I recommend...

Any book by Martine (Bates) Leavitt. I'll admit I haven't read all of her books yet, but I do intend to. She mostly writes fantasy and also has done some more serious, "real-er life" books.

Why do I love her? She was my Young Women's president. :)

I read her trilogy first...because she wrote it first. Definitely read it in order. It's called the Marmawell Trilogy and it is excellent. She wrote her first book...at least part of it...for a competition and won and was told that she could turn it into a novel. And it's a good novel, too!

The Dragon's Tapestry
Prism Moon
The Taker's Key

All were very good and quite symbolic. I've read them all twice. And it's funny because when I read them, the little voice in my head that says the words to me sounds like her voice.

The dollmage actually kind of reminded me of her first three books. Not that it was the same, it just seemed like it was possible for it to fit in the Marmawell world. Almost, but not quite.

I haven't read Heck, superhero, but I intend to. It's one of her more "real-life" books.

Tom Finder was good. It's about a homeless man...another "real-er life" book.

Now, I started reading Keturah and Lord Death when I was still pregnant with Rachel but my mom told me to stop reading it until after I had her. Apparently there is someone in the book who has a hard time with childbirth and my mom said that I would deal with it better after my baby was born. I haven't picked it up again yet...but I really do want to finish it. I found it gripping and didn't really want to put it down. My mom just knows how I think so I tend to take her advice. Maybe I'll ask Andrew to pick that book up for me while he's on campus today.

Anyway, all of her books are good. They have good values in there and if you look for it, a lot of "LDS" symbology. For example, my mom thinks that the tapestries in the Marmawell trilogy are like patriarchal blessings--you'll probably see why if you read the books. :)