The 10 Best Fantasy Books with No Magic

No magic fantasy - no wizards allowed.
https://www.themarysue.com/the-10-best-fantasy-books-with-no-magic/

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Finished The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison. It was mentioned as a recommendation for someone who liked Piranesi by Susanna Clarke, and I do wonder if the person making the recommendation has read the same books I now have, for I did not see similarities.

There was a lot I liked about this book; Maia, the main character, himself, the relationships he built and the struggles he faced were well told and kept my interest. Unfortunately there was also a lot I didn't like; the overly complicated language (I had to read some sentences multiple times and still not understand what was being said), the plethora of names that all sounded like each other and that entirely blurred together, and the way Maia immediately knew how to be an emperor despite having been kept away from court all his life. There were also some plot points that I did not understand at all, maybe because the story was relying on the reader being able to read nuance that I'd did not grasp, which is frustrating as in a lot of other things l found the writing to be telling way more that showing.

It's really not an usual book in it's construction, there was no great final battle, but the end felt satisfying all the same. I don't know if there's continuation to the story, but I would happily read any there was.

3.5 ⭐

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New fic!

“The Dragon Emperor”

A Goblin Emperor AU in which A-Han and Xiao Zhe are Dashixiong’s First Nohecharei

Rated T, 3k words

https://archiveofourown.org/works/63892642

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Interregnum, by Anonymous

https://archiveofourown.org/works/52343398

- Goblin Emperor fic set during the period between the crash of the Wisdom of Choharo and the coming of Edrehasivar VII

- featuring various other people whose lives were changed by what happened!

- I loved seeing all these other little perspectives on the upheaval of that time

- 5k words in length

@Mrw Besides the dark forest trilogy (the 3 body problem), you might like #TheGoblinEmperor series (3 in-universe novels).

It’s a delight.

I have finally gotten around to reading The Goblin Emperor, by Katherine Addison.

Oh boy it's good. Reminds me of Daughter of the Empire. Maia is the 4th son of the Elvish Emperor & is half Goblin, his mother having been the Emperor's 3rd wife.

When disaster strikes he is suddenly to be Emperor, he was sent to live away from court at age 9 when his mother died and now the unthinkable has happen, & he has an empire to manage.

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