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Penkat Stables said:
:0 how have I only just wandered upon this? I really need to look in the forums more often. I would love some book recommendations, I'm going to go raid the library soon :] YA sci fi/ fantasy is preferable, also minimal romance would be lovely but understandably such books are rare in YA land.
Really, *anything* by Brandon Sanderson is a safe bet for sci-fi and fantasy. He's great at blending the two. Also bonus points for banter, clever dialogue, and straight up weirdness (time travelling lizards, bad metaphors, sentient chalk). Scott Westerfeld also is a fantastic writer, there is a romantic element to some of his stuff but not in a super overwhelming way. Maggie Stiefvater is always a favorite to recommend for the fantasy. The Raven Cycle is a good one because it's advertised to be a romance story but she gets so caught up in the world building and magic that the romance sorta falls to the wayside. It's lovely. Six! Of! Crows! My friend's been recommending the Locked Tomb series to me. I've been unable to obtain it yet but look up the premise- it seems very very neat. |
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Thanks for the reccomendations, I'll have to look into those! Also, puck, the Locked Tomb series is indeed very very neat, the first one is one of my two favorite books. (I've been unable to decide if I like it or Six of Crows better). |
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Currently rereading Lockwood and Co Pros: ghosts, found family, banter, excellent plotting, incredible world building, netflix is filming the adaptation in july, super fun plot twists, swords, black market Cons: it ends :( |
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Lockwood and Co is a marvelous book. |
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I'm am writing all these down for later, I'm trying to finish the Chain if Gold books right now. Any Natasha Preston people? Shatter Me is a good one (not Natasha Preston) Itty bitty spoiler. if you like her romance choices, don't read past the first book. |
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FirstLightFarms said:
Currently rereading Lockwood and Co Pros: ghosts, found family, banter, excellent plotting, incredible world building, netflix is filming the adaptation in july, super fun plot twists, swords, black market Cons: it ends :(
Ooooh sounds interesting! I'll have to add it to my mile long to-read list. Also, I just finished Jurassic Park (the book), twas overall pretty good. |
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Any Silence (Broken Silence, Silent Night) fans? I read the series for the 3rd time a little while back, I LOVE it. |
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I finally caved and started reading ACOTAR. Mostly out of curiosity, even though I strongly dislike SJM. To say the least, I felt like cartwheeling across a multi lane highway at times whilst reading this series. The sheer ridiculousness and ick of some parts of these books did make me laugh though, so I suppose that accounts for something. Sometimes you just have to read books you know you'll hate to prepare for what's waiting in hell.
Edit: no hate to anyone who enjoys ACOTAR. The first three books aren't even bad, they're just not for me. However, based of the reviews I've seen for A Court Of Silver Flames, I don't think even SJM fans can defend her butchering of this series. |
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I've heard ACOTAR is basically Fae erotica. Though I had not heard about the reviews on Silver Flames? |
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Moonlight Stud said:
I've heard ACOTAR is basically Fae erotica. Though I had not heard about the reviews on Silver Flames?
Oh yeah, it's definitely not my cup of tea. Maybe my discontempt with it is just because I don't vibe with smut, but I wouldn't recommend it unless you're skim reading. The world building is good though and I'll give it to SJM, she can really write action scenes. I checked goodreads for the reviews on Silver Flames and the top three where 1 stars I believe, reading them they all rang true for what I would expect from SJM. The 1 star reviews made me laugh harder than any joke made throughout the whole series lol |
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