I am a Millennial trying desperately to reclaim that love of reading I had in my teens, and recently reread the Twilight series. The books are much better than I remember them being, but it's getting odd as an almost 30 year old to read the love story of teenagers. It seems like most I find in this genre contains graphic sex, which I don't want to read about very often.
I'm looking for something else in this vein, but about characters that are in their mid 20s-30s or older. I also really liked the Uglies series back then (which I am also about to reread before I watch the new movie) and a lot of the faerie books by Holly Black, and the Crank series by Ellen Hopkins.
It's worth noting also I just watched the Firefly Lane TV show and loved it so the two books by Kristin Hannah are also up on my list soon if anyone has any recs based on that.
Thanks in advance for any and all suggestions!
by StrangeAlienCreature
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– Discovery of Witches – Deborah Harkness
– Her Majesty’s Royal Coven – Juno Dawson
– The Southern Vampire Mysteries – Charlaine Harris
– ACOTAR – Sarah J Maas
Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett. I read this one and the sequel this year, definitely in my top for the year. I absolutely adored both.
Anything by T Kingfisher, but the Saint of Steel is a fabulous romance series with MCs in their 30s.
Mercy Thompson series by Patricia Briggs – this is probably one of my top fave series of all time. The MC is a shapeshifting coyote set in a world will all sorts of mythology, folklore, and supernatural creatures. There are around 14 books I think, plus another series set in the same universe with overlapping characters.