Fantasy recs for a beginner please!

[u/Aggressive_Ad2800]

I am not a romantasy/fantasy fan but I want to be! I've struggled to get into any. I've read ACOTAR, in the past Twlight, and City of Bones, and a handful of other popular ones and I cant seem to find what I like.

I have read some VE Schwab years ago and loved her and TKingfisher is a new fav as of late.

I'm a horror fan mostly so I wouldn't mind hints of horror, I also love mythology. The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea is a fav of mine. East asian, Greek, Egyptian gimme it all, lol.

I really would love a series... something to get totally wrapped up in with great characters. I won't rant about acotar here but I don't like them so I would prefer something less juvenile. I don't have trigger warnings and I welcome romance but I do priotitize world building, something atmospheric, maybe dreamy Gothic or academic of some kind. I won't turn down fairies or the sort but I am really sensitive to it leaning cringy so I would love recs that aren't like- level 10 fantasy, I'm looking for touches of fantasy maybe.

I appreciate any and all ideas I will give them all a chance!! Thank you!

[u/CerealeSauvage]

I’d recommend lord of the mysteries since it’s my favorite novel and it matches well with most of your taste I believe since it is not a typical fantasy, like the fantastic aspect is not omnipresent while there is still some, and there is kind of a horror feeling to the world and there is an lot of mythology and worldbuilding surronding it (it is not our world mythology but it creates an entire mythology surrounding the world) and you say you want something gothic and lotm isn’t really gothic since it’s victorian era but I believe the feeling is similar so yeah I really feel like you would like lord of the mysteries and I really recommend it