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[meganbmoore]

Not that I need more books, but can anyone offer up opinion on Sara Douglass's Wayfarer books, Jacqueline Carey's Kushiel books, Brian Sanderson's Mistborn books, or Elizabeth Hayden's Symphony of Ages books?  (Yes, I know those aren't the official titles for some...)

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[lotuseyes.livejournal.com]

I"m reading through Sanderson's 'Mistborn' series now (just finished Part 1 of the first book 'Mistborn') and I'm enjoying it a lot. I can't say anything for the other two books in the trilogy (or if I will even love Mistborn completely), but so far its great fun. Vin, one of the main protags of Mistborn, is fun character. I do know that Sanderson's other book, Elantris, was VERY good fantasy. I devoured that in about a day or two.

I liked the premise of Haydon's books, but like the others I couldnt' read them. Same for Douglass (though I was trying to read her 'Games of Troy', I think that's the name of it, series). I couldn't read the Kushiels, despite them being recc'ed to me by everyone, because of the smut. I don't mind some smexy, but there's some kinky smexy in those books though I read Anne Bishop's Black Jewels books without problem....

[mycenae.livejournal.com]

The Black Jewels books were loltastic fantasy smut, with like underage furry sex but it's all a dream, whereas the Kushiel books* were like OMG RAZOR BLADES GO WHERE? DO NOT WANT!

*I only read about half of the first one, so I don't know if they got better or worse.

[lotuseyes.livejournal.com]

I'm pretty sure they stay on that level if I understood my friend correctly (is it bad that she rec'ed them to me specifically because of the kinky smut? I'm not sure what that says about her opinion of me...)

mwaha the Black Jewels books make me giggle for certain. I began reading them long before I was allowed Sex Ed long story so for much of the first two books I was like 'really? you can do that? For that long?! Wow!' and finally in Sex Ed when I learned how ::ahem:: unusual some of the stuff they engaged in was I laughed and had to explain to the instructor which explaining about how I knew what a cockring was, was mighty uncomfortable