Fantasy Mistressworks meme

[nwhyte]

From cassiphone here, original here. As per usual, bold the ones you have read, italicise the ones you started but didn't finish.

Comments

[jenmarya]

Try #4 Outlander/ Cross-Stitch (and the rest of the series) as did this fellow:
http://www.salon.com/1999/08/12/outlander/
and #10 Assassin's Apprentice (and the rest of the series).

[la_marquise_de_]

Nice to see someone else has picked up this baton. I meant to continue my series of posts and my long list from last year, but life intervened.

[alitheapipkin]

Seconding the recommendation for the Robin Hobb Assassin's trilogy - a firm favourite.

I don't remember if 'A Blackbird in Silver' is any good but I love 'A Taste of Blood Wine' by Freda Warrington, although the sequel is... odd.

[rparvaaz]

I quite detested _Interview with a Vampire_ myself.

The ones I'd recommend strongly are:

# 8 - Curse of the Mistwraith by Janny Wurtz. I love this series. The politics is brilliant in its complexity and the characters are very well fleshed out. And perhaps what i enjoy the most is the juxtaposition of latter day historical records with the story being told. I suspect you might enjoy it.

# 36 - Sheep Farmer's Daughter by Elizabeth Moon. I find this trilogy lovely. I loved it when I first read it and I enjoy it more with each re-read. My reaction, though, is so personal that I am never sure if I like it is because the trilogy is well crafted or because so many characters resonate within. Do give it a try though.

[rparvaaz]

Og, Melanie Rawn's Dragon series are good but the books depress me.

[mizkit]

Robin McKinley's THE BLUE SWORD is one of my all-time favorite books. Desert island book. I cannot, however, promise that it will have the same impact on a 40-something man as it did on an 11 year old girl. :)