1. Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas
Throne of Glass is my favourite fantasy series, so yes, I think it's really good and yes, I feel you should try it out too. It is about a girl called Celaena Sardothien who is a trained assassin and is very good at her job. She gets selected to be the Crown Prince's champion in the tournament held in the palace and from there on her life changes completely. She gets dragged into a world full of magic, mystery, love, Faeries, witches, dragons, princes, and unknown lands. Before starting the Throne of Glass series, however, you must read The Assassin's Blade, which is a prequel about her life as an assassin before meeting the prince changes everything.
It is a well-planned, splendid series, and I feel it is a great example of epic fantasies written recently.
2. Queen's Rising by Rebecca Ross
This is another book that I love very much. The protagonist, Brienna, wants nothing more than to master one of the five passions and be chosen by a patron. However, when the time arrives, no one is willing to choose her, and she finds herself bound to a disgraced Lord and entangled in his plot to overthrow the King. Brienna uncovers the thrilling knowledge of her parentage, which leads to more secrets yet to be learned as she gets whisked away to various places under false identities, meets the King, and enters a whole new world she had never thought existed.
3. Three Dark Crowns by Kendare Blake
This book is a dark, complex fantasy involving an island called Fennbirn where each generation three sisters are born, and one must kill the other two using her gift to become the next Queen. The three princesses are trained by the families they are sent to, to murder their way to the throne. But in this generation, two of the princesses do not have any powers, and the third, strongest sister is unwilling to kill. What happens when the three of them get forced into a game of deception, where they travel to mysterious places, are betrayed by their own, and are forced to go against everything they think is right? Which one of the three will emerge victorious?
It is a series of four thrilling books, that keep us hooked from the first page right to the last, and another great high fantasy you must try.
4. Furyborn by Claire Legrand
This story revolves around two young women, A Sun Queen and a Blood Queen, centuries apart, who hold the power to either save or destroy the world. Queen Rielle is forced to expose herself as one of the prophesied queens and now she must prove herself to be the good Sun Queen - or be killed. Eliana, a girl living thousand years after Queen Rielle, goes on a quest to steal a valuable item in order to be reunited with her family, and gets involved in a magical journey where she meets unexpected allies and uncovers various truths about her past. Both women come across as fiercely independent and strong women who fight till the end to do what is right and to protect those they love.
The narration switches between the two queens in each chapter and keeps us on edge as we read this gripping adventure.
5. Folk of the Air by Holly Black
Jude's parents were murdered and she and her two sisters were stolen away to live in the Faerie High Court. Ten years later, she desperately wants to belong there, despite being a mortal. But many of the fey despise humans, especially Prince Cardan, who is the youngest and wickedest son of the High King. To win a place at the Court, Jude has to defy him - and face the consequences. She slowly becomes more and more embroiled in the palace workings of the Faerie and discovers her own ability to trick and defeat. Jude now finds herself in a position where she requires to risk her own life to save those of her sisters as well as the entire Faerie Court.
The story involves a lot of betrayals, palace intrigues, a constant atmosphere of terror, as well as dark romance, and is a classic Holly Black high fantasy.
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