Speaking of, you were the reason I started with mistborn in my initial dive into adult fantasy ab a year ago. I had always been a fantasy/supernatural romance reader but when I wanted to venture out of YA, and into adult fantasy, your channel helped guide me to Sanderson as a good entry point and I am forever grateful! I am currently 2/3 of the way thru Words of Radiance and loving Sanderson so much and still your channel!! Thank you for sharing your love of reading with us!
Love The Thief! Love the whole series, in fact. I never thought of The Thief as a Young Adult fantasy. The way the characters interact with each other felt quite mature..
ahhh!! i kind of come and go with most things in life. including reading, booktube, and RUclips in general. i was just catching up on couple of vids and feeling kind of out of touch with what going on and I though I’d go revisit some of you older beginners guides - that I’ve loved - and then boom you upload this! perfect timing and glad to see you are doing well. can’t wait to jump back into some reading. 💕
A very good way to structure the video, in my opinion - I'm always finishing a book and then wanting something similar to keep the vibe! the thief is one of my favourite books/series of all time so straight up will be following these recommendations!
2:57 Mentioning a novel is a travelling story gets my attention lol. I need a really good one (or more) on my TBR. I love how you connected all these books together. Very clever.
Love this set up! I really enjoyed Legendborn and Parable of the Sower. I had already been eyeing Elatsoe, but you’ve bumped it up for me now connecting it to those two. 😃
I read Foundryside because of you and enjoyed it. Very different to what I would normally read! I had little thieves on my radar and can’t wait to pick it up. BUT, I also just borrowed the audiobook for The Thief on your recommendation. Thank you for your suggestions!!
The way she posted this exactly when I needed it also since im early and you might (?) see this, i gotta say that i love what you've been doing with the channel lately! keep it up, you and your husband ! 💕💕💕
That's a really cool idea! I love seeing these books bunched up. I've read/want to read a few of these already, so this is helpful to see where things align.
I really appreciate your explanation of Parable of the Sower. I've heard so much about how great it is, and even though it was dystopian, I put it on my list. Thanks to your detailed review, I now know that it would definitely be too bleak and upsetting for me personally. Thanks!
Really enjoying this series, its so helpful. I normally read a lot of thrillers, but I'm interested in getting more into fantasy and the way you group these recommendations is ideal for that. Thank you! 😊 x
I love The Blade Itself and the rest of the series! Really enjoyed R. J. Barker's second series, so I need to read Age of Assassins. Also need to read some Brent Weeks and Little Thieves, Thanks for the recommendations :).
Elliot, I love this videos of yours!! Although most of them are already on my list because of previous videos where you mention them, this ones are always interesting to see these books grouped and have an idea how are they related! I have a suggestion, although I’m not sure if the majority of your audience needs this, what do you think on adding an extra layer on these recommendations where you could mention the type of English that’s written? As in your opinion on level of difficulty reading it. I mean, for me where English is not the native language, sometimes it’s tricky to choose the right book because I’m always afraid that the English will be to hard, specially reading a physical copy instead of reading ebook where the search for translation is a lot easier. Although I think I’m on a medium level, getting into epic fantasy in English sometimes it’s really hard! It was just a thought, maybe you don’t think this is greatly needed to be mentioned 😅 Continue to love your videos ❤️you’re one of my favorite booktubers. Almost 95% of my list comes from you 😅😁
this was very creative grouping Elliot quite enjoyed it .i love love love the blade itself glokta and Bremmer( heroes) is some of the best inner monologues i have read😂. is such dry , sarcastic dark hummor its the best.
Ooooh, I'm just making my way through the Thief series (I know that's not what it's called shhh), and I'm loving these books more with every entry in the series :D I definitely recommend continuing with it, but also, avoid reading the blurbs on the back/on goodreads if possible, they lean pretty spoiler-y in my opinion :/ But now I'm even more interested in Age of Assassins thanks to the comparison!
I love Heartless! Age of Assassins is on shelves! I'm not familiar with Goosegirl either. Never heard of it as a kid. Bc of RUclips I have heard the title a few times.
Have you tried the Dancing Jax trilogy? It's by Robert Jordan and is a very dark fantasy combined with fairytales gone corrupted. World building is exquisite, magic system is defined and can get very very dark at times. Do give it a go! It's worth it
I keep thinking about picking up The Blade Itself, ive seen so many good reviews on it. I went to buy Foundryside today and couldnt find it in the shops, buying online it is
It’s sold in the fantasy section in most of the bookstores I’ve been to, but I completely can see it sold in fiction as well. For some reason my bookstores tend to put things like it, Fahrenheit 451, etc, in SFF, so maybe it’s a local thing?
Sometimes what turns me off from fantasy is the fact that they are written in series. Fantasy books use so much heavy descriptions (and I don't enjoy that) so it makes reading them a drag tbh Also I don't always like how book one is just setting up to the plot plot, makes me wanna fight the author that after finishing 1 book with +500 pages, you've only been introduced to the main characters and the "conflict" is just beginning lmao Anyway, some fantasy books that I've read and enjoyed are Assassin's apprentice (dnf book #3), black sun and dark rise. And I'm currently reading age of myth via audiobook, which kinda helps to get through even if the story drags, but I'm liking it so far.
the format of this video is so creative! and makes a lot of sense hearing you describe jezal made me laugh so much 🤣🤣 he's so insufferable, but i love him because he's dumb LMAO
Hey @Elliot, have you ever thought of doing a series of videos on different books by geographical regions ie African Fantasy, Asian Grimdark or South American High Fantasy
I don’t know that I’d be able to be quite that specific, but I do want to do a series on my channel highlighting different aspects of fantasy, including regions 💗
Question, have you ever read The Swan Song by Robert MCcammon? I saw it in a thrift store haul, it was super thick (928 pages). I’ve started it and can’t Stop reading it. Love your videos!
Sanderson was mentioned, but only for his lesser known and non-Cosmere series Steelheart. To be fair, I would only recommend mistborn as a beginner fantasy, and even then it can be daunting when you have like 15 books in the entire series (and counting). So I can understand the logic behind it.
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hi ELLIOT BROOKS! I want to share one book with you. "Kayan Kollyn- the Spiral of the Ellmott and Messenger of the Secret." a great fiction book of adventure, mystery, ART, ancient CRAFFARTT, and science. once you read it you really love it. the story speaks about all dimensions of life. awaiting the video on this book! and this video will definitely increase your subscribers, God bless you. and, our good wishes for your channel. we like your content! thanks for the recommendation.
I really liked The Thief and didn't know it was supposed to be YA. The rest of the series is a complete mess and kind of ruined my experience of the first book.
Speaking of, you were the reason I started with mistborn in my initial dive into adult fantasy ab a year ago. I had always been a fantasy/supernatural romance reader but when I wanted to venture out of YA, and into adult fantasy, your channel helped guide me to Sanderson as a good entry point and I am forever grateful! I am currently 2/3 of the way thru Words of Radiance and loving Sanderson so much and still your channel!! Thank you for sharing your love of reading with us!
Ohh, so many SA fans think that’s the best one! I hope you enjoy it 😄😄😄
She's the reason I found and read the mistborn series also 😄
While most of these books are less up my alley, I think it's a great idea that you bunched them into groups and very helpful, good job Elliot!
Love The Thief! Love the whole series, in fact. I never thought of The Thief as a Young Adult fantasy. The way the characters interact with each other felt quite mature..
I love that you structure your beginner to advanced fantasy this way! Very helpful and gives me lots of books for my TBR 🖤
ahhh!! i kind of come and go with most things in life. including reading, booktube, and RUclips in general. i was just catching up on couple of vids and feeling kind of out of touch with what going on and I though I’d go revisit some of you older beginners guides - that I’ve loved - and then boom you upload this!
perfect timing and glad to see you are doing well. can’t wait to jump back into some reading. 💕
A very good way to structure the video, in my opinion - I'm always finishing a book and then wanting something similar to keep the vibe!
the thief is one of my favourite books/series of all time so straight up will be following these recommendations!
2:57 Mentioning a novel is a travelling story gets my attention lol. I need a really good one (or more) on my TBR. I love how you connected all these books together. Very clever.
Just started audio Foundryside. Awesome narrator who really makes the characters come alive.
I love these beginner-focused videos, thank you Elliot!
Love this set up! I really enjoyed Legendborn and Parable of the Sower. I had already been eyeing Elatsoe, but you’ve bumped it up for me now connecting it to those two. 😃
I like how you structured this. I put The Thief on my tbr!
I read Foundryside because of you and enjoyed it. Very different to what I would normally read! I had little thieves on my radar and can’t wait to pick it up. BUT, I also just borrowed the audiobook for The Thief on your recommendation. Thank you for your suggestions!!
The way she posted this exactly when I needed it
also since im early and you might (?) see this, i gotta say that i love what you've been doing with the channel lately! keep it up, you and your husband ! 💕💕💕
This is a creative way to go about recommendations and I love it. I loved how you described heartless so I may give it a try.
I started parable of the sower because of you! And I’m currently really enjoying it 😊
That's a really cool idea! I love seeing these books bunched up. I've read/want to read a few of these already, so this is helpful to see where things align.
I really appreciate your explanation of Parable of the Sower. I've heard so much about how great it is, and even though it was dystopian, I put it on my list. Thanks to your detailed review, I now know that it would definitely be too bleak and upsetting for me personally. Thanks!
Really enjoying this series, its so helpful. I normally read a lot of thrillers, but I'm interested in getting more into fantasy and the way you group these recommendations is ideal for that. Thank you! 😊 x
You’re very welcome!
I love The Blade Itself and the rest of the series! Really enjoyed R. J. Barker's second series, so I need to read Age of Assassins. Also need to read some Brent Weeks and Little Thieves, Thanks for the recommendations :).
I love the way you do your recommendations videos. Thanks!
Elliot, I love this videos of yours!!
Although most of them are already on my list because of previous videos where you mention them, this ones are always interesting to see these books grouped and have an idea how are they related!
I have a suggestion, although I’m not sure if the majority of your audience needs this, what do you think on adding an extra layer on these recommendations where you could mention the type of English that’s written? As in your opinion on level of difficulty reading it.
I mean, for me where English is not the native language, sometimes it’s tricky to choose the right book because I’m always afraid that the English will be to hard, specially reading a physical copy instead of reading ebook where the search for translation is a lot easier.
Although I think I’m on a medium level, getting into epic fantasy in English sometimes it’s really hard!
It was just a thought, maybe you don’t think this is greatly needed to be mentioned 😅
Continue to love your videos ❤️you’re one of my favorite booktubers. Almost 95% of my list comes from you 😅😁
this was very creative grouping Elliot quite enjoyed it .i love love love the blade itself glokta and Bremmer( heroes) is some of the best inner monologues i have read😂. is such dry , sarcastic dark hummor its the best.
20:14 perfectly represents how I felt about the first poppy war book lol
Thank you for doing another of this type of video!
You’re welcome!
I’ve had legendborn on my TBR for so long now
got into stormlight archives and phenomenal. used to hate books that weren't manga. finished all 4 books within a month. Can't wait for book 5
I really like this setup for recommendations.
I love these kind of recommendations. Great way to compare books
I am about to read Foundryside. Super excited for the magic.
Ooooh, I'm just making my way through the Thief series (I know that's not what it's called shhh), and I'm loving these books more with every entry in the series :D I definitely recommend continuing with it, but also, avoid reading the blurbs on the back/on goodreads if possible, they lean pretty spoiler-y in my opinion :/
But now I'm even more interested in Age of Assassins thanks to the comparison!
I love Heartless! Age of Assassins is on shelves! I'm not familiar with Goosegirl either. Never heard of it as a kid. Bc of RUclips I have heard the title a few times.
Love the concept of these recommendation videos! ❤
Have you tried the Dancing Jax trilogy? It's by Robert Jordan and is a very dark fantasy combined with fairytales gone corrupted. World building is exquisite, magic system is defined and can get very very dark at times. Do give it a go! It's worth it
I keep thinking about picking up The Blade Itself, ive seen so many good reviews on it. I went to buy Foundryside today and couldnt find it in the shops, buying online it is
My friends really loved Foundryside, so hopefully you will too! 😄
I've never thought of parable of the sower as fantasy. It's interesting to here that's how you interpreted it.
It’s sold in the fantasy section in most of the bookstores I’ve been to, but I completely can see it sold in fiction as well. For some reason my bookstores tend to put things like it, Fahrenheit 451, etc, in SFF, so maybe it’s a local thing?
Sometimes what turns me off from fantasy is the fact that they are written in series.
Fantasy books use so much heavy descriptions (and I don't enjoy that) so it makes reading them a drag tbh
Also I don't always like how book one is just setting up to the plot plot, makes me wanna fight the author that after finishing 1 book with +500 pages, you've only been introduced to the main characters and the "conflict" is just beginning lmao
Anyway, some fantasy books that I've read and enjoyed are Assassin's apprentice (dnf book #3), black sun and dark rise. And I'm currently reading age of myth via audiobook, which kinda helps to get through even if the story drags, but I'm liking it so far.
the format of this video is so creative! and makes a lot of sense
hearing you describe jezal made me laugh so much 🤣🤣 he's so insufferable, but i love him because he's dumb LMAO
I love your hair color!
Hey @Elliot, have you ever thought of doing a series of videos on different books by geographical regions ie African Fantasy, Asian Grimdark or South American High Fantasy
I don’t know that I’d be able to be quite that specific, but I do want to do a series on my channel highlighting different aspects of fantasy, including regions 💗
Love this vid !
A bunch of series I keep meeting to get to (first law, foundryside, and lightbringer) someday 🤣
Question, have you ever read The Swan Song by Robert MCcammon? I saw it in a thrift store haul, it was super thick (928 pages). I’ve started it and can’t Stop reading it. Love your videos!
I haven’t, but color me intrigued!
@@ebnovels it was written before The Stand by Stephen King, which I’ve read, and is just as gripping. I wonder 💭 if King read this book first.
Your videos are always awesome
Great video!
I’m super surprised that there was no Brandon Sanderson or Patrick rothfuss, are they considered fantasy?
They definitely are fantasy. But they get mentioned a lot in other videos!
Sanderson was mentioned, but only for his lesser known and non-Cosmere series Steelheart. To be fair, I would only recommend mistborn as a beginner fantasy, and even then it can be daunting when you have like 15 books in the entire series (and counting). So I can understand the logic behind it.
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Is it just one book or a series.
Which one?
@@ebnovels the first few books you showed. I looked up the thief
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hi ELLIOT BROOKS!
I want to share one book with you.
"Kayan Kollyn- the Spiral of the Ellmott and Messenger of the Secret."
a great fiction book of adventure, mystery, ART, ancient CRAFFARTT, and science. once you read it you really love it. the story speaks about all dimensions of life.
awaiting the video on this book! and this video will definitely increase your subscribers, God bless you.
and, our good wishes for your channel.
we like your content!
thanks for the recommendation.
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Oh this video is just what i was looking for! Thank you for the recs!
🤗 Virtual hug!
I really liked The Thief and didn't know it was supposed to be YA. The rest of the series is a complete mess and kind of ruined my experience of the first book.