I'm 34, so I was the prime age for the YA fantasy boom of the 2000s and 2010s. If it was a series with competent young women in an epic fantasy setting, I read it.
Now, my tastes have changed as I have grown and I find myself gravitating away from those types of stories, but there is one trope that I still love: when a main character is suddenly whisked away to live somewhere completely removed from where they started, both by distance and usually a rise in wealth or status.
Think, if Cinderella had a sequel. Everything is new and shiny and overwhelming. There's new social cues to follow, new rules to learn. Usually a chafing at the loss of personal freedom.
Or conversely, someone who has grown up privileged and ends up losing everything somehow and must learn to survive in harsher conditions. Think, the Little Princess.
I just really love the jarring change being part of the character's story. The juxtaposition between where they are and where they were. Now I'm looking for new books that include that sort of plot!
I love horror, historical fiction, historical romance and fantasy (not really a fan of romantasy except for specific cases… ive been burned by booktok one too many times). I don't mind reading younger books, they can be great palette cleansers. I don't mind sex scenes in my romance, but I prefer for the book to not just be a vehicle for those sex scenes. I prefer female protagonists but will read male protagonists too if the story is compelling enough.
It does not have to be a happy ending!!
Anyone have any recs to throw at me?
Thanks in advance!
by easy0lucky0free
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oooh this i feel is perfect for the recommendation ‘the hundred thousand kingdoms’ by NK Jemisin (first in trilogy, although IMO you could be fine only reading the first). underrated imo!
doesnt fit exactly but the series by joe abercrombie starting with the book ‘the blade itself’ would maybe appeal to you, as there are multiple POVs, and there are many characters whose circumstances vastly change.