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<blockquote data-quote="VenerableBede" data-source="post: 9427926" data-attributes="member: 7032917">And that is an extremely fair criticism. I don't even try to deny it.I know there are BookTubers. and BookTokkers who make videos on entry points and reading orders, but that doesn't appeal to everyone. It doesn't appeal to me at all.Here's my pitch. If you want something that kinda feels more traditional, go Warbreaker or Elantris. Stand-alone books, older works, should be in any library. In the first, a princess was supposed to go marry a god-king, but she gets swapped with her sister at the last minute. Lots of intrigue, lots of humor, very distinctive characters. In the second, a princess is sent off to marry a prince of a foreign land (despite &quot;princess going off to marry&quot; thing showing up in his first two published works, it isn't a theme across books), but finds her husband... erm... undead when she arrives, so now she's an ancillary member of the court but feels a strong need to protect her new home from an encroaching threat (a foreign nation); meanwhile, the undead prince tries to figure out how to un-undead himself. Essentially.A lot of people recommend Mistborn Era 1 as a starting point—the first book is the &quot;orphan gets adopted by a street gang and has an epic heist&quot; pitch—and if you like YA, I would agree that those are good.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="VenerableBede, post: 9427926, member: 7032917"] And that is an [I]extremely[/I] fair criticism. I don't even try to deny it. I know there are BookTubers. and BookTokkers who make videos on entry points and reading orders, but that doesn't appeal to everyone. It doesn't appeal to me at all. Here's my pitch. If you want something that kinda feels more traditional, go [I]Warbreaker[/I] or [I]Elantris[/I]. Stand-alone books, older works, should be in any library. In the first, a princess was supposed to go marry a god-king, but she gets swapped with her sister at the last minute. Lots of intrigue, lots of humor, very distinctive characters. In the second, a princess is sent off to marry a prince of a foreign land (despite "princess going off to marry" thing showing up in his first two published works, it isn't a theme across books), but finds her husband... erm... undead when she arrives, so now she's an ancillary member of the court but feels a strong need to protect her new home from an encroaching threat (a foreign nation); meanwhile, the undead prince tries to figure out how to un-undead himself. Essentially. A lot of people recommend [I]Mistborn Era 1[/I] as a starting point—the first book is the "orphan gets adopted by a street gang and has an epic heist" pitch—and if you like YA, I would agree that those are good. [/QUOTE]

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