This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Functional". The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics". These cookies ensure basic functionalities and security features of the website, anonymously. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. If you’d like to explore the world of steampunk/Gaslamp romance further, here are a few of my favorites: Gaslamp romance combines these two favorites, mixing a magical, fantasy-driven world and all our favorite romantic tropes with a 19 th century backdrop. Give me a handsome rakish duke and a clever woman in want of a husband and I’ll stay up reading well past my bedtime. Historical romance is another favorite of mine. Steam powered tech, alternate history, telegrams, corsets, dresses down to the ankles, trains, dukes, barons, rakes, witches, magicians, magical beings, and monarchies feature frequently in this subset of historical fantasy. Instead, either a magical option or gaslights are used. So why is it called Gaslamp? Well, the lighting of course! Electricity isn’t usually an option in these historically inspired 19th-century worlds (with a few fun exceptions). If Sherlock Holmes, Jane Austen, and Harry Potter had a love child together, their love child would be a Gaslamp fantasy romance book. Whereas, magic, its use and existence, is an aspect of world building that sets Gaslamp novels apart. This technology (or mad science) is often futuristic in nature despite the historical environment. Steampunk separates itself with a focus on steam powered technology. And both can be high fantasy, set in a secondary world, or low fantasy and set in a world familiar to us. Both feature settings and a system of values from the Victorian or Edwardian Era. Both subgenres share ancestry with historical fantasy and gothic fiction. Gaslamp has a lot in common with steampunk, and as a result, they are often mistaken for one another. I blame my love for Gaslamp romance on my young obsession with the atmosphere of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes and the magic found in great books like Howl’s Moving Castle.
Prater, author of Gaslamp Romance, to tell us more about her love for this relatively unknown genre! But what exactly are the subgenres of Fantasy Romance? In this brand new series of blog posts, we explore the many different categories that fall under the FaRoFeb umbrella.
At FaRoFeb, our aim is to celebrate Fantasy Romance in all its variety.
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