Just take my advice about these books i am about to list, you can look up things on the internet about the books better than i can tell you about the books. Here is the list: The Forgotten Realms books series, Eragon trilogy (only 2 books out), and Superhawks.
So look up summaries about the books and tell me what you think.
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You pretty much just named series. The FR series are by different authors, and hard to compare as a series. They aren't all great, but they also aren't all bad. All that I've come across are pretty easy reads which don't last long. But Elaine Cunningham is one of my favourite authors, and does an exellent job with most her novels in the FR series.