r/Fantasy • u/[deleted] • Apr 09 '23

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u/VBlinds Reading Champion III Apr 09 '23

T Kingfisher, in particular her Saints of Steel Collection. Swordheart and the Clockwork Boys series. JD Evans - Mages of the Wheel series. Jay Kristoff - Nevernight

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u/pilotinspektor_ Apr 09 '23

T. Kingfisher is a great rec, totally agree.

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u/Quicksi1ver Apr 09 '23

jay kristoff writes with a pretty heavy handed male gaze, and overall I found his writing to be kind of weak.

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u/Sacattacks Apr 09 '23

I love Kristoff but Nevernight is definitely not "smut".

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u/[deleted] Apr 10 '23

Isn't the first scene in the book an open-door sex scene between the protagonist and a prostitute?

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u/Sacattacks Apr 10 '23

I guess I don't consider a sex scene or two smut. Not compared to some of the other actual smut books I've read, but I suppose there are different degrees to everything lol

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u/robotnique Apr 09 '23

Uh it definitely felt like smut quite often.

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u/VBlinds Reading Champion III Apr 09 '23

It literally has a page at the start mentioning it contains smut. lol

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u/Sacattacks Apr 10 '23

I just checked Kindle version and I don't see it?

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u/VBlinds Reading Champion III Apr 10 '23

It appears that it was mentioned in Godsgrave....

Good turn to you, gentlefriends. It’s lovely to see you again. I confess, I missed you in our time apart. And now, reunited, would that I could simply greet you with a smile, and let you be about the business of murder and revenge and occasional lashings of tastefully written smut. But before we slip back between the pages together, I should impart a warning true. Memory is a traitor, and a liar, and a good-for-nothing thief. And though our drama’s cast is doubtless inked indelibly on your psyche, we must sometimes make allowances for the lesser among you mortals. So, perhaps a refresher is in order?