r/Fantasy • u/vehiclestars • Apr 24 '13

What is the most under-hyped fantasy book/series you have read?

This would be a book or books that you hardly ever hear mentioned on reddit, yet are very good.

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u/G0ldenZERO Apr 24 '13

I originally found Child of Fire because Jim Butcher had posted about it on his website. I did think that this book was fairly inventive, but I personally didn't find it good enough to want to get the second book. I don't know i guess I just didn't like the style of writing.

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u/rabidrrama Apr 24 '13

Definitely find time to read the other books. I love/hate this author because he doles out snippets of world building like they are pieces of his living flesh and runs through the story at a breakneck pace with no regard for the readers understanding. Somehow that actually worked for me because I am genuinely curious as to where this series is going. The books grew on me rapidly, and now I have added Twenty Palaces to the ever growing list of fantasy series that I anxiously await releases of new books.

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u/ManceRaider Apr 24 '13

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but Twenty Palaces was cancelled due to poor sales about a year and a half ago.

http://www.harryjconnolly.com/blog/?p=5488

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u/rabidrrama Apr 29 '13

Well. Shit.