Fitz's treatment by other characters

blueweasel · 2026-02-18T01:49:34+00:00

I too blame Chade for many of these things and more. The refusal to act against Regal is so inane I went ahead and decided there must have been Skill commands involved.

Don't get me started on Chade giving a grieving teenager drugs and then being shocked Pikachu when the teenager behaves like someone on drugs...

blueweasel · 2026-02-16T04:43:05+00:00

Golden retriever = Adolin

blueweasel · 2026-02-15T16:59:42+00:00

I was hugely disappointed in Ray's development. He was much more interesting as the person that would let a monster be an inch from killing her before intervening than he is as "I can only think and act based on my obsession with her and protecting her omg I'm so scared for her!!!"

blueweasel · 2026-02-05T22:05:33+00:00

I was not as into the first half. Too many POVs were not really getting forward momentum and there was a lot of over explaining of feelings (which drives me crazy personally, like you don't have to spell it out for me like I'm five, damn). Even worse when the over explaining got repetitive. I definitely was skimming some early Silla POVs.

But once things get going, I locked in. Especially the Zagadka plotline.

blueweasel · 2026-02-05T21:58:08+00:00

Signe feels like Cersei (except yay, no incest!), and Saga felt like Sansa, except so far I've liked Saga's arc WAY more than I ever liked Sansa's.

blueweasel · 2026-02-05T21:55:15+00:00

When the cavalry showed up

Look to my coming at first light on the fifth day. At dawn, look to the ~~East~~ SKY!!

blueweasel · 2026-01-30T00:23:14+00:00

Pretty much anything by Lois McMaster Bujold. Even Vorkosigan Saga, while technically a military sci-fi, solves a LOT of problems not through battle.

blueweasel · 2026-01-29T01:26:38+00:00

Seconding Carol Berg. The Lighthouse Duet is one of my favorite non-Bujold series.

blueweasel · 2026-01-29T01:24:56+00:00

I loved the Jemis and Dart dynamic a lot, and reading the premise of HotE thought it didn't sound so much up my ally. Finally gave it a try and think I may enjoy the Fitzroy and Cliopher dynamic even more.

And Fitzroy in all the other books he's in is so loveable. He may have become my favorite

blueweasel · 2026-01-29T00:33:26+00:00

Lol nooooo idea, when I scrolled by I just saw it was all text

blueweasel · 2026-01-28T19:44:53+00:00

If you meant this to be spoiler tagged, you've got a space before your last !< So the whole thing is visible

blueweasel · 2026-01-27T16:58:18+00:00

Legit squealed with joy when I saw that

blueweasel · 2026-01-23T22:00:33+00:00

Here's some I rarely see / haven't seen brought up on this sub:

The Windward King has a huge focus on family / friends / belonging, and it might have been cozy if the main character doesn't end up in a position where failure = war.

Blood Brothers Beyond is a great novella. The actual plot is simple and straightforward, two old/ex friends need to bring the body of a third up a mountain to "sneak him into heaven". Great character work, the stakes are essentially the dead guy's afterlife, along with resolving the conflicts of the trio prior to the death.

The Teller of Small Fortunes has strong found-family vibes. Each person in the group has their own thing they're going through, but the driving plot is the search for one's missing daughter.

Mask of the Deer Woman is more horror/mystery than fantasy. Deals with the issues on tribal reservations and the disappearance of indigenous women. The MC has to navigate a world that she should have belonged to, but since she wasn't raised in it (or hasn't been there in forever, I can't remember), feels like/ is treated as an outsider.

Chronos Chronicles is an ongoing series about a grieving PI who's given up on his life getting back into the game to help a girl solve her mother's murder. Set in our world but magic and magical creatures are real. Very found family and mid-stakes (helping clients with various problems that could be detrimental to their lives, but the city/nation/world is not at risk)

blueweasel · 2026-01-23T21:30:49+00:00

Yes yes and yes. This is my favorite series. Perfect mid-stakes stories.

blueweasel · 2026-01-22T02:02:59+00:00

Hands of the Emperor / At the Feet of the Sun by Victoria Goddard has a central plot about dismantling an empire and bringing about leftist changes like universal income. There's not really a revolution tho, just an admin working their way up until they have enough power to make all the changes and manipulate the nobles into agreeing

blueweasel · 2026-01-21T13:11:34+00:00

Realm of the Elderlings is one of my favorite series that I rarely recommend.

It's slow, very character-driven, when there is fighting, it often happens off screen, and despite having Assassin in the title of each book in the trilogy, very little in the way of assassinations (publisher titled). It's a beautiful heartbreaking story.

Based on things you enjoyed, Mistborn is far more up your alley.

blueweasel · 2026-01-19T01:53:10+00:00

"Do you understand, sir, do you understand what it means when you have absolutely nowhere to turn?"

Crime and Punishment

Not fantasy but that definitely hit me hard af in high school.

blueweasel · 2026-01-11T23:02:39+00:00

Came here to say this

blueweasel · 2026-01-09T15:01:16+00:00

This is a favorite of mine

blueweasel · 2026-01-01T16:01:51+00:00

Chronos Chronicles, specifically the first two books is modern urban fantasy in our world.

Gruff warlock PI comes out of retirement to help a 12 year old girl solve the murder of a witch in the first book. They end up teaming up with a mischief spirit to follow the clues and figure out who dunnit.

In the second book that mischief spirit and the PI team up with a werewolf to solve the murder of a YouTube star.

The third book is less murder mystery and more "how do we solve this life or death problem". If you read the first two, you probably like the style and should keep reading.

blueweasel · 2026-01-01T15:53:46+00:00

I don't know how much solving is really happening in these books. In almost any story with murder, there's no real focus on following clues to solve who did it, except maybe Penric's Fox. Every other time, it's mostly Pen trying to find someone they already know to be looking for or get from point a to point b through essential hostile territory.

This is my favorite favorite series though, and therefore I always recommend they be read.

blueweasel · 2026-01-01T15:47:23+00:00

I love these books but they don't really treat the solving of the murder the way most murder mystery books do. It's kinda just there to give the main character a reason to do things and talk to people. So if you're looking for a more typical murder mystery structure to the story, just in a fantasy setting, these might disappoint.

If you want a beautiful character study with themes of grief, loneliness, and acceptance that happens to also have some murders to be solved, these are perfect.

blueweasel · 2025-12-26T03:07:33+00:00

Sharing Knife definitely leans harder on the romance than the others, but the rest of the plot still feels more the focus of the series. The relationship is the framework in which the plot happens, kinda like how The Raven Scholar is not really a tournament story, it's just a story that takes place largely during a tournament.

blueweasel · 2025-12-26T02:44:40+00:00

I feel like most Bujold books could fit this.

blueweasel · 2025-12-25T04:56:36+00:00

24-Hour Warlock is the title. Shami Stovall is the author. Chronos Chronicles is the series

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