Go ye out and read The Kingkiller Chronicle right now. Book 1 is called The Name of the Wind, and Book 2 is called The Wise Man’s Fear.
Mind you, I read and enjoyed the Harry Potter books. But whatever grumbling guilty sensations you, as an adult, felt while reading seven lengthy young adult novels, will promptly disappear, as you experience the refreshing threat of real bad guys, potions that work like real pharmaceuticals, magic that works using an actual system of logic, and a badassed main character that can’t handle money.
I’m talking Song of Ice and Fire competitor, here. Get on it, people.
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And if I thought Song of Ice and Fire sucked donkey balls?
I don’t know if you have cable, but here is a sort of spoilery preview of HBO’s upcomming adaptation. It looks good to me.