bartering for goods, any sort of manual labor--falls to Juniper's best friend, the absurdly capable, endlessly patient Mo Elmthorn.

But when Juniper accidentally volunteers them both for a quest to kill a fearsome monster, he knows he's finally gotten in over his head. Juniper hates camping, he hates the dark, and there's no way all these foraged mushrooms are going to sit well in his stomach. One thing he doesn't hate? How good Mo's thighs look in his questing pants--he doesn't have time to think about that, though, with a monster to hunt and their futures on the line.

But monsters come in all shapes and sizes. When Juniper and Mo realize that the terrifying beast they've sworn to kill is just a scared little girl torn from her family, they're off to find not only the true villain of the story, but maybe even a happy ending.

Review Quotes

A Reactor SFF Title to Look Forward to this Year
A Book Riot Most Anticipated Romantasy of the YearA Marie Claire Best Romantasy to Read this Year
A Goodreads Readers' Most Anticipated Romantasy of the Year
A Queerty Most Anticipated LGBTQ+ Book of the Year
A The Nerd Daily Swoonworthy Romance Book You Need this Year
A Pride Source Pride Read for Every Shelf this Year
A What We're Reading Best LGBTQ+ Book to Read for Pride

"'Two heroes. One brain cell.' Are you kidding me Not since 'lesbian necromancers in space' has a cover quote gone so hard. That's a 3 Michelin star chef's kiss level blurb right there. And the text itself lives up to it--a cozy, silly, adventure-packed fantasy, Bromantasy is the perfect antidote to everything terrible in the world right now...How these two idiots manage to stay alive is a dang miracle, and an absolute laugh riot the whole way. Máire Roche's queer romantasy is cheeky, clever, and cute as hell." --Reactor

"Roche's delightful queer cozy fantasy is full of heart, humor, buried feelings, and found family. Hand to fans of TJ Klune and Travis Baldree." --Library Journal (starred)

"A silly, entertaining, and fast-paced romp, this is a sharp send-up of fantasy tropes wrapped in a sweet queer love story with a heavy dose of millennial meme culture. A perfect read-alike for those who enjoyed Delilah S. Dawson and Kevin Hearne's Kill the Farm Boy or Hannah Nicole Maehrer's Assistant to the Villain." --Booklist

"Readers who want to read about two lovely young men traipsing around in the woods with a precocious dragon child in tow will likely have a great time with this book... It was the reading equivalent of a popsicle on a hot summer's day." --Locus Magazine

"Roche delivers a campy, tongue-in-cheek parody of romantasy that nonetheless takes the genre's pleasures seriously." --Vulture

"Two platonic himbos fall in love while questing in this cozy queer romantasy." --Book Riot

"A mishap-fueled quest threatens to break two best bros apart in this unabashedly silly friends-to-lovers medievalesque...the cozy trappings and abundant humor will please those looking for lighthearted queer romantasy." --Publishers Weekly

"Silliness and great adventuresome fun abound in a clever fantasy romance from queer author Máire Roche." --Bay Area Reporter

"This queer romantasy book promises to be the hilarious, cozy friends-to-lovers story of our dreams." --Marie Claire

"A delightful romp with two hopelessly ill-equipped but utterly charming heroes." --Katharine Duckett, author of Miranda in Milan

"A cozy, queer fantasy novel that follows two best friends who go on a quest that forces them to confront their feelings for each other. This one promises to be full of action/adventure, comedy, and love." --Queerty

"Roche, who describes the book as 'my love letter to every queer person carving out moments of joy despite it all, ' delivers a cozy, laugh-out-loud friends-to-lovers romantasy. Fans of Travis Baldree's Legends and Lattes and T.J. Klune's The House in the Cerulean Sea will want this immediately." --Pride Source

"A cozy, queer fantasy about the mortifying ordeal of being known by your totally platonic best friend and the epic quest that might force you to confront the truth." --The Everygirl

Praise for the author

"Fan for life." --J. Elle, New York Times bestselling author of House of Marionne

"A must-read talent." --Ashley Herring Blake, USA Today bestselling author

About the Author

Máire Roche is a former teacher who now dreams up new worlds and characters for a living. When she is not writing stories that are both magical and at least a little silly, Máire enjoys running, teaching martial arts, and curating a growing collection of memes for any occasion. Máire lives in St. Paul with her wife and their very disagreeable cat, Lulu. She also writes thrillers and mysteries under the name Mary E. Roach.