I thoroughly enjoyed the Thief, Queen of Attolia and King of Attolia series.
Enthusiastically seconding the Megan Whalen Turner rec =D Don't let the first person pov of the first book throw you off.
Even though I heartily support the canon het (starting in the second book onward), I predict that you will see slash everywhere in the third book. In a light-hearted, rivalry/friendship/pre-slash "OMGYou'reAPratButSecretlyAwesome" kinda way =P
I love Robin McKinley's Dragonhaven (YA too I think). It's first person pov, but it's v. compelling. The main character is an almost-15-y.o. boy who lives in a dragon reservation. One day he came across a dead poacher and a dying dragon mom. Will post a few fav. quotes on my LJ this week.
For canon homoerotic fantasy, there's The Mirador series by Sarah Monette. Complete with wizards, thieves, prostitution, madness, mazes and inappropriate incestuous longings. One of the protagonists is annoying to hell and back, but he is _supposed_ to be annoying and high-handed and totally self-centered.
And Naomi Novik's Temeraire series--I ship Temeraire/Laurence so hard (Yes even though Temeraire is a dragon and Laurence is a British gentleman with a fixation on neckcloths and proper attire). It's not "deep" but fun in a what-happens-next kinda way.
Seconded
Enthusiastically seconding the Megan Whalen Turner rec =D
Don't let the first person pov of the first book throw you off.
Even though I heartily support the canon het (starting in the second book onward), I predict that you will see slash everywhere in the third book.
In a light-hearted, rivalry/friendship/pre-slash "OMGYou'reAPratButSecretlyAwesome" kinda way =P
I love Robin McKinley's Dragonhaven (YA too I think). It's first person pov, but it's v. compelling.
The main character is an almost-15-y.o. boy who lives in a dragon reservation. One day he came across a dead poacher and a dying dragon mom.
Will post a few fav. quotes on my LJ this week.
For canon homoerotic fantasy, there's The Mirador series by Sarah Monette. Complete with wizards, thieves, prostitution, madness, mazes and inappropriate incestuous longings. One of the protagonists is annoying to hell and back, but he is _supposed_ to be annoying and high-handed and totally self-centered.
And Naomi Novik's Temeraire series--I ship Temeraire/Laurence so hard (Yes even though Temeraire is a dragon and Laurence is a British gentleman with a fixation on neckcloths and proper attire). It's not "deep" but fun in a what-happens-next kinda way.
tl;dr--Long book rec comment is long.