‘Fairy porn’ fans of dragon-riding romantasy Onyx Storm blast book shops as pre-orders fail to show, warning ‘there are going to be lots of angry people’ [Video]

Furious Romantasy novel lovers took to social media to blast UK book sellers after they failed to deliver a copy of the highly anticipated Onyx Storm novel on its release day.

Fans of the ‘fairy porn’ genre had all earmarked Tuesday, January 21, in their calendars as the day the third instalment of the popular five-part Empyrean series by author Rebecca Yarros became available to read.

The franchise’s success had meant the latest steamy dragon-riding story was being listed on bestseller charts as early as August last year because of pre-order numbers. 

And hundreds of supporters also signed up in droves to attend midnight release parties across the UK earlier this week to make sure they got their hands on the viral hit. 

But for several book worms, this excitement quickly turned to disappointment as they realised their pre-ordered hardback copy would not be delivered in time. 

Having not received …