For those of you that dislike popular books like ACOTAR and Fourth Wing …. what romantasy /fantasy books would you recommend ??

EDIT: Thank you everyone for the recommendations :) I have so many books to add to my list 😅

I’m fairly new to this genre of books. ACOTAR definitely pulled me in over the summer. Since reading, I’ve seen a lot of discourse with people saying the writing was bad but i was able to look past most of it bc i liked the story. I did enjoy those books overall and decided to pick up some more popular romatasy books i kept seeing recommended on Book Tok. I’ve read throne of glass, quicksilver, fourth wing (and i’m currently struggling to get through iron flame)…

Books like ACOTAR and Fourth Wing have high popularity but have also been heavily criticized for having bad writing and large plot holes. I am definitely starting to pick up on the faults of Iron Flame and i’m trying to push past it because i hate DNFing.

For those that have criticized popular romantasy BookTok books, what books in this genre would you actually recommend and consider to be “good” writing and storytelling.

I’d love to hear your recommendations since I am getting very exhausted with the BookTok recs. Both Fourth Wing and Quicksilver remind me of ACOTAR in that the MMC is basically a rip off of Rhysand and the FMC is “not like other girls” and needs to insert herself into the MMCs conflict while simultaneously being oblivious to everything going on around her. Not every MMC needs shadow powers and the “oh i thought he was evil but he was faking it and is actually a good guy”. I need some VARIETY!!!! And WHY CAN THEY ALL MIND SPEAK TO EACHOTHER??? Come onnnnn.

I love this genre and want to stay but i’m getting veryyyy sick of the ACOTAR formula. ACOTAR was fun but i don’t need to keep reading the same thing over and over. :)