u/Beeboggie

hopefully this is an okay place to ask this, i'm pretty new to reddit haha

recently I've been wanting to get back into reading more regularly, but i have a hard time choosing on a book to try, and am quite picky when it comes to reading, and that always ends up hindering my experience, so I was wondering if anyone had recommendations for books that:

1 aren't very romance focused (romance subplots are alright, but i'm generally not big on romance heavy stories)

2 don't have sexually explicit material

and 3 have good compelling characters?

I realize after typing this out that this seems like a pretty standard list of qualifiers, but I've been having a strangely hard time finding books that seem to fit, and the ones that I have found just miss the mark for me, in terms of catching my interest.

I especially like high fantasy, action, themes of found family, and strong friendships. so big bonus points for anything that fits that have anything like that.

If anyone has any recommendations, I would really appreciate it!!