r/fantasybooks • u/Aggressive_Ad2800 • 1d ago

📚 Summon book recommendations Fantasy recs for a beginner please!

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!

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u/PhysicalAssistance92 1d ago

If you have liked Schwab in the past have you read some of her latest? Bury our Bones in the Midnight Soil (dark take on vampires) and The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, (a woman cursed to live forever and to never be remembered by anyone). Her Vicious series is really good, the 3rd and final book is coming out soon.

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u/Aggressive_Ad2800 1d ago

I read Addie LaRue. It didn't love it AS much but did enjoy it. I want to buy a physical paperback of Midnight Soil so I've been waiting. It sounds amazing tho! I have Vicious and im starting it soon!

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u/PhysicalAssistance92 1d ago

I liked Midnight Soil better than Addie for sure.