Paranormal Romance & Urban Fantasy discussion

Hey all! I'm really in the mood for some books about the Fae. I would really appreciate any rec's. Also, I'm looking for more of an adult story rather than YA.

Books/series I have read involving fae:
Storm Born
Darkfever
Wicked Lovely
Dead Until Dark

I recently read them both and they are pretty good reads. Both are considered adult.

A really good YA one is

I can't think of any other adult ones. I am sure someone else can though. :)

Anya Bast's Dark Magick series. There are three books out so far and the 4th one is in the works.

This is not your usual fey but is perhaps the best series I have ever read (very close call) Five books and the series is finished. I could not put them down and when I did I picked them up and read them all over again. Not YA.



If you like stories of the fey from back when people really believed in them (5th century) the Sevenwaters series is wonderful and starts with There are five books and another one to come - written by an incredible Australian author.

Neither of these series are YA but they are not over the top graphic either.

Oh I just remembered another series that I can't even believe I forgot!
There are only two books out but it is a great series. Grave Witch
Grave Dance

Some I can suggest...

The Eternal Cycle trilogy by Danielle Ackley-McPhail
Any of Elaine Corvidae's fae...
My own FAIRY DREAMS.

You can find all of these at Mundania Press, if you're interested.

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The Shadowfae Chronicles are a bit dark and twisted, but each book has a hea. I enjoyed them. The first book is .

I got my hands on an ARC of . It's Jocelyn Adams debut novel, due out in a month. I really enjoyed the pace of the story, as well as the descriptions and characters. Would deffo recommend. :o)

I agree with Terri that the Sevenwaters series and anything by Julliet Marillier, (actually NZ author now living and writing in OZ)is great. I describe it as Celtic folk/fantasy with a healthy dash of romance. Beautifully written and lovely stories.

PS The Shadowfae Chronicles are also written by an Australian Author but they are a lot more dark and a higher heat factor.

You could try Laurell K. Hamilton's Meredith Gentry series. She's an acquired taste and the books are definitely adult, but I enjoyed them. First in the series is A Kiss of Shadows

Agree with the recommendations for Juliet Marillier's books. The Sevenwaters trilogy are some of the dearest books to my heart. Love them! The Celtic mythology woven throughout is beautifully done and the romance is present without being overwhelming.

Okay...all appearances to the contrary, this is not blatant self-promotion, but have you heard of the Bad-Ass Faeries anthologies? They are also from Mundania Press. They were cited in a New York Times article as a good sampling of the urban fae genre. There are a lot of great authors in here that write about the fae. Those with novels are L. Jagi Lamplighter, Elaine Corvidae, Keith R.A. DeCandido, Patrick Thomas, and myself.

Bad-Ass Faeries
Bad-Ass Faeries 2: Just Plain Bad
Bad-Ass Faeries 3: In All Their Glory

This one is from Dark Quest Books but is based on my biker faeries from the Bad-Ass Faeries anthologies: The Halfling's Court: A Bad-Ass Faerie Tale

L. Jagi Lamplighter is absolutely fantastic and she weaves myth and the fae and all kinds of other cool things into this series:
Prospero Lost
Prospero in Hell
Prospero Regained

Elaine has too many books to link to here, but most of them deal with the fae in one sense or anotherElaine Corvidae

Dragon Precinct
Unicorn Precinct

Patrick Thomas

And, depending on how you interpret fae, anything by P.C. Hodgell

Danielle

War for the Oaks by Emma Bull - stand alone novel featuring fae

More urban fantasy than romance, but:

October Daye series (4 books so far) is great!

I second the Bad Ass Faerie volumes. They are scrumptious.

Why not try an anthology like The Faery Reel: Tales From the Twilight Realm? I little bit of everything.

If you want noirish urban fantasy, the Mark Del Franco Connor Gray series is very good for fae.

I second Terry's recommendation of the Tairen Soul series. DO NOT let the covers fool you! It is an awesome series!

The Darkly series by Tarrant Smith are enjoyable.

Mercedes Lackey has a series out about race-car driving elves. Wheels Of Fire is one of the books. Altho it turns out the "race cars" are actually Faerie steeds. More UF than anything else, but a good read.

, & by Aprilynne Pike. :)

Have you read Darkfever by Karen Marie Moeing?

Have you read Tithe (A Modern Faerie Tale) by Holly Black? It's a YA read but has a harsher edge to it (drinking, smoking, cursing.....)

Terry (Ter05 TwiMoms/ MundieMoms) wrote: "This is not your usual fey but is perhaps the best series I have ever read (very close call) Five books and the series is finished. I could not put them down and when I did I picked them up and r..."

Totally agree. I love Tairen Soul, a huge thanks to you! still have to find time for Sevenwaters.

Sarah ~Slow reader, or slowly reading? ;) wrote: "Hey all! I'm really in the mood for some books about the Fae. I would really appreciate any rec's. Also, I'm looking for more of an adult story rather than YA.

Books/series I have read involving..."

Meredith Gentry by Hamilton
Mercedes Thompson by Briggs