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10 Criminally Underrated Fantasy Novels

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By Blood, by SaltJ.L. Odom
Loved it

This was the winner of the Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off Competition this last year and deserved every single inch of that accolade because it is a masterfully written book.

Lost BoyChristina Henry
Loved it

This book is perfect for adult fantasy readers who want something that is fast, bingeable, and gives a good punch of horror through the fantasy. It is so good.

Never DieRob J. Hayes
Loved it

Its first book is Never Die, the third book is Spirits of Vengeance. I have read all three and love all three of these books.

OrconomicsJ. Zachary Pike
Loved it

What I loved about this story is that it really gave me everything I wanted from a hero party story without making it something that I had read before, without something that felt super clichéd.

There is not a single ounce of wasted space in this series, and it is so good. I bawled my eyes out at the end of this series and at several points during the series because these characters became so near and dear to my heart throughout their journey that I was thinking about this book and had a serious book hangover long after I finished the last page.

To Ride Hell's ChasmJanny Wurts
Loved it

This book is surprisingly bingeable for how elevated the prose is, and I definitely think if you are looking for something that has a really well-written, well-crafted, masterful classic fantasy feel, this book is definitely going to give you that.