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I love everything about the cover except his face. His face is driving me nuts. The black and white version looks good, but something about the way the colors are hitting his face... it makes it look like he's looking somewhere else than the original drawing. But OMG. Cant. Wait.

I kind of think Kvothe is supposed to get on peoples nerves. Here's this super smart kid doing a bunch of really stupid things that have both positive and negative results without him really learning too much from them. I see this as the author setting Kvothe up for the tragedy to come, and despite his M.S.ish qualities I still really like the character. I can definitely understand why people would be annoyed with him though.

I love this! Great description.

Wow, bravo! That's an incredible collection. *slow clap*

Now that you mention it Feesh I completely blanked out on the Felurian scenes in the Kingkiller Chronicles. Perhaps Name of the Wind wouldn't be good for you Shard, unless you were willing to pass a few chapters because there is some sex in there. The Felurian scenes really annoy some people anyway, and I think the book would be worthwhile reading regardless. I am, however, admittedly biased there because NotW is one of my favorite books right now.

Have you read anything of Mercedes Lackey's Valdemar series? There's some really good books there that sound like they may be to your tastes. The Joust series was good, but there are definitely better books written by her. Name of The Wind by Patrick Rothfuss is really good and I think it's pretty clean as far as language/sexuality is concerned. Definitely no A Song of Ice and Fire though. If you want to read something by George R R Martin I think Fevre Dream would be more what you're looking for.

^So you basically like all the clever characters with a great sense of humor Me too! I love that Arya is not portrayed as some helpless victim. She's kind of the perfect character... clever, sarcastic, brash... but you can empathize with her because her personality traits are enhanced by the tragedy she faces, not there because of them.

Just about all the Gentleman Bastards are great, really. I'm going to second Honor Harrington. I love her unwavering sense of loyalty and duty. Elodin from The Kingkiller Chronicles Kerowyn from By the Sword by Mercedes Lackey and Tarma from Vows and Honor Aeron from the Copper Crown by Patricia Kennealy Dalinar Kohlin (WoK) Arya from ASoIF. I think her character is great in both the books and the show. Verin Sedai from WoT. She may be the only character in the series that wasn't exasperating, and I REALLY liked her story arc.

Oooh I love this topic. I'm happy this will be my first post. Here's my collection: I see a lot of familiar books on all your shelves