Bruce McKnight
Troubadour
Ugh, tough. It needs to be both. Am I the only one who read Name of the Wind and said "that was written great, but it didn't seem like a whole lot of exciting stuff happened"? Lies of Locke Lamora was, in my opinion, not quite the word artistry of Rothfuss (though it was close, in my opinion, and still great), but the plot felt so much more exciting. Maybe I just find getting nailed into a barrel of horse urine more entertaining than trying to play a lute with a broken string...