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Mark Lawrence's Broken Empire trilogy (first book Prince of Thorns) and Red Queen's War trilogy (first book Prince of Fools) are superb. Fast paced, funny, clever, don't talk down to the reader, try to avoid cliches. They take place contemporaneously in the same universe and reference each other which is nicely meta. (although both stand alone if you have't read the other).
then I tried to read his Red Sister trilogy, which is the latest, and couldn't get past page 5. So your mileage may vary
EDIT have you read the Abercormbie YA trilogy? just as good as his adult work and to be honest I couldn't see much of a difference. The book of short stories is good as well, the one where two different parties met on a bridge is hilarious.
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Any suggestions for decent fantasy novels? Joe Abercrombie, Brandon Sanderson, David Gemmell, David Eddings style of thing. (Not Glen Cook which is often recommended but I didn't really like for some reason.)
This seems to be an area which is just full of shit on Amazon now. New authors with glowing reviews, from what I assume are their mates, but read like they were done by a child.