I loved Will Wights Cradle series and the Stormlight Archives by Brandon Sanderson up until>! the characters became overpowered!<, I wish the series just ended right there. I've read Kingkiller Chronicles but got bored of him being a genius at everything and not having to work for it. Same with the anime my hero academia, I liked only season 1 because he was training as an unpowered dude in a world of people with powers.
I just can't keep going. I really like books about characters overcoming shit and being underdogs. Or dealing with impossible problems, and overcoming them. I also don't like struggle-porn, game of thrones is a bit too dark and trudgy for me.
A book series with good pacing for me would probably be the Book of Ancestors by Mark Lawrence. I love rich world building as well
Bonus if the series isn't overly focused on romance
by primorange