Just finished Mary Renault's Alexander the great series and before that I read Song of Achilles.
I want a portrayal of female friendship with the same grandeur and depth of bonds between patroclus x achilles, Alexander x Hephaestion present in these books.
I don't necessarily want romance, though I know part of the relationships above include romantic love and if there is romance, that's fine but I want that to be secondary.
I want the epic friendship and love that's knowing the other person as well as they know themselves, unwavering loyalty, sharing a cause, follow them until the ends of the earth without being asked, "there is no me without you" type stuff.
Would be nice if they were both capable in their own ways, but not in a cliche, flat, boring girl boss type way.
Well written.
And because I think this might get suggested, I hated Priory of the Orange Tree.
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