Adult literature

[Narya]

I recently finished Sarah Monette's series - Melusine, The Virtu, The Mirador, and Corambis. There's some - uh - educational scenes as one of the lead protagonists is gay, and had an abusive master. I was a little put off by the other lead protagonist (the story line switches back and forth between the two, in first person for each) because he drops the F bomb at least once per paragraph. But once I got used to that (and he does it less and less through the series) he grew on me. The books have very creative uses of magic, lots of action, traipsing across the continent and back. It was definitely adult content, but my 25 year old son recommended it to me, and we both enjoyed it very much. (After I got over the shock of my little darling having grown up while I wasn't looking and started reading that sort of thing.)