Bishop's ETCHED CITY is dark, gritty, not really my type but I remember admiring its aesthetics. Constable's Tremaris trilogy is YA fantasy with interesting worldbuilding and reads quickly. Ditto for Dunkle's Hollow Kingdom trilogy, although it's not secondary-world and so is necessarily more derivative. Have heard good things about Goodman's EON: DRAGONEYE REBORN, though I haven't read it myself. Goss's IN THE FOREST OF FORGETTING is on my shortlist; she wrote me a really great critique of worldbuilding once, and I also adored her short story "Singing of Mount Abora" (review) but I'm not hard to please when it comes to anything derived from "Kubla Khan" or "The Lady of Shalott." Maureen Johnson's name sounds familiar with positive mental attachments, although I don't know anything about SUITE SCARLETT. Many people have liked Larbalestier's Magic or Madness trilogy; I'm not really a fan, but they are good books. Sei Shonagon's PILLOW BOOK is going on my own list! Never read it, but I liked telophase's Yuletide story and loved MY NAME IS SEI SHONAGON (review) by Jan Blensdorf. Maggie Stiefvater's LAMENT was a great comfort read (flocked notes), YA Urban Faerie (minus the urban) with neat musical ornaments. Walker's VIOLET ON THE RUNWAY is on my TBR list as well; YA, sounds fresh and interesting. Wilce's FLORA SEGUNDA, I have heard much praise of but it doesn't seem like my kind of book. DRAGON KEEPER by Wilkinson also sounds vaguely familiar--I know it's YA, again.
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Date: 2009-03-30 06:47 pm (UTC)Bishop's ETCHED CITY is dark, gritty, not really my type but I remember admiring its aesthetics. Constable's Tremaris trilogy is YA fantasy with interesting worldbuilding and reads quickly. Ditto for Dunkle's Hollow Kingdom trilogy, although it's not secondary-world and so is necessarily more derivative. Have heard good things about Goodman's EON: DRAGONEYE REBORN, though I haven't read it myself. Goss's IN THE FOREST OF FORGETTING is on my shortlist; she wrote me a really great critique of worldbuilding once, and I also adored her short story "Singing of Mount Abora" (review) but I'm not hard to please when it comes to anything derived from "Kubla Khan" or "The Lady of Shalott." Maureen Johnson's name sounds familiar with positive mental attachments, although I don't know anything about SUITE SCARLETT. Many people have liked Larbalestier's Magic or Madness trilogy; I'm not really a fan, but they are good books. Sei Shonagon's PILLOW BOOK is going on my own list! Never read it, but I liked