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Okay, guys, recommend me some adult fantasy. I read Addie LaRue/Emily Wilde this year and LOVED them, and I like the vibes of the Night Circus, although it was too long for me. Darker Shade of Magic is on my TBR. Basically: adult fantasy that's heavy on the whimsy and light on the smut, if possible.
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Dec 27, 2023 11:31AM
Have you read A River Enchanted by Rebecca Ross? It’s gorgeous. I still need to pick up the sequel. I’m also currently reading Starling House and it’s got dark gothic whimsy in SPADES.
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Have you read SPINNING SILVER by Naomi Novik? It is gorgeous! Also, JONATHAN STRANGE AND DR NORRELL by Susanna Clarke if you are up for a tome (it inspired EMILY WILDE).
Also, any of WR Gingell’s books fit your description. She has fairy tale retellings and urban fantasy — all clean, whimsical, and with murder! lol
Dark Water Daughter by H. M. LongThe Forgotten Beasts of Eld by Patricia Mckillip (like a fairytale)
Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik
The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden
Assassin’s Apprentice by Robin Hobb is one of my favorite adult fantasy books—just a good classic fantasy with a focus on character development. pacing is slow though, just FYI.
//chanting// TERRY PRATCHETT, TERRY PRATCHETT, TERRY PRATCHETTSeriously, I highly recommend Pratchett if you want adult fantasy that's both thoughtful/deep and hilariously whimsical. Try "Mort," "Guards, Guards," "Wyrd Sisters," or "Witches Abroad."
(Also, "A Darker Shade of Magic" is excellent and I loved it)
YES!! PLEASE read a darker shade of magic, then the fragile threads of power. SO. GOOD. Starling house is great, along with the once and future witches.
I don't know if it's adult or YA, but I loved the dreamy, fairy-tale atmosphere of "Yours, Constance" by Emily Hayse.
Katie wrote: "//chanting// TERRY PRATCHETT, TERRY PRATCHETT, TERRY PRATCHETTSeriously, I highly recommend Pratchett if you want adult fantasy that's both thoughtful/deep and hilariously whimsical. Try "Mort," ..."
I NEED TO READ MORE PRATCHETT! I read the Tiffany Aching series as a wee tyke and then totally forgot about him. Time to read more!
R.F. Gammon wrote: "Katie wrote: "//chanting// TERRY PRATCHETT, TERRY PRATCHETT, TERRY PRATCHETTSeriously, I highly recommend Pratchett if you want adult fantasy that's both thoughtful/deep and hilariously whimsical..."
You'll love them! His adult novels are just as good (and very clean, nothing beyond innuendo).
Susanna Clarke is pretty much the only adult fantasy author I've wholeheartedly loved. Piranesi & Jonathan Strange are both very good (though very different from each other—the first is magical realism about imagination & reason, the second a massive historical fantasy tone that's basically Dickens if there were magic). I also enjoyed Sorcerer to the Crown & Shades of Milk and Honey which are more lighthearted, whimsical historical fantasies. Otherwise I think most adult fantasy skews way too far into the "romantasy" (blegh)/smut territory for me (I too am open to recommendations though!).
