Willow Talks Books 77.8K subscribers · Nov 8, 2025

Fantasy has changed...

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The death of John Aaron is the central pin that everything in the story revolves around. It's kind of brilliant, and the twists and turns that come from that are legendary at this point, but these books make a point of being mystery stories first and foremost.

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The Raven Scholar by Antonio Hodgson is one of the best fantasy novels I have read in the last 10 years. This is a true work of fantasy genius and I've done a dedicated video all about it, a full 20 minute review. I love this book so dearly.

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But the authors who create a more diverse world are the ones that are concerned with writing a romantic that is actually romantic. Because the most famous books in the genre are not romantic. They are just cruelty.