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[silverthunder]

Yesterday and today I spent some time looking for some good fantasy novels with m/m romance. Actually, I'd also be happy with good fantasy novels with m/f romance, but lately I've been in a BL mood, so that's what I've been looking for.

You have no idea how happy it would make me to find at least ONE m/m fantasy novel that is not taking itself so seriously! If it's not coated with a thick layer of angst (either plot or romance related, take your pick), it's smut with a fantasy backdrop.

And don't get me wrong, some of those books are awesome! But when I'm craving some lighthearted fantasy/romance with decent humor and just a bit of drama to make it interesting (wouldn't say no to the smut, either, as long as it wasn't the whole plot), man, this just doesn't cut it!

The angst, it is wide. Wide like the ocean. There is no crossing.

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[silverthunder]

I went looking through a long list of m/m fantasy (and downloaded sample chapters from Amazon for the ones that looked interesting and were available for the Kindle). I can't remember all of the ones I looked at, but here are some I've read and enjoyed:

Nighrunner series (Lynn Flewelling)
Strange Fortune (Josh Lanyon)
Last Herald-Mage series (Mercedes Lackey)
maderr's books

And here are some I downloaded samples for (no idea yet if they're any good):

Swordspoint (Ellen Kushnar)
The Lion of Kent (Aleksander Vionov)
Miles and the Magic Flute (Heidi Cullinan)
Orphan's Quest (Pat Nelson Childs)
Magic and the Pagan (Mychael Black)
Mongrel (K.Z. Snow)
Many Roads Home (Ann Somerville)

Hopefully at least some will turn out to be really good! If you have any other suggestions, they would definitely be appreciated!

[maderr.livejournal.com]

Should have read comments first. Will look through my ebooks when I get home, cause I'm sure there's a few you'd like :3

[tsaiko.livejournal.com]

I like Swordspoint a lot, though it sometimes is a little dark. If you decide to buy it, I also recommend Privilege of the Sword, which has implied threesome. :D

Tanya Huff has one in her fantasy series that has a male couple, I think it's the Quartered Sea, but I'm not sure I can recommend that one since it's kind of "Insta-romance! Just add water!" Literally in this case. Which is a shame because the other Quarter books (Sing the Four Quarters, Fifth Quarter, and No Quarter) are fantastic (and have some romance in them).

[silverthunder]

I was actually looking at a few Tanya Huff books, but I couldn't get sample chapters since her books don't come in ebook format (at least, not on Amazon). I'll probably try out some of the others first.

Privilege of the Sword is the sequel, right? I'll see how I do with Swordspoint first. ;)

Thanks!