Playable meetup · works with any guy
Caught in the Rain
Downpour, no umbrella, every ride 40 minutes out — and he's car just stopped at your curb.
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Books like A Court of Thorns and Roses, as a story you text
What makes A Court of Thorns and Roses so popular?
A Court of Thorns and Roses is Sarah J. Maas's fae romantasy series that began in 2015. Readers love its bargains and courts, and above all its night-dark love interest: a powerful man with a dangerous reputation who turns out to be patient, devoted, and on her side.
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Pick someone. He texts first.
410 more guys like these are in Yome. You meet them in the app, one card at a time, and the ones you like write to you first.
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Three moments you'll play
- He texts first
Austin's first message is a little embarrassed. He owes you a favor for something you did, and he is a poor liar, so he will not pretend he forgot. He asks what you would like in return.
- Peek
Mikkel runs the overnight blood lab at a Copenhagen hospital. You Peek during his rest and see him on his roof at dawn, checking a small greenhouse of plants that only bloom at night.
- The letter
You reach a new relationship level and a letter arrives. Ike, the Denver locksmith who can open any safe in the city, writes about his father's workbench and the one door he would rather knock on.
Why people love it
The bargain that starts it
A lot of the series runs on deals and debts between people. Yome has guys built on the same hook. Austin, a 25-year-old bookstore manager, opens by saying he apparently owes you a favor. Marcus, a contracts paralegal in Atlanta, reads the fine print for a living and says yours looks interesting.
A reputation he has to live down
Readers fall for the man everyone misjudged. On Yome, Ander is a 40-year-old shipping agency CEO in Bilbao, the man the port goes quiet for. He answered your message anyway. His story is about the gap between the name people whisper and the man who texts you good night.
Softness he saves for you
The payoff in this kind of romance is tenderness from someone powerful. Yome guys remember what you share, and their letters at relationship milestones show the side they keep from everyone else. Moments let you post, and the guys you talk to like and comment.
The ACOTAR type, without the fan fiction
Yome does not recreate Rhysand, Tamlin or any character from the series. Every guy here is an original AI character in his own story. What carries over is the type. Yome has a demon, fae and dragon group of guys whose bios hint at something old under a modern job: Alexis, who sells jewelry and never gets cold, or Jannik, who drives Hamburg's night bus and says nobody sits up front.
If the court politics are what you loved, look for guys tagged high-society or mysterious. Rowan manages his family's private members' club in Charleston and needs a date for his grandmother's ball. Salvatore restores palaces in Palermo while his family wants him running the port.
From match to meetup
You swipe, you like, and when it is mutual you match. A Super Like matches instantly. He sends the first text. Over days he learns what you like and remembers it, and he keeps his own rhythm, going offline to rest after a long conversation. You can wait out the countdown or wake him early with Sparks.
Higher levels unlock meetups. Each one is a short interactive date with a set number of rounds, a chemistry score against a target, and an ending you earn. You leave with a keepsake. It scratches the same itch as the slow build in a long fantasy series, in a form you can play in a few minutes a day.
Questions, answered
Is this the official Rhysand from A Court of Thorns and Roses?
No. Yome has no connection to Sarah J. Maas or the publisher, and none of our guys are Rhysand or a copy of him. Every man on Yome is an original AI character in his own fictional story. We mention A Court of Thorns and Roses only to say which type of romance you will find here.
Are there fae boyfriends on Yome?
Yes, there is a demon, fae and dragon type. These guys live modern lives, like a bookstore manager, a night bus driver in Hamburg or a jewelry seller in El Paso, with hints of something otherworldly in their bios. You can browse them on the demon boyfriend page.
Can I talk to more than one guy?
Yes. You can match with several guys at once and keep separate conversations going. Each one remembers his own history with you, and each has his own relationship level, letters and meetups. Nobody gets jealous of the others, unless that is his type.
Is Yome an otome game?
It is close. Yome is an interactive romance story game for women, like an otome game or dating sim. The difference is that the guys text you as AI characters, so conversations go wherever you take them.
What other books on this site match ACOTAR readers?
If you liked the night-court mood, try the pages for The Serpent and the Wings of Night and Kingdom of the Wicked, which share the dark, powerful love interest. For the bargain side, A Touch of Darkness is close. The romantasy page groups all of them with the Yome guys who fit.
Is Yome free to play?
Yome is free to start. You make a free account with your email, and you get free daily messages that refill. Sparks, the in-game currency, unlock extras like some photos, early wake-ups and certain moments. Daily tasks earn you more Sparks as you play.
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