Really enjoying it so far. The worldbuilding is immaculate and the characters are incredibly engaging. I'm about to start book 3 after devouring the first two over a week (no spoil pls)

edit: turns out the author is a mormon lmao

  • Eris235 [undecided]
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    2 years ago

    Honestly, for a similar worldbuilding-feel, but with better vibes and themes, I've really like the webserials A Practical Guide to Evil, and really just all of Wildbow's works, his most famous being the superhero story Worm, but honestly, its got rough edges as his first, and I think his current work Pale is his best, followed by Twig.

    Masterpost I linked has some other good suggestions too, and while I haven't read all of them, I can second Robin Hobb's books, and The Broken Earth Series by N.K. Jemisin is good, and also both are not by white dudes

    • TheLepidopterists [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      Wildbow’s works, his most famous being the superhero story Worm, but honestly, its got rough edges as his first, and I think his current work Pale is his best, followed by Twig.

      I really liked Pact, but I know it's a little to much concentrated "more bad stuff and trauma happens to the protagonist every page" than most people want.

      • Eris235 [undecided]
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        2 years ago

        I agree, I like pact a lot. But also, I think its a difficult piece to recommend, because it is so fraught and tense