Hi guys! My name is Caitlin and I am from the Channel Kitty G on YouTube and I
have been asked to come on Book Break today to talk to you all about fantasy
and where you should start if you would like to get into fantasy. The reason I
love fantasy - and it's predominantly what I read - is because it is an escapist
journey. It is a realm, a new world, a different adventure from my normal life.
It gives me something to have fun, to enjoy, to imagine, to get excited about
and there's nothing better than finding a new book or a new series that just
excites me and makes me believe in a world or believe in the characters or
get transported away. I adore that and I absolutely love that feeling of just
mysticism and magic and something not quite right but something very
intriguing. So, today, I have a couple of different options to tell you guys about
depending on what you might already like. So, the first book I have to recommend is
actually the first one in a series and it is this one called "Malice" by John
Gwynne. This is very classic inspired fantasy adventure; it follows a whole
cast of different characters and there is definitely a sense of good versus
evil. It has lots of different races, lots of different magics and lots of types of
people in this world. So, the mystery and the adventure is quite a big epic
adventure. It involves a lot of different people from all over the land, it's very
very fun even though it's a classic fantasy, it does have themes that are
more modern and it doesn't just rely on the old tropes that Lord of the Rings
has. It is an easy to get into series; I think it's a very simple story when you
begin it but it gets more complicated and more layered as you go through and
it's definitely a series that I would strongly recommend trying if you are
already a fan of things like Lord of the Rings or if you just want to go into a
classic fantasy. This would definitely fall under that terminology and John
Gwynne has since built up quite a reputation for himself by becoming a
very well established fantasy author; he's been highly acclaimed and he's also
bringing out some other books. This is a four part series but I believe he has
another book that's just come out as well in a new series and I'm sure that
he will bring more and more out as time goes on because he is great at
building big epic expansive worlds, so if that sounds like your sort of thing - if
you like Game of Thrones, if you like things like that - maybe give this one a
try. Moving away from the big huge epics, if you would like something that
involves romance or something that involves a little bit more lighthearted
fun, then I definitely recommend Gale Carragher who writes The Parasol
Protectorate series and a couple of other series in this world as well. This
book series is aimed at adults, it is a paranormal romance series and it focuses
largely on one main character called Alexia Terra Botti, who is quite mad. She
is very funny and very witty and it's set in a sort of Victorian era time. This
does not hold back any of the characters in this world, we have a mixture of
vampires and werewolves who live amongst the humans and there is some steamy time
in this - it's definitely a romp, it's definitely silly. It takes the mick
out of some of the tropes you might have seen in other werewolf and vampire
books, so it's not the same as those and it definitely has a lot going for it in
terms of humor. It is funny, it is entertaining and it is a series that I
think a lot of people would really enjoy particularly if you are looking for
romance in your fantasy books. Moving on to a slightly shorter book again but
this one is very different it's more in a Regency period of history and this is
called A Natural History of Dragons: A Memoir by Lady Trent and this is written
by Marie Brennan. It is the first one also in a five-part series and our main
character Lady Trent is a natural historian, who loves to go around
studying dragons. She and her husband at the time are both very adventurous
they like to go and travel all over the world in search of dragons and they
have an excellent fun time doing so, however they also managed to get into
lots of scrapes. There is definitely an adventure element to this, I think if you
like things like natural discovery, like science and like exploration then this
is definitely going to be a series that will appeal to you. It's not all fiery
dragons, it's a lot more about the study of dragons and finding out their inner
workings and really trying to find the science behind the magic, which is really
really cool and I definitely would say this is an easy fun to get into series
and well worth giving a try. If you are fairly new to
fantasy and it's something you're coming to fairly recently. then I would
recommend The Lie Tree by Frances Hardinge. This is a book that I just read
and this is actually the illustrated edition which is absolutely stunning, so
I will just show you some of the illustrations from within this because
they are by Chris Riddell and they are absolutely gorgeous so definitely worth
picking up the illustrated edition if you do go for this but this is a story
that is quite in the vein of adventure; young fun kids adventures. It definitely
has a lot more creepy undertones than you would get in say an Enid Blyton book
but it's in that similar vein of young kids going on an adventure, trying to
figure out mysteries trying to uncover what's really going on when the adults
aren't telling them everything and that is the root of this story and roots are
actually a large part of this story because it focuses on a tree which eats
lies and the more lies it eats, the bigger it grows and we have one main
character who is feeding it lies over the course of this book and it's just
growing more and more out of control. Alongside this she is trying to uncover
the mystery of what really happened to her father to make them leave England
and they're on this tiny island that's very remote and in the middle of nowhere,
where everyone doesn't really like them. It's definitely got creepy vibes to it,
it does appeal to YA and kid readers but this will appeal to adults as well
because I just read it myself and really really enjoyed it and I would say that
this is certainly a book that anyone could read, especially if you do get the
illustrated edition - it is wonderful. So, well worth checking this one out. Moving
on to a few of my favorite reads; one of the first fantasy books that I ever read
and that really got me into adult fantasy was this one: Final Empire by
Brandon Sanderson - this is the first one in the Mistborn series - and you may have
heard of this because it is a fairly popular series. Brandon Sanderson writes
in a way that it's very easy to get into so if you are already a YA reader or
a kids reader and you'd like to try some adult fiction or fantasy, this might
be a really good way into it because it is very approachable, very easy to
understand but has a really, really cool magic system. The magic in this world
revolves around swallowing a vial of liquid metal and depending on what
abilities you yourself have, you can then burn the metal inside your stomach to
make you do certain things, magical things, like being able to jump really
high or being able to fog people's minds. It's a really really cool concept, the
world that Sanderson builds in this is absolutely fantastic; very immersive, very
easy to get into but filled with vibrance and life and you can imagine it
very very easily, so I would say this is certainly a series to try and this one
is the first in a trilogy. It is a bit chunkier but I think Sanderson reads
very, very quickly so even though it looks intimidating, it's actually a very
fast paced read and I think you will get through it quickly and there are plenty
more of his books out there if you do enjoy this one as well. Moving on to the
final book I've got to recommend which is actually by one of my favorite
authors and that is this book by Robin Hobb.
It is Assassin's Apprentice and this follows one main character, so it is not
a multiple point of view of story. It's actually focused on just the one main
character and he is called Fitz. He is the young bastard son of a prince and
Fitz really gets put through the ringer in
this book and this series. Robin Hobb has a way of writing that I think appeals to
people who read literary books, so if you're already a literary reader or
you're already someone who likes quite evocative, descriptive stories then I do
think that Robin Hobb is going to be an author that you might enjoy. If you like
your characters to be incredibly well thought out and fleshed out, then again I
do think Robin Hobb will be an author that you can get behind. Her stories are
slower paced than some of the other books I've mentioned, so it does take
longer to get into her books and her world but she has an extensive magic
system that runs throughout her entire series and the main character - even
though he's dislikable at times - he's a very approachable and very relatable and
understandable character which means that you can really get inside the
mindset and enjoy kind of reading from his perspective about his life and the
trials and tribulations and challenges that he faces trying to learn how to
become an assassin. So, those are the six books that I would recommend for getting
into fantasy. Once you have read one of them hopefully you will enjoy it and you
will want to go and read more but if you have any other recommendations that you
think are great for starting places with fantasy, please do leave them in the
comments below. Thank you all so much for watching and I'm sure I will see you all
very soon! Bye :)
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