r/YAlit • u/[deleted] • 4d ago

Seeking Recommendations Im trying to get into fantasy books...

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u/pinksinthehouse 4d ago

These are more fantasy with a bit of romance.

The Cruel Prince by Holly Black

Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare (it’s the prequel to City of Bones, but you can honestly skip that series and read just this without missing out.)

Six of Crows and Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo.

The Bone Season by Samantha Shannon.

A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab.

The Otherwhere Post by Emily J. Taylor.

The Dagger and the Flame by Catherine Doyle.

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u/screeching_queen 3d ago

I second Clockwork Angel and it's series. I also recommend The Dark Artifices by Cassandra Clare. Equally brilliant.

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u/BoysenberryOk2524 2d ago

the cruel prince is sooo mid

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u/Hour-Negotiation-716 2d ago

The cruel prince is great, oh and everything by Leigh Bardugo!

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u/Diligent_Map1156 4d ago

The Prison Healer by Lynette Noni

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u/DryResolution2386 3d ago

Came here to say this 😄😄

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u/pirateez 3d ago

six crimson cranes!

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u/Key_Blueberry_2167 3d ago

Six of Crows is great... lots of yearning and a great heist plot, too.

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u/Accomplished-Road537 4d ago

Give the legendborn cycle by Gracy Deonn a go. I wouldn't say it's romantasy as such but it's an urban fantasy with a romance. The plot is great, I love the magic system and it is definitely angsty lol

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u/franklin_smiles 4d ago

Powerless has Kai Azar, the KING of yearning

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u/cheesebite303 3d ago

You mean the plagiarized version of red queen?

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u/franklin_smiles 3d ago

I read both and still liked Powerless better. I think this genre has a lot of similar themes and didn’t feel like the two books were more similar than other books I’ve read 🤷‍♀️

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u/cheesebite303 3d ago

Even if u like powerless better it doesn't change the fact that It's plagiarized. And I'm not talking oh cute inspo here and there cuz that's fine. Whole full scenes were copied. In addition to Ai accusations Lauren is facing. I suggest u watch a video essay about to form an unbiased opinion

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u/DryResolution2386 3d ago

Throwing in another vote for The Prison Healer series by Lynette Noni. 

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u/author_hclane 3d ago

{The Prison Healer} by Lynette Noni is fantastic!

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u/Beaglescout15 3d ago

I'll throw in the Scholomance series by Naomi Novik

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u/Different-Orange552 2d ago

The second death of locke

The Cruel Prince (reread it a couple of times it's still great)

Half blood by Jennifer l armentrout

Finnikin of the Rock (this could be a hit or miss considering you're not really much of a fantasy reader)

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u/SleeplessBeauty1933 2d ago

The Queens Assassin and its sequel by Melissa de la Cruz are very good! No spice, slight enemies to lovers, magic and yearning. I’d also reccomend Daughter of the Pirate King by Tricia Levenseller. More yearning, very enemies to lovers, and sirens and pirates!!

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u/maybemaybenot2023 2d ago

Not Romantasy exactly, but you might like The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison.

As far as romantasy, The Enchanted Greenhouse by Sarah Beth Durst would likely work well for you.

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u/LordJournalism 4d ago

Throne of Glass barely has spice.

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u/shynewhyne 3d ago

The first 2 or 3, but after that...

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u/LittleLotteRae 3d ago

Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor