Reddit reviews Larkspur, or A Necromancer's Romance (The Courting of Life and Death Book 1)

Self publishing my dark fantasy/romance novelette last spring. I've wanted to 'be a writer' since I was a little kid, but always worried I wasn't good enough or no one would like it. I now have a 4.5 star average on Amazon, with 40 reviews. I find it hard to believe other people like my writing.

The sequel should be out for Christmas, and then I'm going to try to write a lot faster and turn this into the career I've always dreamt of.

The first book is Larkspur: A Necromancer's Romance. The RRAWR thread discussing the book can be found here.

I love this thread idea, though I feel like it's already mostly covered by the "What did you read this month?" thread. Still, far be it from me to not shove my preferences in everyones face.

Anything Lindsay Buroker puts out. Most known for her Emperor's Edge books. First one is free, just try it. Steampunk, bit of romance, fun cast of characters. It's nothing revolutionary, honestly, but I just have so much fun reading her stuff and I can't even tell you why. I'm just an absolute addict and she provides the crack in a timely manner. You think Sanderson writes like a machine? This woman must have self-triplicated somewhere along the line. 5+ books a year.

Next up would be J.S. Morin's Twinborn books. It's not exactly unknown on here, but it still needs a mention. Two series, one building on the other. Excellent work-building, cool characters, can't wait for what the author does next. It's mostly traditional Fantasy as you can get, but featuring Pirates, Magic, Empires, Demi-Gods and as of the 2nd series Steampunk, bit of SF and Transhumanism. Excellent stuff.

I also greatly enjoyed the short, fun read that was Larkspur. Not unknown on here either as the author frequents /r/fantasy relatively often, but still. MORE DAMN YOU!

Also, [Fae - The Wild Hunt] (http://www.amazon.com/Fae-Wild-Hunt-Riven-Wyrde-ebook/dp/B00IWOW2Y8/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1417986097&sr=1-1&keywords=graham+austin+king) by Graham Austin-King. He has a promo thread for the 2nd volume up on here right now anyway, but who cares? I loved the first book. Dark fairy-tale, novel approach to multiple POV story-telling. Can't wait for tomorrow. (2nd book release)

Lastly, [Book of Deacon] (http://www.amazon.com/Book-Deacon-ebook/dp/B0036FTF4S/ref=sr_1_1_ha?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1417986518&sr=1-1&keywords=book+of+deacon) by Joseph R. Lallo. Counting by the Amazon reviews it isn't exactly obscure, but I never saw it mentioned on here. Quite traditional "chosen one, save the world" Fantasy, but what makes this series is the diverse cast. There's a human magician and there's a fox and a dragon and... I'll just shut up now. Traditional in many ways, not so much in others.

/u/faustyna has a great first book, Larkspur, out there with a second coming very soon. Her new covers are things of beauty, might I add.

If I might suggest my own Nihilian Effect, a science fantasy series of standalone, shorter books. Book 4 was released not to long ago, and I am now writing 5 and 6 as well as books that begin two other standalone-book series, all in the same world. Think of it like an unfunny Discworld saga.

I love it too -- I've got the first book and where the boss is so appreciative. Soon to be 4 books out right now, *Larkspur, or A Necromancer's Romance, is dark fantasy.

I don't need to ask for anything! I find my own links!

It's not really my genre, but it looks like it's getting pretty good reviews, so congrats! I'm sure it was a lot of work, but I'm glad it seems to be paying off.

Larkspur: A Necromancer's Romance by V.M. Jaskiernia

This is the book!