One of the hardest parts about reading afantasyseries can be the long wait time between book releases, and there are many readers who’d prefer to wait for a story to be completed before picking up the first novel. Thankfully, there is an unlimited number offinished romantasy book seriesto keep such readers entertained and well-stocked with thrilling narratives. But it can sometimes be difficult to see so much hype around a newly released fantasy romance and resist the urge to pick it up even when you know the series is not yet closed out.
While there are several popularromantasy book series from 2024that are currently unfinished — as are many that come highly recommended on BookTok or other social platforms — a considerable number will be receiving their final sequel this year. Now that these series' finales are on the horizon,readers who are wary of picking up a story before it’s complete can jump into these incredible fantasy worlds without a long wait ahead of them,and finally experience the stories that have intrigued hundreds of thousands of readers online.
6Fearless
The Powerless Trilogy
Fearless, the next andfinal book in thePowerless Trilogyby Lauren Roberts, will be published in a few short weeks on July 16, 2025.The series quickly grew in popularity among readers on BookTok soon afterPowerless' release, and its sequel,Reckless, was one of the most highly anticipated romantasy reads in 2024.Powerlessbegins following the life of Paedyn Gray, an Ordinary living among the Elites in a society where power reigns supreme and those without it, if found, are dealt with accordingly.
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Being an Ordinary, and therefore powerless, Paedyn has to work hard to keep a low profile to avoid being killed. But after years of practice, she is able to convincingly mimic the mind-reading powers of an Elite through clever and astute observation. However, after she makes the decision to save Prince Kai, she is later thrown into the Purging Trials, a competition in which the best of the Elites compete for glory.Fearlesswill officially wrap up both Paedyn and Kai’s stories, and is poised to be full of tension, yearning, and high-stakes.
5Three Shattered Souls
The Broken Blades Series
Three Shattered Soulsis the third and final novel inThe Broken Bladesseries by Mai Corland. The first novel,Five Broken Blades, was first released in May 2024, with its sequel,Four Ruined Realms, hitting shelves ery recently, in January 2025. Thankfully, readers won’t have to wait long for its final sequel, asThree Shattered Soulsis expected to be published on June 11, 2025. The series kicks off following the lives of five of the best liars in the land, who have all been summoned to fulfill one objective: kill the god king Joon.
The book’s main objective is exactly that, and as the narrative progresses,readers get to experience the perspectives of the six different characters involved with the schemeand witness their continued struggle to trust one another to accomplish their goal. Given that each of the characters is morally ambiguous, being the best of liars, it’s interesting to watch the truth unfold throughout the story. And in having multiple POVs,Five Broken Blades, and its subsequent novels, offers a really great window into each character’s personality and worldview.
Scorched Throne Duology
The Jasad Crown, the long-awaited sequel toThe Jasad Heir, will be released on June 15, 2025, and officially concludes theScorched Throneduology by Sara Hashem.The Jasad Heirwas met with great enthusiasm upon release in 2023 and has since left readers begging for its sequel. The Egyptian-inspired debut romantasy follows a fugitive queen, Sylvia, who is the last of her house. However, everyone believes her to have been murdered alongside the royal family.
When her family was murdered, the kingdom of Jasad burned and magic was outlawed. But the story truly begins when Sylvia loses control over her magic and attracts the attention of the Nizhal heir, Arin, her sworn enemy, and the biggest threat to her survival and her heart.The ending ofThe Jasad Heirleaves readers on a massive cliffhanger, as many plot points remain unresolved in the first book’s narrative. Now that its sequel is only a few months away, it’s the perfect time for readers to pick up the first in the series.
3A Curse Carved In Bone
Saga Of The Unfated Duology
A Curse Carved in Bone, the second and final novel in theSaga of the Unfatedduology by Danielle L. Jensen, is one of the mosthighly anticipated romantasy reads of 2025. The first novel, AFate Inked in Blood, was a favorite among readers in 2024, and thankfully its sequel will be released just a year and some change later; scheduled to hit shelves on June 17, 2025. The Norse-inspired duology centers around Freya, a shield maiden gifted with a drop of a goddess' blood but bound in an unwanted marriage.
However, the story gets going when her husband betrays her to the region’s jarl, and Freya finds herself in a fight to the death with the jarl’s son, Bjorn. To survive, she must reveal her magical abilities gifted to her through the goddess' blood, and in doing so finds herself bound yet again to the jarl as a means to conquer the nation of Skaland.A Curse Carved in Bonecomesfrom the author of the best-sellingBridge Kingdomseries, and is set to pick up whereA Fate Inked in Blood’s twist ending left off.
2What Sleeps Within The Cove
Of Flesh And Bone Series
What Sleeps Within the Coveis the final novel in theOf Flesh and Boneseries by Harper L. Woods. The first novel,What Lies Beyond the Veil, was first published in 2022, with two sequels,What Hunts Inside the ShadowsandWhat Lurks Between the Fates, each hitting shelves within a year of the first novel’s release. However, the conclusion to the series has endured a much longer hiatus, but will also finally be published in a few weeks on Jun 30, 2025.
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The series follows Estrella, a human living in a world where a magical barrier, called the Veil, protects them from the Fae of Alfheimr, who live beyond. But when the Veil comes crashing down, Estrella and other humans are forced to flee in order to survive. However, before she can be captured on the Wild Hunt, a Fae warrior, Caelum, steps in to save her life. Theirspicy fantasy romanceis told over the course of three novels, and thankfully, after a two-year wait, will officially conclude not long from now.
1A Theory Of Dreaming
A Study In Drowning Duology
A Theory of Dreamingis set to release on June 01, 2025, andwill officially close out the story that began inA Study in Drowningby Ava Reid. The first novel, published in 2023, follows Effy Sayre, a young woman who believes in fairy tales — although having been haunted by visions of the Fairy King since childhood, she’s had little choice. The story picks up as Effy enters a contest to redesign the home of her favorite author, the late Emrys Myrddin, who wrote Angharad, an epic tale where a mortal girl falls in love with the Fairy King and then destroys him.
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However, in her attempts to redesign the musty and decrepit manor, Effy finds herself at odds with a young literary scholar, Preston Héloury, who is determined to expose Myrddin as a fraud. This kicks off a gothic mystery of sorts, as the two work together to piece together clues of Myrddin’s legacy and instead find dark forces conspiring against them. Thefantasyromance has left readers on the edge of their seats for well over a year, and the highly anticipated sequel,A Theory of Dreaming, will re-immerse readers into the dreamlike fairy-tale world Reid sets up so beautifully.
