Dangerous Hero Addict Support Group discussion

I read fantasy a lot growing up. I got out of the habit of reading it until I got into college/vet school. I really got hooked back into it after I read Anita Blake. For the past several years, I have been dipping my toe into epic fantasy big time. I've been a huge urban fantasy fan for about ten years.

For those who read a lot of fantasy, which ones do you enjoy and recommend?

Jeaniene Frost - (Night Huntress) funny, sexy, action, vamires, ghouls, witches, demons. Main couple meet under trying circumstance and get together and make a great pairing and strong couple. Good core group of supporting characters.

Charlain Harris - (Sookie Stackhouse)funny, action, romance/sex. Main character throughout (Sookie), and core group that is in almost every book with some that are in only a few books. Vampires, shapeshifters, fae, religous fanatics.

Kim Harrison - (Rachel Morgan) funny, action. Main 3 characters throughout and a supporting group that is in most of the books. witches, vampires, fairies, pixies, wolfs, demons, elfs.

Lynsay Sands - (Argeneau) funny, action, sex/romance. Each book is about a different couple, but 2 tend to pop up in many of the books. Vampires.

Jennifer Ashley - (Shifters Unbound) action, sex/romance, some humor. Each book is about a different couple but some characters are in each book.Shifters, politics.

LA Banks - (Crimson Moon) action, romance/sex. Main couple and they're associates in every book.wolfs, fae, military, science.

Shelly Laurenston - (Magnus Pack, Pride) shifters. Each book is about a different couple, but many characters are in each book. Humor, action, sex/romance.

Pamela Palmer - (Feral Warriors) shifters, demons, some mythology. Sex, action, violence, romance. Very action packed.

Sherrilyn Kenyon - (Dark Hunter) shifters, warriors (sometimes called vampires), daemons, Greek mythology, Greek Gods/Goddeses. Each book is about a different couple, Acheron is in each book and so are a few others.

Kerrily Sparks - (Love at Stakes) vampires, shifters. Action, romance, mystery, government agencies, humor, Scottish guys. Each book is about a different couple but the overall arc carries over and many characters do to. Different take on vampires then most books.

My favorite fantasy books :(mainly because they're fantasy romance)

Tairen Soul series by C.L. Wilson

Warprize series by Elizabeth Vaughan

Fantasy series by Kristen Ashley

I second Kim Harrison - (Rachel Morgan). It is one of my favorite series.

Also, Kresely Cole's Imortals after Dark series is really good. Each book is a different couple but they all tie together and the over arching story continues through all the books.

Oh and Gena Showalter's Lords of the Underworld was really good. Once again each book focuses on a different couple but all the books tie together.

Epic Fantasy (in my embryonic exploration so far):

The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch
The Hobbit by JRR Tolkien
The Chronicles of Narnia by CS Lewis
The Black Company by Glen Cook
The Hob's Bargain by Patricia Briggs
Kushiel's Dart by Jacqueline Carey
The Warded Man by Peter V. Brett
Daughter of the Forest by Juliet Marillier

Urban Fantasy/Not so Epic Fantasy

Patricia Briggs (anything)
Ilona Andrews (anything)
Harry Dresden by Jim Butcher
Simon R. Green
Mark Del Franco
Harry Connolly
Kim Harrison
Jane Yellowrock by Faith Hunter
Tinker by Wen Spencer
Kelley Armstrong
Jesse James Dawson by KA Stewart
Ketty Jay series by Chris Wooding (steampunkish planetary sci-fi/fantasy)
Soulless by Gail Carriger

...Will add to the list when I get a chance

If you don't mind dark that gets darker with no shade/hope of HEA, then I recommend the Game of Thrones series (A song of fire and Ice, I think it's called?) by George RR Martin.

Sable Grey's Dark Breeds series is good too. And Lauren Dane's is a very good one - I just finished it.

My favourite fantasy writer was David Eddings. My favourite series was The Elenium, which has three books, and the story is continued with the Tamuli, which was another three books. It was about Church Knights fighting evil and going on an epic adventure. Sparhawk is still one of my favourite male characters of all time.

One of my favorite fantasy series is Maria V. Snyder's Poison Study books.

I loved Poison Study. Need to get back into that series. Thanks for reminding me of that book.

I am a big fan of Lynn Flewelling. I adored the Tamir Triad:
~Bone Dolls Twin
~Hidden Warrior
~Oracle's Queen

Gail Z.Martin's Chronicles of the Necromancer Series:
~The Summoner
~The Blood King
~Dark Haven
~Dark Ladies Choosen

Brent Weeks Night Angle Trilogy:
~Way of the Shadows
~Shadow's Edge
~Beyond the Shadows

Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn Novels:
~Mistborn : Final Empire Series (Book #1) (Mistborn, Book 1)
~The Well of Ascension (Mistborn, Book 2)
~The Hero of Ages: Book Three of Mistborn (Mistborn Trilogy)

Fantasy is my first love in reading, so I'm sure I am forgetting a series of two.

Personal favourites:

Ilona Andrews - the Kate Daniels series, starting with
Lois McMaster Bujold - the Sharing Knife books starting with
Kelley Armstrong - Women of the Otherworld, starting with
Patricia Briggs - multiple great series.

I definitely recommend:
The Fever series by Karen Marie Moning

The Immortals After dark series by Kresley Cole

I like the recommendations, ladies. Keep them coming!

I really enjoyed

If you'd like some fantasy with a sexy edge, Jacqueline Carey's sweeping Kushiel series is fabulous. Also I'd second Megan's suggestions for the wonderful C.L. Wilson and the Warlands chronicles by Elizabeth Vaughan

UniquelyMoi *~*Dhestiny*~* wrote: "I really enjoyed "

I loved this book and can't wait for the second in August.

I like Yasmine Galenorn with her Otherworld series - which dances between UF and fantasy and then Kinley MacGregor with the Lords of Avelon.

Not sure if this series has been mentioned yet. But I believe in falls into the Epic Fantasy area, and holy smokes, it's good!
If I could go back in time and read this series over, I totally would! Hands down!

Song of Ice and Fire by George R R Martin
No compare! Epic with plots and subplots. Turned a normal socially acceptable me into the biggest game of thrones nerd ever! And proud of it

Alicia wrote: "Not sure if this series has been mentioned yet. But I believe in falls into the Epic Fantasy area, and holy smokes, it's good!
If I could go back in time and..."

I was trying to remember that one myself, Alicia, as it is so good! I'm also a big S.M. Stirling and Mercedes Lackey (early works especially) fan. And Stephen Lawhead's was a 5 star for me.