My husband has always been into fantasy novels (Lord of the Rings, Steven Erikson books, currently reading a lot of the Warhammer novels). I recently got into romantasy (Throne of Glass, etc.) and I want to read a series together that we would both enjoy. He would not read anything where the romantic storyline is front-and-center, but would likely read something that is high fantasy with a romantic subplot. Any suggestions? TIA!
by Maddiekathleen
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Ilona Andrews Innkeeper Chronicles –A magic Inn, space werewolves and vampires, a lot of really unique aliens, mystery, romance, action, a fun and humorous series
Maybe Leigh Bardugo, her Six of Crows duology is a good starting point to see how you both feel about certain tropes, plots, world building and such. They aren’t massive, and only 2 books. Scythe by Neal Shusterman is pretty good too, very new modern dystopian world with immortals who have to cull the population. I believe 4 books in the series, I read the first and love it. More SciFantasy but great.
The Wheel of Time
The Magician – Raymond E. Feist ….Its a classic and it’s epic.
…stranger in a strange land? From what I can tell it has a lot of “romance”? (I’m about 1/5 of the way through and so far so enjoyable for what it’s worth
My wife and I listened to the Cast In… books by Michelle Sagara. I really liked them. The world building is fantastic.
Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson. Hands down one of my favorite fantasy series based on its characters and world building. Also has a sweet romance for the protagonist but nothing spicy and makes sense to the plot ( also found out a main reason his novels don’t have spice is because he’s Mormon so it kinda makes sense).
The All Souls trilogy by Deborah Harkness.
Vampires, witches with a background of history, science, alchemy, political rivalry and intrigue.
The Daevabad trilogy is my favorite series, and some people have said it was a good jump from romantasy into Fantasy w/ romance.
I also second Six of Crows!
I’d recommend the Codex Alera series by Jim Butcher. It starts with a book called the furies of calderon. my wife and I read it together and it’s one we both would revisit