Hey everyone, this is the Warrior Fairy here. I thought I'd make a list of my top YA fantasy favorites. Fantasy is broad and has a lot of subtypes, but I lean more towards the classic or high fantasy, rather than urban and paranormal. It's not everyone's cup of tea (or coffee, if you prefer), but hopefully you guys will check them out and give them a try if you haven't read them yet!
Before that, here is a quote by GRRM that I think captures a lot of the feelings (but not all) I have for fantasy:
Without further ado, here they are in no particular order:
Before that, here is a quote by GRRM that I think captures a lot of the feelings (but not all) I have for fantasy:
"The best fantasy is written in the language of dreams. It is alive as dreams are alive, more real than real … for a moment at least … that long magic moment before we wake.
Fantasy is silver and scarlet, indigo and azure, obsidian veined with gold and lapis lazuli. Reality is plywood and plastic, done up in mud brown and olive drab. Fantasy tastes of habaneros and honey, cinnamon and cloves, rare red meat and wines as sweet as summer. Reality is beans and tofu, and ashes at the end. Reality is the strip malls of Burbank, the smokestacks of Cleveland, a parking garage in Newark. Fantasy is the towers of Minas Tirith, the ancient stones of Gormenghast, the halls of Camelot. Fantasy flies on the wings of Icarus, reality on Southwest Airlines. Why do our dreams become so much smaller when they finally come true?
We read fantasy to find the colors again, I think. To taste strong spices and hear the songs the sirens sang. There is something old and true in fantasy that speaks to something deep within us, to the child who dreamt that one day he would hunt the forests of the night, and feast beneath the hollow hills, and find a love to last forever somewhere south of Oz and north of Shangri-La.
They can keep their heaven. When I die, I’d sooner go to middle Earth."
Without further ado, here they are in no particular order:
Seven Realms by Cinda Williams Chima
The first thing that drew me to this book was the stunning covers! The cover in itself already promised me a story full of adventure, magic and mystery. More importantly, I discovered this when I was in great need of an awesome high fantasy series to read.
