I don't know about you, but I love fantasy books. Something about the magic, different worlds and just dreaming away. Then, of course, if they are LGBT friendly or written for the LGBT community, even better! So here comes my top 3 (three) LGBT fantasy books for you to read.

When women were warriors, by Catherine M. Wilson

I listened to this as an audiobook the first time, and although the author says it's not a strict fantasy I still think it's one way of describing it. The books take place in an Celtic society where, as the title reveals, it's the women who become warriors, not the men. The love between women are in focus, both romantic and platonic and it's a lovely series to just dream away with and feel good from.

We're following Tamras, a young woman not yet a warrior, as she arrives at Lady Merin's house. That's where she will train, together with other new apprentices, but her small stature makes her doubt if she will ever become a good swordswoman. On top of that, Lady Merin assigns her to be a companion to a Warrior that wants nothing to do with her and seems to have difficulties fitting in with the others.

This becomes the beginning and we follow Tamras on her path of finding how to become a warrior, growing up and making herself a place to call home in Lady Merin's house. Together with the other apprentices she'll discover the world of adult women, with everything that comes with it.

The Knights Of Camelot series, by Sarah Luddington

This series of 10 (ten) books is a refreshing new take of the Arthurian legends with male romantic love and steamy encounters. As an asexual, I skip most of the sex scenes :) , but the relationship between Arthur and his warrior Lancelot, Lancelot's own struggle with his inner demons and the fantasy world of the Arthurian legends makes this series all worthwhile reading. It was meant to just be a short series according to the author, but as she'd finished one book another storyline came to her and she had to write the next one. That can sometimes be noticed in the books, as I believe they would benefit from being edited down to less books, but I still keep coming back to this series and read it over and over again.

Sarah is phenomenal in character building, making them come alive and you really feel for them and stand by their side. I love the fact that she's made such a known legend into something new with gay love and I always find myself wanting to read just another page, until the book is finished.

Groove of the Gods, by Sarah Luddington

Yes, I love Sarah's books ;) This is another series, a contemporary fantasy, with two books in it as of now. Old meets new, and legend meets modern world in this series where, just as in her other books, gay love is in focus.

We follow the old gods of Welsh mythology, once worshipped and now almost forgotten, as they descend to the world in human form. Here they will need to face their past, come to peace with old decisions and try to stop the forces that will destroy them once and for all.

Just as with Sarah's other fantasy books, this is a new take on old legends and it's refreshing. Character building in this series is, as always with Sarah, just spot on and the pace is there from the very beginning, making it almost impossible to put the books down. Well worth reading, several times over, whenever there is a rainy weekend ahead of you :)