I'd like to gift a book to my male friend. He enjoys fantasy settings with female characters. He really loved fire emblem (edelgard) and frieren (the anime). He loves white haired strong women and female casts (like the anime shirobako or bocchi the rock). I don't really read fantasy. But Im looking for something serious and epic fantasy similar to justice of kings, the curse of chalion, garden of the moon, asoiaf, etc.
The only female protagonist fantasy I'm aware of that isn't romantasy is priory of the orange tree and traitor Baru cormorant. And I'm not sure that's quite what he'd be interested in.
His favorite books as a kid was Percy Jackson but he said he's much older and doesn't enjoy those sorts of books anymore.
Suggestions? Reason for no romance qualifier is because he feels awkward reading romance when the lover is another man, haha.
by ArkhamInsane