u/GothicMarmalade

I love a found family books and I need more of that. Usually a bunch of characters who come from bad backgrounds (abusive parents, given up for adoption, lost their parents young etc) who meet and make each other their found family. Usually in RH obviously this includes the polycule but I love when there are also like, friends and allies who are part of it too. Maybe even a whole village of fun characters, Love stuff like banter, hanging out for family breakfast/dinner, all of them living together in a big house (or castle or fortress or magical pocket dimension, whatever), adopting a dog, adorable Christmas scenes, planting a vegetable garden or planning a nest - all of it.

For example, while I would consider {Baby + the Late Night Howlers by Kathryn Moon} a found family story - none of the men or Baby have close family, they have friends who aren't part of the pack and who pitch in and are part of things, they renovate the strip mall together etc.

Stuff like {Liminal by Marie Mistry} {Pizza Shop Exorcist by Dakota Brown} {Highland Hideaway by Lily Gold} but I need more.

Um so I read a book recently where the FMC puts one of the MMCs in chastity ({Arcanist by Marie Mistry}) and now I want to see more of that. Got any recs?

I'm a lover of a properly fleshed out world, and I must admit I have DNF'd so many books because the world didn't make any sense. So I'm eager for some worldbuilding that feels consistent and interesting. Like, I want "this is so good a world I'd read more books in this same world if they wrote them"

My own recommendations, where I enjoyed the worldbuilding, would include

{Queen's Line by Kathryn Moon} - I love how the magic plays such a key part in the plot.

{Queen Takes Knight by Joely Sue Burkhart} - Yeah it's sort of ridiculous but it never contradicts itself and takes time to delve into things.

{Rut Bar by Alexis B. Osborne} - I love that this series takes some time to give serious thought about institutions and entertainment that'd exist in an Omegaverse world.

{Ambience by Sierra Knoxly} - Great ambience (pun intended), and the culture of the kingdom was clearly thought through

{Given by Amy Pennza} - The worldbuilding was inventive and played a big role in the plot.

So, a trope I quite like is when, either before they meet or after they bond, mates have matching marks. Not just bites, I mean like tattoos or body markings or something. But I don't see it very often outside of Ao3. Anyone got any recs?

Anything is fine except academy.