I need a good female lead fantasy/adventure novel to read..

Dezzy

Dezzy

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I need a good fantasy book to sink into. No muscle bound men with axes killing all the bad guys. I want a good female lead who you can actually care about. Good story/plot, emotive characters...

His Dark Materials trilogy(Golden Compass, etc.) looks interesting, but I don't know if I'd like the main characters being like 12 years old. :) Maybe, if it's not too kiddy.

I read most of Rhapsody(Elizabeth Haydon) but I got bored 75% through it.

I read the entire Demon Child trilogy: Medalon/Treason Keep/Harshini(Jennifer Fallon) and it was awesome. :)

Any suggestions?
 
You could try the Word and the Void trilogy (Running With the Demon, A Knight of the Word, Angel Fire East) by Terry Brooks. Nest Freemark seems to fit the type of female character you're looking for (she's not always the absolute main character, but the vast majority of the trilogy revolves around her, and the main guy is hardly muscle bound ax wielder).
 
His Dark Materials is incredible. A masterpiece.
I also second the Void Trilogy.

I'm also gonna recommend the Abhorsen Trilogy by Garth Nix (the three books are Sabriel, Lireal, and Abhorsen, in that order).
 
[quote name='Liquid 2']His Dark Materials is incredible. A masterpiece.
I also second the Void Trilogy.

I'm also gonna recommend the Abhorsen Trilogy by Garth Nix (the three books are Sabriel, Lireal, and Abhorsen, in that order).[/quote]
Abhorsen trilogy FTW!
 
[quote name='Liquid 2']
I'm also gonna recommend the Abhorsen Trilogy by Garth Nix (the three books are Sabriel, Lireal, and Abhorsen, in that order).[/quote]


That's what they were called! I was thinking about those books but I forgot everything about them. I has been years since I read them. But in anycase, they were pretty great.
 
My wife really liked Twilight by stephanie meyer. The main girl gets mixed up with vampires she meets at school. I found my wife crying while reading a few times about what was going on in the book, that could mean she got really involved in the story/caraters, but it could mean anything really.
 
You could try the Black Jewels by Anne Bishop. They are quite dense - you literally need to keep track of all the characters with a flow chart or something.

It's a world in which men are subjugated by women. Hooray! Also Satan himself teaches a young girl magic. Double hooray!
 
For an enjoyable romp -- "Equal Rites" by Terry Pratchett.

For a more straightforward swords and sorcery tale with a very interesting female lead, try an old favorite: "Azure Bonds" -- a Dungeons and Dragons book by Kate Novak and Jeff Grubb. If you like it, there is a related game (Curse of the Azure Bonds) that you might be able to *cough*emulate*cough* or run on an old enough machine. There are also a couple sequals to that book, one direct and one indirect, featuring strong female chaacters/leads.
 
[quote name='nadsofed']I agree with previos posts and would like to add Xanth series by Piers Anthony.[/QUOTE]Xanth doesn't usually have female leads.
And there are way too many books. I stopped reading them around book 16 or something like that.

Another recommendation: The Dragon Chronicles Trilogy, by Susan Fletcher (books are Dragon's Milk, Flight of the Dragon Kyn, and Sign of the Dove, in that order.)
I actually had all three of them signed, but I lost one of them (in an airport, I think) :bomb::whistle2:(.
 
Wow a lot of great suggestions. ::watches amazon wishlist grow::

There's also the Wayfarer Redemption series by Sara Douglass. I didn't enjoy it as much as I thought, but perhaps you will.
 
The "liveship" books by Robin Hobb are excellent, imho. Really strong characters, female lead, "villians" with motivation. I've read them all but the last one. (I think).
 
Go read His Dark Materials, the first book is a bit slow but the final book is warped enough that I'd never recommend the series to children.
 
[quote name='zionoverfire']Go read His Dark Materials, the first book is a bit slow but the final book is warped enough that I'd never recommend the series to children.[/QUOTE]

So true. I read the book when I was in 8th grade and it felt trippy. I read it again and it's pretty awesome. Or you can watch the movie in December.. but of course I highly recommend reading the series first.

My friend recommended me Twlight as well so I'd go for it (I trust her taste anyways).
 
Although the quality of the story is up in the air, you could read the Mirrodin trilogy that Magic the Gathering brought out. First two books ("Moons of Mirrodin," and "The Darksteel Eye") are pretty good, although it seems the last book has a slight decline in quality ("The Fifth Dawn"). What's good about them, however, is that you don't need to have to play MTG in order to understand anything in the books. I actually read those books before I started to seriously get into the game.
 
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