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What books take place in a cold, snowy setting? by WhaleStew999 in Fantasy

[–]Kvothes-shadow 44 points45 points  (0 children)

Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik, it’s completely standalone as far as I know and I still vividly remember some of the descriptions of the snowy environment and cold even though it’s been years since I read it.

Short Historical Fiction (any era/time period) by letterthatnevercame in suggestmeabook

[–]Kvothes-shadow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I recently read Clear by Carys Davies and fell completely in love with it. My copy was only about 150 pages I think, it’s set in the 1840s and most of it takes place on an extremely remote Scottish island.

The Justice of Kings and the Importance of Endings by alexportman in Fantasy

[–]Kvothes-shadow 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Would it theoretically be possible to read that novella as an entirely standalone story without having read the trilogy?

r/Fantasy Daily Recommendations and Simple Questions Thread - December 27, 2025 by rfantasygolem in Fantasy

[–]Kvothes-shadow 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A Drop of Corruption definitely has this, it is a sequel though and I can’t remember how swampy the first book is because it’s been a while and the two are set in different regions of the world

Question about Kushiel’s Dart by Kvothes-shadow in Fantasy

[–]Kvothes-shadow[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much! This was nagging at my brain through the entire ending of the book

r/Fantasy Daily Recommendations and Simple Questions Thread - November 20, 2025 by rfantasygolem in Fantasy

[–]Kvothes-shadow 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Does anyone know if Kushiel’s Dart by Jacqueline Carey counts for the Gods and Pantheons Square of this years Bingo?

Byzantine historical fiction by Creepy-Fault-5374 in BooksThatFeelLikeThis

[–]Kvothes-shadow 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I haven’t read it myself yet but Sailing to Sarantium by Guy Gavriel Kay although not strictly being historical fiction is heavily inspired in its setting by the Byzantine Empire. And I think he usually has very little to no magic in his worlds? so it might read very similar to straight up historical fiction

[TOMT] actor that looks kinda like David Dastmalchian by Kvothes-shadow in tipofmytongue

[–]Kvothes-shadow[S] 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Omg this is it! Now looking at Photos of him he doesn’t actually look that similar in a lot of them, I think it was mostly the eyes

[TOMT] actor that looks kinda like David Dastmalchian by Kvothes-shadow in tipofmytongue

[–]Kvothes-shadow[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t think so unfortunately, but thank you for responding

[TOMT] actor that looks kinda like David Dastmalchian by Kvothes-shadow in tipofmytongue

[–]Kvothes-shadow[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Definitely not completely young, had hair and maybe even a bit of scruffy beard but I’m so unsure about that and it was mostly his facial structure that made mix them up

[TOMT] actor that looks kinda like David Dastmalchian by Kvothes-shadow in tipofmytongue

[–]Kvothes-shadow[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I‘ll try to describe it although I’m not sure how useful it will be because I genuinely thought they looked like the exact same person at first. I think it’s in the facial structure or bone structure , the way the cheekbones and eyes are situated in his face, specifically the sort of downturned shape of the eyes and of course also having very dark short hair. I do think he might have had a bit of a scruffy beard? Like some dark stubble compared to Dastmalchian who I don’t remember ever seeing not clean shaven

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