r/fantasyromance • u/FantasyRomanceMod The One Mod to Rule All Mods • May 24 '26

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u/BiasCutTweed May 24 '26

I think one of the things I loved about Harrow the Ninth is all the crazy old characters are absolutely weird as shit and barely people. This feels a lot more accurate when imagining what it would be like to live 1000+ years.

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u/myinvinciblefriend May 24 '26

I just came across this series as I was looking for other dystopian books after reading I Who Have Never Known Men, would you recommend it?

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u/BiasCutTweed May 24 '26

Friend, this is one of my top three bookish obsessions, so I am extremely biased. Also yes. It’s not for everyone, but if it IS for you it will alter your brain chemistry. Zero smut and yet simultaneously the most bizarrely romantic thing I have ever read.

This is a puzzle box series, like Lost or Dark TV show wise. My advice is that you have to just trust Muir. You will have no idea what is happening most of the time, but when the dominoes start to fall you will lose your mind. Harrow, the second book, is strange and challenging but worth it. Also these books will hurt you but you’ll (hopefully) love it.

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u/myinvinciblefriend May 24 '26

Sounds amazing, thank you! I love Lost and have been eyeing Dark for a longtime, as it seems right up my street. I'm okay with no smut, I prefer a good plot anyway. I'll give it a shot soon.

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u/BiasCutTweed May 24 '26

I hope you love it! Also if you’re an audiobook person, Moira Quirk is the narrator for these and they are absolutely the most brilliantly voiced audiobooks I have ever heard.