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Originally Posted by JSWolf
Even worse is a tacky romance that the author has used SF or fantasy elements so it can be stuck under SFF/Fantasy when really, it's a really tacky romance.
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If a romance has fantasy or SF elements it belongs in both SFF/fantasy and romance. Just like if it is a crime mystery, a romance, and a historical novel, it belongs in all those categories.
But I do think online bookshops are really, really bad at helping people find books. A filter that let's you exclude things seems like a no-brainer (show me books tagged with SFF but not romance), but I haven't seen it anywhere. It would also help if a book could have a primary category, so you'd know if it was a romance in an SFF setting, or an SFF book with a romantic subplot.