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⌈ Secret Post #3076 ⌋

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Comments

Re: looking for fantasy books

[sarillia]

Steven Brust is one of my favorites. There are quite a few books in the Vlad Taltos series but it's not important to read them all. It's sort of like Discworld where you can jump in anywhere.

I also always have to recommend Guy Gavriel Kay at these times. The first of his I read was Tigana and I loved it. I think it does moral complexity well without succumbing to showing off how GRITTY it is.

And if I can recommend something with the disclaimer that a friend wrote them, I love Shira Glassman's Mangoverse series. She says she made it so you could start with any of the three (so far) books but I still recommend starting with The Second Mango, the earliest one. These books make me happier than anything else. As far from grimdark as you can get. And I adore the characters.

Re: looking for fantasy books

[ketita]

Well I can confirm your taste because I have read (and liked!) the Vlad Taltos series - it's so weird, but definitely interesting. I love when fantasy does more out-there stuff.
And I have read a whole bunch of GGK and also own Tigana so there. And 100% on the moral complexity without being I R GRITTY LOOK AT THE BLOOD! That's one of the (many) things I liked about it.

I am actually familiar with the Mangoverse, too! Though it pinged my radar as being a bit to YA for me.

Re: looking for fantasy books

[sarillia]

I don't know if I should be happy I made good choices or disappointed that I couldn't help. :p

If it helps, Shira didn't write the Mangoverse as YA, it just happened to sell to a YA publisher that was willing to market it as New Adult. I think there are ways to compare it to YA but I think you could make arguments against it too. I don't have a strong opinion either way on that. It still tackles some interesting themes. Climbing the Date Palm is all about workers' rights and inspired by her spouse's real life advocacy in that area.

Also, have you read Brust's Khaavren Romances series too?