Tag: Fantasy
Black Stone Heart (The Obsidian Path #1) by Michael R. Fletcher
Black Stone Heart has phenomenal and highly immersive world-building, top-notch characterization, and beautiful, poignant, and macabre prose
The Traitor (Covenant of Steel #3) by Anthony Ryan
The Traitor is a heart-pounding and exciting ride that’ll leave readers rooting for both the heroes and villains from start to finish
The Darkness That Comes Before (The Prince of Nothing #1) by R. Scott Bakker
The Darkness That Comes Before is fresh and unique, bursting with ideas from a vivid imagination that reads like a fever dream.
Gardens of the Moon (Malazan Book of the Fallen #1) by Steven Erikson
The worldbuilding is unparalleled, the characters are well-etched, and the magic is excellent, even if it sometimes gets difficult to digest.
The Way of Edan (The Edan Trilogy #1) by Philip Chase
As a reader, it’s so easy to see yourself in Eormenlond, traveling with the main character as he journeys to discover who he is.
5 Things to Expect from Wheel of Time Season 2
Not even the most fanatic, avid and rabid WoT-er truly knows the direction Rafe Judkins and co will be steering this plot.
The Ghostfaces (Brotherband Chronicles #6) by John Flanagan
The characters are well-fleshed out, unique, and have original personalities that interact excitingly, leaving you keen to know about their latest adventure.
Green Rider (Green Rider #1) by Kristen Britain
That the main character is female gives the story a unique twist, and the adventures she has along the way are fun and thrilling to read.
Age of Myth (The Legends of the First Empire #1) by Michael J. Sullivan
There’s a lot of Thriller-style suspense in Age of Myth, and the characters’ uniqueness makes you want to persist with the book.
Prince of Fools (The Red Queen’s War #1) by Mark Lawrence
Mark Lawrence has always had hype on his side, and now I know why. He writes like no one else, and I mean that quite literally.
Of Darkness and Light (The Bound and the Broken #2) by Ryan Cahill
You can see the vast city walls, forests, snowlands, and country scenery as vividly as if you were watching it on the big screen in 4K.
The Immortals of Meluha (Shiva Trilogy #1) by Amish Tripathi
Amish Tripathi has created a magnificently crafted historical and mythological fantasy that’s decadent, passionate, wondrous, and full of lore.
Empire of the Vampire (Empire of the Vampire #1) by Jay Kristoff
A well-detailed, well-described, and elaborate fantasy setting with dark prose, beautiful and vivid descriptions of characters, and meticulous and immersive world-building.
Black Cross (Black Powder Wars #1) by J.P Ashman
The antiheroes make you root for them! Their gritty, dark deeds blend with their odd but righteous sense of justice.
Words of Radiance (The Stormlight Archive #2) by Brandon Sanderson
I can confidently say that the Stormlight Archive’s magic system is the best I’ve ever seen in Fantasy Fiction.
Children of Virtue and Vengeance (Legacy of Orïsha #2) by Tomi Adeyemi
I commend the willingness to use far more original cultural elements than in book one. It gives the book a semblance of originality, which I greatly appreciate
The Empire’s Ruin (Ashes of the Unhewn Throne #1) by Brian Staveley
The comradeship and romance in this book were well executed, and I was pleased to see the fight scenes and the magic system well-depicted.
Fevered Star (Between Earth and Sky #2) by Rebecca Roanhorse
Like the first book, the writing is fluid and contains meticulously detailed world-building, characterizations, and an extremely gripping plot.