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Elisia wrote:

Babel wrote:

Elisia wrote:

Babel wrote:
I HATE TOURNAMENT BOOKS

With that said The Will of the Many might be in kind of the vein you're looking for!
I'll try to think of more, but I'm slightly drunk rn

why do you hate tournaments? (i'm curious)

tournaments just seems like such a weird setting to me personally. (Disclaimer: Ive not read hunger games)
Most of the books I've read where it's been a thing it's mostly been about making the characters do something, where it doesn't really add to the world-building, is over fast and feels awkward with all of the other stuff happening.

thats fair honestly.
you should give hunger games a try. its very good. the movies are garbage in comparison

its one of the only plot centric tournaments that i think is well done

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the folk of the air series! its a young adult political fantasy serie id say??? with a romance sub plot!

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the folk of the air series! its a young adult political fantasy serie id say??? with a romance sub plot!

I need adult tho. I've read so much YA.

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Babel wrote:

Oakwald wrote:

Babel wrote:
I HATE TOURNAMENT BOOKS

With that said The Will of the Many might be in kind of the vein you're looking for!
I'll try to think of more, but I'm slightly drunk rn

It's on my tbr but it's so big!!

do you enjoy audiobooks?

The Will of the Many is such a masterpiece, and it deserves all the hype.
My boyfriend usually doesn't care for the audiobooks I'm listening to while I'm making dinner and breakfast, but he asked me if we could continue listening to this one while we ate, when I listened to the last part of it. It's that good. He loved every second of it and listened in on the last hour of it.

Yeah if they are on libby
I tend to check what's there but it really depends on the narrator if I can deal w it or not

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Thanks for all recs.
My brain is fried so I will come back later this weekend

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A Dowry of Blood by St Gibson is very good. It's vampire fiction, but it's written in a unique language which you'll either hate or love. I found the writing beautiful, but I'm also biased because I would marry Gibson if I ever got the chance.

If you're into historical books I really can recommend The Warm Hands of Ghosts by Katherine Arden. I honestly don't really like historical fiction, but this book is a perfect blend of historical and fantasy, and it really left an impression on me. If you liked Katherine Arden's other series (If you've read it) this is a must.

I'll throw a rec for Faebound by Saara El-Arifi, even though it's "technically" romantasy. I'm kinda sad about it suddenly becoming a catch-all phrase instead of hitting books like ACOTAR and similar, because I don't feel like the romance is the deciding factor in this one - even though it's present in a lot of the book. The world building is beauitul.

Also it's sci-fi, but I'll always recommend Murderbot - they're all very short books, but I have a blast with every single one of them. It's enough sci-fi to get some of the fantasy feel IMO.

I looked at the first one at the store today. It's slowly edging towards me but it's been months in the making so not convinced yet.

I have the warm hands of ghosts hardcover from easter. I just never got into it sad

Faebound... Sounds kinda bad Idk what to say like very mid vibes.

I don't like scifi but thanks.

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Res wrote:
So first, I'm gonna be utterly shameless and plug a story I'm co-writing on tapas, currently:
https://tapas.io/series/Knightfall/info

It does kinda sound like it fits the bill. The female lead is aro/ace, and while there will be a romantic subplot, it won't involve her in like an actual romance way.
For quick summary, it's an action fantasy comedy about a stunt woman who ends up in the world of the movie she is filming and has to go on a dangerous quest to save the world. Only, she also has to save herself from the romantic sub-plot and deal with the utterly ridiculous world.

Shameless plug - over

For book recs:

If you don't mind light novels I can recommend "The Apothecary Diaries" and "Ascendance of a Bookworm"
Apothecary Diaries is probably more historical than fantasy, but it has a lot of the same vibes, and about a girl who loves poison and ends up being kidnapped and going to the royal palace, where she ends up as a poison taster for a concubine, but she also ends up involved in a lot of different cases happening around her she has to help solve.

Ascendance of a Bookworm is about a book lover who gets reincarnated into a world without books and decides to make some herself. It starts off as very cozy fantasy feel, and romance doesn't really become prominent ever.

For non-light novels there is The Ending Fire Trilogy
First book is called "The Final Strife" - I'm personally on the final book currently, but have really enjoyed this series.
The first book is very tourney-ish as it revolves around this big tourney where people who win will end up in power. It mainly follows three women, and it has a lesbian romantic subplot.

The Poison Study trilogy by Maria V. Snyder are also great, with romance taking the backseat.
Another story about a poison tester.
MC is stuck in prison and gets offered the chance to work as a poison tester instead of getting executed for murder and gets involved in a lot of stuff because of that

The Prison Healer trilogy by Lynette Noni I know have some trials in the first book, but it's more trials than tourney. It is a great series, however, and about another MC stuck in prison, but this time as a healer.

I recommend searching them up if you need more info, because giving summaries of things I've read some time ago never goes well x'D

Hope you could use some of it! :3

Serving aroace REP whaaat!!!

I love the poison study. I'm in book 3 even tho irs YA and not adult.

Will look up the others

Res
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Res wrote:

Oakwald wrote:

Res wrote:
So first, I'm gonna be utterly shameless and plug a story I'm co-writing on tapas, currently:
https://tapas.io/series/Knightfall/info

It does kinda sound like it fits the bill. The female lead is aro/ace, and while there will be a romantic subplot, it won't involve her in like an actual romance way.
For quick summary, it's an action fantasy comedy about a stunt woman who ends up in the world of the movie she is filming and has to go on a dangerous quest to save the world. Only, she also has to save herself from the romantic sub-plot and deal with the utterly ridiculous world.

Shameless plug - over

For book recs:

If you don't mind light novels I can recommend "The Apothecary Diaries" and "Ascendance of a Bookworm"
Apothecary Diaries is probably more historical than fantasy, but it has a lot of the same vibes, and about a girl who loves poison and ends up being kidnapped and going to the royal palace, where she ends up as a poison taster for a concubine, but she also ends up involved in a lot of different cases happening around her she has to help solve.

Ascendance of a Bookworm is about a book lover who gets reincarnated into a world without books and decides to make some herself. It starts off as very cozy fantasy feel, and romance doesn't really become prominent ever.

For non-light novels there is The Ending Fire Trilogy
First book is called "The Final Strife" - I'm personally on the final book currently, but have really enjoyed this series.
The first book is very tourney-ish as it revolves around this big tourney where people who win will end up in power. It mainly follows three women, and it has a lesbian romantic subplot.

The Poison Study trilogy by Maria V. Snyder are also great, with romance taking the backseat.
Another story about a poison tester.
MC is stuck in prison and gets offered the chance to work as a poison tester instead of getting executed for murder and gets involved in a lot of stuff because of that

The Prison Healer trilogy by Lynette Noni I know have some trials in the first book, but it's more trials than tourney. It is a great series, however, and about another MC stuck in prison, but this time as a healer.

I recommend searching them up if you need more info, because giving summaries of things I've read some time ago never goes well x'D

Hope you could use some of it! :3

Serving aroace REP whaaat!!!

I love the poison study. I'm in book 3 even tho irs YA and not adult.

Will look up the others

Whoops, forgot to double check if things were YA or Adult, my brain was just like "I'm an adult reading them = adult" LOL

I do know that The Ending Fire Trilogy is like, adult adult, tho, so might be your best bet from the ones I mentioned.

(And the one I'm writing is a webnovel so tagging it YA or A isn't really a thing, but it's deffo not romantasy xD AND YUSH! AROACE REP!!!!)

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Res wrote:

Oakwald wrote:

Res wrote:
So first, I'm gonna be utterly shameless and plug a story I'm co-writing on tapas, currently:
https://tapas.io/series/Knightfall/info

It does kinda sound like it fits the bill. The female lead is aro/ace, and while there will be a romantic subplot, it won't involve her in like an actual romance way.
For quick summary, it's an action fantasy comedy about a stunt woman who ends up in the world of the movie she is filming and has to go on a dangerous quest to save the world. Only, she also has to save herself from the romantic sub-plot and deal with the utterly ridiculous world.

Shameless plug - over

For book recs:

If you don't mind light novels I can recommend "The Apothecary Diaries" and "Ascendance of a Bookworm"
Apothecary Diaries is probably more historical than fantasy, but it has a lot of the same vibes, and about a girl who loves poison and ends up being kidnapped and going to the royal palace, where she ends up as a poison taster for a concubine, but she also ends up involved in a lot of different cases happening around her she has to help solve.

Ascendance of a Bookworm is about a book lover who gets reincarnated into a world without books and decides to make some herself. It starts off as very cozy fantasy feel, and romance doesn't really become prominent ever.

For non-light novels there is The Ending Fire Trilogy
First book is called "The Final Strife" - I'm personally on the final book currently, but have really enjoyed this series.
The first book is very tourney-ish as it revolves around this big tourney where people who win will end up in power. It mainly follows three women, and it has a lesbian romantic subplot.

The Poison Study trilogy by Maria V. Snyder are also great, with romance taking the backseat.
Another story about a poison tester.
MC is stuck in prison and gets offered the chance to work as a poison tester instead of getting executed for murder and gets involved in a lot of stuff because of that

The Prison Healer trilogy by Lynette Noni I know have some trials in the first book, but it's more trials than tourney. It is a great series, however, and about another MC stuck in prison, but this time as a healer.

I recommend searching them up if you need more info, because giving summaries of things I've read some time ago never goes well x'D

Hope you could use some of it! :3

Serving aroace REP whaaat!!!

I love the poison study. I'm in book 3 even tho irs YA and not adult.

Will look up the others

Whoops, forgot to double check if things were YA or Adult, my brain was just like "I'm an adult reading them = adult" LOL

I do know that The Ending Fire Trilogy is like, adult adult, tho, so might be your best bet from the ones I mentioned.

(And the one I'm writing is a webnovel so tagging it YA or A isn't really a thing, but it's deffo not romantasy xD AND YUSH! AROACE REP!!!!)

That's a big mood. I've read so much YA i have to begin asking specifically for adult books bc ppl just mention things I've already read or don't care to read.

Will. Check out the ending fire series and see if I think I may like it

I will check out ur novel when I'm on my laptop. Maybe tomorrow. I'm writing one myself atm tho not online. It also got aroace rep!!

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Finished reading my dark vanessa
Brain fried

Res
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Res wrote:

Oakwald wrote:

Res wrote:

Oakwald wrote:
Serving aroace REP whaaat!!!

I love the poison study. I'm in book 3 even tho irs YA and not adult.

Will look up the others

Whoops, forgot to double check if things were YA or Adult, my brain was just like "I'm an adult reading them = adult" LOL

I do know that The Ending Fire Trilogy is like, adult adult, tho, so might be your best bet from the ones I mentioned.

(And the one I'm writing is a webnovel so tagging it YA or A isn't really a thing, but it's deffo not romantasy xD AND YUSH! AROACE REP!!!!)

That's a big mood. I've read so much YA i have to begin asking specifically for adult books bc ppl just mention things I've already read or don't care to read.

Will. Check out the ending fire series and see if I think I may like it

I will check out ur novel when I'm on my laptop. Maybe tomorrow. I'm writing one myself atm tho not online. It also got aroace rep!!

Faiiiiir
Sorry I didn't double check.

I hope you'll like it! I finally got my grabby hands in the last one and am devouring it as we write (audiobook, heh)

Ooooh, thanks!! We would appreciate any and all support honestly

YAY!!!! GO AROACE REP CLUUUUUUUUB!!!

Res
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Oakwald wrote:
Finished reading my dark vanessa
Brain fried

Oh, read this one a few weeks back and it was such a tough read honestly o-o I still have a lot of feelings from it T_T

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Babel wrote:

Elisia wrote:

Babel wrote:

Elisia wrote:
why do you hate tournaments? (i'm curious)

tournaments just seems like such a weird setting to me personally. (Disclaimer: Ive not read hunger games)
Most of the books I've read where it's been a thing it's mostly been about making the characters do something, where it doesn't really add to the world-building, is over fast and feels awkward with all of the other stuff happening.

thats fair honestly.
you should give hunger games a try. its very good. the movies are garbage in comparison

its one of the only plot centric tournaments that i think is well done

I'm honestly just slow on thg
I thought I got the whole series a few months ago, but when the book arrived it was in SWEDISH, so yeah...

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Babel wrote:

Oakwald wrote:

Babel wrote:

Oakwald wrote:
It's on my tbr but it's so big!!

do you enjoy audiobooks?

The Will of the Many is such a masterpiece, and it deserves all the hype.
My boyfriend usually doesn't care for the audiobooks I'm listening to while I'm making dinner and breakfast, but he asked me if we could continue listening to this one while we ate, when I listened to the last part of it. It's that good. He loved every second of it and listened in on the last hour of it.

Yeah if they are on libby
I tend to check what's there but it really depends on the narrator if I can deal w it or not

The Will of the Many has a good narrator!
I'll send link

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Babel wrote:

Oakwald wrote:

Babel wrote:
A Dowry of Blood by St Gibson is very good. It's vampire fiction, but it's written in a unique language which you'll either hate or love. I found the writing beautiful, but I'm also biased because I would marry Gibson if I ever got the chance.

If you're into historical books I really can recommend The Warm Hands of Ghosts by Katherine Arden. I honestly don't really like historical fiction, but this book is a perfect blend of historical and fantasy, and it really left an impression on me. If you liked Katherine Arden's other series (If you've read it) this is a must.

I'll throw a rec for Faebound by Saara El-Arifi, even though it's "technically" romantasy. I'm kinda sad about it suddenly becoming a catch-all phrase instead of hitting books like ACOTAR and similar, because I don't feel like the romance is the deciding factor in this one - even though it's present in a lot of the book. The world building is beauitul.

Also it's sci-fi, but I'll always recommend Murderbot - they're all very short books, but I have a blast with every single one of them. It's enough sci-fi to get some of the fantasy feel IMO.

I looked at the first one at the store today. It's slowly edging towards me but it's been months in the making so not convinced yet.

I have the warm hands of ghosts hardcover from easter. I just never got into it

Faebound... Sounds kinda bad Idk what to say like very mid vibes.

I don't like scifi but thanks.

It's really nice! If you like Gibson's writing I also think the rest of her books are worth picking up.

oh nooo sad

It grows on you, if you want to give ghosts another chance.

Faebound is slept on. The world-building is really nice, and it has some very good things happening (drum magic is fun) and I think it'll get better as it progresses. It's not quite gotten the reception it deserves imo, and I think part of it, is because it seems scary and because it's often defined as romantasy, where it doesn't really fit.

You're really missing out! But I get it. I was sceptical to Murderbot when I started, but the books work really well.