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[Ravenshire]

I've been looking for a good fantasy series to get into as a long-term investment.

So far, I'm really enjoying


It has a very unique take on magic as being purely derived from the various colors of light.  Then we get to see how the best "drafters" combine the magical qualities of different colors into useful things-- almost a kind of science of magic in a sense, with enough coherence to make it reasonably believable.  I'm 1/3 in the first book, and really enjoying it.  I'd say 9/10 so far, but I won't know if it's really literature until I finish.

Great series, but...

It's not a trilogy and part four isn't due out for a while yet.

Personally, I preferred the "Night Angel" series by Weeks. If you're really into magical fantasy you should really give "The Name of the Wind," the first book in the "Kingkiller Chronicles" by Patrick Rothfuss a go. If you like your fantasy dark, I'd recommend the "Low Town" series by Daniel Polansky and/or "The Gentleman Bastard" series by "Scott Lynch."