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moonlite_tryst ([personal profile] moonlite_tryst) wrote2012-07-29 10:51 pm

Nightrunner - yes or no?

Anyone read any of the Nightrunner books? Are they good re plot, world building, characterisation, or is it just hype?

ETA: Thanks for your help. Forgot to say I wanted something for my Kindle whilst on holiday. I'm going to buy Ginn Hale's Lord of the White Hell books for my hols.

[identity profile] teromain.livejournal.com 2012-07-30 09:20 am (UTC)(link)
If you don't mind something completely het (even though it's very mild at the start since the main character is essentially a preteen through the whole first book), then the book mentioned at the end of that post, The Name of the Wind, is very meaty, very in depth and well developed, with very good magical worldbuilding (as in the system of magic the author crafted is very cool and almost scientific) and is also very very long.

Also, if you're into India-inspired fantasy, The Archer's Heart by Astrid Amara is really lengthy and very good and has some really unique worldbuilding. Also m/m. It does come in three parts but it's all one book, and the kindle versions all together are cheaper than the paperback.

Also Lord of the White Hell by Ginn Hale is some hefty less-magical-based fantasy, really strong worldbuilding in there as well.
Edited 2012-07-30 09:24 (UTC)

[identity profile] moonlite-tryst.livejournal.com 2012-07-30 09:41 am (UTC)(link)
The Name of the Wind sounds interesting. I like well thought out uses of magic.

I've got Archers Heart in paperback, but thanks anyway.

[identity profile] moonlite-tryst.livejournal.com 2012-07-30 09:43 am (UTC)(link)
Ah, now that was on my list to read. I have Wicked Gentlemen and love her shorter story Feral Machines. Over to Amazon I go.

[identity profile] teromain.livejournal.com 2012-07-30 09:55 am (UTC)(link)
There are two of those too - Book I and II (just so you don't miss one!)