Did I tell you about the time I tried to read "Fourth Wing"? I esp. loved the part where the MC is so scared that they calm themselves by recounting the entire world's backstory. I've seen less clunky world-building on Minecraft, cha-cha.
Rebecca Yarros is the Dan Brown of E.L. James-es. DNF. (postscript: actually, at least I could finish a Dan Brown book. ugh)
Is there any #Romantasy out there by accomplished storytellers? Colleen Hoover-level writing, maybe?