Looking for suggestions: Urban Fantasy

Patter

I was wondering if anyone has any good suggestions for me in the Urban Fantasy genre?
I really do like the genre in itself, but i have found that SO many urban fantasy books are just romance books with some fantasy thrown in... So i'm looking for books/series in the genre where the romance is either nonexistant or at least relegated to the sidelines.
So far i've enjoyed Jim butcher (Dresden files) and the Iron druid chronicle (Kevin Hearne) best.

metac

You could try Daniel Jose Older; he writers very interesting urban fantasy books. Here's a preview story for you to see if you'd like his work. https://www.tor.com/2015/05/20/ginga-daniel-jose-older/

cleneloalvaroid

I really liked Krishnarjun Bhattacharya's 'Tantrics of old' and 'Horsemen of old'. Apart from being an Indian setting and being well written, there is also no romance at all.

metac

cleneloalvaroid 17-6-2018 11:42 AM
I really liked Krishnarjun Bhattacharya's 'Tantrics of old' and 'Horsemen of old'. Apart from being  ...

That sounds interesting! Will check it out

metac

Another series that might interest you - Rivers of London - by Ben Aaronovitch.

metac

Just found and uploaded in the Reading Room. Hope you enjoy it . Am going to read too.

https://www.craxme.com/thread-9625-1-1.html

Patter

Thank you all for the suggestions
I tried Daniel Jose Older, but in the first pages you already get the "oh look how sexy THAT dude is" vibe and i didn't read on.(examples of why this is one of those books i just put down immediately
"Karina’s right: the new Capoeira teacher is fine as hell. He sits on a folding chair facing us in the big meeting room, his muscular arms crossed over his muscular chest. There’s a shiny bruise on his left cheek, but otherwise, his face is maybe perfectly symmetrical."
"Rigoberto stands up. Dude must be six foot three, at least. He’s perfectly proportioned—each piece fits into the next just right, arms hang just right, his loose white pants fit just right. It’s almost sickening. “Hello, guys and girls,” he says with a doofy wave. “You can call me Rigo.”

“Do we have bulge?” Karina whispers, peering over Devon’s baseball cap.

We do. “We appear to have bulge,” I report.

Karina nods. “Confirmed bulge.”

I have downloaded tantrics of old and will give it a try now! Thanks for that

cynic

Patter 18-6-2018 01:37 PM
Thank you all for the suggestions  
I tried Daniel Jose Older, but in the first pages you already  ...

This looks straight out of a Harlequin novel.

metac

Oh, well. Fair observations. I guess I latched on to stuff completely different in Daniel Jose Older's works, and completely ignored elements that didn't resonate. I'm rather forgiving that way. Anyway, sad to know it didn't match up to expectations. Cool. Did you by chance come across a weird but slyly entertaining novel called Unreal Aliens, by Karthik Laxman? Think you like this blurb enough to give it a shot?

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32181007-unreal-aliens

Patter

The unreal aliens look like something special, but most reviews i've skimmed point to it being at it's best when you know of the going-ons in Indian politics from 2016 - and to be honest i don't really