I *love* Patricia Briggs. I've read all her stuff - she has some high fantasy out there, too, and if you like the urban fantasy, I think you'd enjoy Dragon Bones and Dragon Blood. Totally frickin' awesome. Well, I think so.
It's not so much that I've stepped away from the genre, as that there are tropes that I avoid - such as vampires. Except there have been some really good reimaginings lately, so now I can't say that anymore. I too am not fond of all the high concept books - they may be well written, but a lot of times the characters or the plot don't grab me, and I end up feeling like I'm reading it for a class. So I understand what you mean. I guess I'm just a low-class kind of girl. I like my plots twisty without being impossible, and my main characters likeable, and while there can be as much horror and blood and death during the plot as the author can slam in there, I need a hopeful ending, or I get really stinkin' mad.
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on 2008-03-27 06:46 pm (UTC)It's not so much that I've stepped away from the genre, as that there are tropes that I avoid - such as vampires. Except there have been some really good reimaginings lately, so now I can't say that anymore. I too am not fond of all the high concept books - they may be well written, but a lot of times the characters or the plot don't grab me, and I end up feeling like I'm reading it for a class. So I understand what you mean. I guess I'm just a low-class kind of girl. I like my plots twisty without being impossible, and my main characters likeable, and while there can be as much horror and blood and death during the plot as the author can slam in there, I need a hopeful ending, or I get really stinkin' mad.