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queensthiefHey guys!
So after resisting reading these books for a couple years, I finally cracked and devoured them all within a few days. Sooo I guess now I'm also stuck waiting (im)patiently for the next book. Meanwhile, does anybody have any books that they can recommend that are similar to this series?
In particular, I'm searching for books with at least some focus on politics, but aren't necessarily quuuite as ruthless as something like Game of Thrones. More in the direction of The Lumatere Chronicles, for example.
...Although as I was typing this I realized that the character I adore most in the series is Costis, so maybe I should just ask for recs for books with extremely loyal, honor-before-reason characters instead... any additional recs for those, by any chance?
So after resisting reading these books for a couple years, I finally cracked and devoured them all within a few days. Sooo I guess now I'm also stuck waiting (im)patiently for the next book. Meanwhile, does anybody have any books that they can recommend that are similar to this series?
In particular, I'm searching for books with at least some focus on politics, but aren't necessarily quuuite as ruthless as something like Game of Thrones. More in the direction of The Lumatere Chronicles, for example.
...Although as I was typing this I realized that the character I adore most in the series is Costis, so maybe I should just ask for recs for books with extremely loyal, honor-before-reason characters instead... any additional recs for those, by any chance?
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Date: 2/26/14 05:05 pm (UTC)Loyal characters:
Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo (for Mal)
Stolen Songbird by Danielle Jensen (Vincent, Victoria, Marcus, etc.)
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (Rudy)
Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling (Ron)
Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein (*wails*)
The Girl of Fire and Thorns by Rae Carson (Hector! Humberto!)
Curtsies & Conspiracies by Gail Carriger (Book 2 in the series, but Dimity shines in this one.)
The Dream Thieves by Maggie Stiefvater (Also Book 2, but NOAH.)
Under the Never Sky by Veronica Rossi (Roar)
Scarlet by A.C. Gaughen (Much)
The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan (Grover)
The Cavendish Home for Boys and Girls by Claire Legrand (Lawrence)
The Sherlock BBC miniseries :)
Politics:
The Girl of Fire and Thorns by Rae Carson
Grave Mercy by Robin LaFevers
Palace of Spies by Sarah Zettel
Across a Star-Swept Sea by Diana Peterfreund [hat tip to the Gen/Eddis dynamic in this one]
Seraphina by Rachel Hartman
*Note: Some books appear on multiple lists. Those are good ones to pay attention to. :)
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Date: 2/28/14 11:50 pm (UTC)