[amphibian]

Matthew Carey's Felix Castor and the Matthew Swift books by Kate Griffin are likely what you're looking for.

[Andorion]

Try The Rook.

What if the X Men were the British Secret Service?

[Aptorian]

Ok, I've ordered Felix Castor 1 and The Rook. I'd heard Castor brought up before so now is the time.

This post has been edited by Alternative Goose: 15 July 2018 - 05:58 PM

[Abyss]

Alternative Goose, on 15 July 2018 - 01:33 PM, said:

I'm in the middle of Ilona Andrews first Kate Daniels book. I'm enjoying it immensely, to the point I think I might manage to devour it in one day, but the tropiness of the book does bore me a bit.

I am curious if any of you guys have read or have heard of any good urban/modern day fantasy out there that doesn't resort to the traditional formula of vampires, werewolves and elves.

Somebody who creates a familiar world but uses unique or at least new perspectives on mythological beings and magical structure?

It doesnt need to be as unorthodox as Peter Grant or the Laundry Books, just something that brings something new to the table

amphibian, on 15 July 2018 - 03:53 PM, said:

Matthew Carey's Felix Castor and the Matthew Swift books by Kate Griffin are likely what you're looking for.

Alternative Goose, on 15 July 2018 - 05:57 PM, said:

Ok, I've ordered Felix Castor 1 and The Rook. I'd heard Castor brought up before so now is the time.

Solid choice re Castor. I would have otherwise said Peter Grant and The Laundry. Rook and its sequel are in my TRP.
I might suggest LK Hamilton's Anita Blake series. There are tropy elements to her vamps and weres but she steers them to some fun and novel places.
For ten books.
Ten solid highly enjoyable books. Then the series ended and she never ever turned it into bad supernatural porn crap.

[Aptorian]

I think I read one of the Anita Blake books a decade ago. But it's a blur.

The fact that it turns to hot garbage ten books in, according to the long running anti-blake campaign financed by Abyss Inc., makes me uninterested in picking the series back up.

Are the Blake books stand alone'ish or do they build towards a long running series arc, like Dresden Files? I'd get blue balls if I enjoyed a series for ten books and the suddenly it pulled a "Changes" like Butcher did.

[Macros]

Surely you would want it more now that Abyss Inc has better against it

[Aptorian]

Well, no because, going by Abyss-bizarro logic, then that would mean the first 10 are terrible and the rest are great and who wants to read 10 terrible books to get to the good part? (Besides Wheel of Time fans)

[Abyss]

Alternative Goose, on 15 July 2018 - 07:47 PM, said:

I think I read one of the Anita Blake books a decade ago. But it's a blur.

The fact that it turns to hot garbage ten books in, according to the long running anti-blake campaign financed by Abyss Inc., makes me uninterested in picking the series back up.

Are the Blake books stand alone'ish or do they build towards a long running series arc, like Dresden Files? I'd get blue balls if I enjoyed a series for ten books and the suddenly it pulled a "Changes" like Butcher did.

There are relationships and politics that evolve, but each book is a self contained story. Book 10, OBSIDIAN BUTTERFLY, reaches a satisfactory end point.
...which is good considering how bad book 11 was.

[worry]

After Book 10 it's ghost written by Bella Forrest as a side hustle.

[Abyss]

Briar King, on 16 July 2018 - 04:39 AM, said:

There's 27 books

There are TEN books.