aah, thank you so much!! I hate these threads 'cause there's so many good novels I want other people to read. I'm having a fantasy themed rec list this time. (also thank you and honorable mention to @MeLovesTacos novel - it's adorable, you'll love it)
I'm gonna recommend @blunderingalbatross's novel The End of All Things (and this is zero to do with the rec, 'cause i love this novel). The lore and the characters and the setting are all just If high seas, apocalypses, flintlock fantasy, and gruff characters are your thing - check it out! (and hey, do it if they're not anyway. Seriously, it's great)
Also! "The Claimed: Clash of Copper and Gold" by @spelunkadunk is another awesome fantasy novel, this one with BL - and damn does she get the tension going in it, both political and the waggling eyebrows kind.
Finally (I swear), I'm gonna pick "Demetori" by @Possum. I'm not very far in, but you know those vibes you get from a good novel? It's got those vibes. Adel is such a capable & pragmatic MC and I love that so much. I'm so excited to see more of the world and magic system as well! Plus he's just published an in-universe short story about a guy who falls in love with the ghost haunting his house, so what's not to love?