This is just my opinion, but the An Ember in the Ashes series by Sabaa Tahir is really good. It has magic, love, twists, and they're just good. There's 4 books total. They are in my highschool's library if that has anything for the reading level if you care about that, but they're just great books. Lightly inspired by Greek/Roman culture.
The second is The Reborn Empire series by Devin Madson. I found the first book at a Goodwill, and was so surprised at the Adult language and stuff like that, but then I remembered authors can write whatever they want, Anyway, there's also 4 books, I haven't finished the 4th yet, so not sure if there'll be more. It has magic (a type of magic I haven't seen anywhere else) love and fantasy elements again. Heavily inspired by feudal Japan. **TRIGGER WARNING** one of the characters does get sexually assaulted in the first book, and it does come up in later books.
Both have LGBTQ stuff in them, and women characters so don't worry on that front. Actually, 3 of the 4 main characters in Reborn Empire are women. Both series are written in 1st person.
If people see this and want a small description on what's about, just comment. Otherwise, look them up, they're honestly my favorite books
Edit: Added a trigger warning for Reborn Empire.
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