Critics mock it as raunchy trash – but this enchanting genre is much older, and wilder, than you might imagine There’s a popular genre, filled with beautiful, human-sized fairies having sex with humans (often quite violent sex, but the people reading it seem to enjoy it). Word is that it’s badly...
Source: [Guardian International](https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/18/medieval-romance-overflowed-with-sexually-active-fairies-the-surprisingly-long-roots-of-romantasy)