I re-read Blood of Elves and Time of Contempt this weekend. Both are quick reads books. Blood of Elves if you're looking for something low-stakes, comfortable, and relatively low on plot elements - that's why skipped over Last Wish and Sword of Destiny (I've re-read both of those multiple times in the past few years thanks to the Witcher Netflix series, which I watched alongside the books). But I had to go into Time of Contempt, and while I didn't finish it, I got up to Chapter 5, close to finishing.
On the fantasy discussion. I've read dozens, if not hundreds, of fantasy books, and Tolkien is easily my favourite author; my personal favourite book is The Book of Lost Tales, but I enjoy almost every version of the Silmarillion... the Lays would be the exception. that said, I also really enjoy Robert E Howard.
I describe myself as a little dose of toxic masculinity.
