I first heard of Patrick Rothfuss in the same way that I heard of Jacqueline Carey: he was hosting Story Board on YouTube, and he was also in the Lords of Waterdeep episode of Tabletop. He also made a very funny thing when he arrived on Twitter. Anyway, I had a pretty good opinion of the guy a priori, so I ended up opening one of his books. It's the story of Kvothe who, at what is presented as the end of his life, tells his life story to a limited audience. The story telling will last three days; the first book corresponds to the first day. Kvothe starts by telling his story and his training as an arcanist in the university. The main character is sometimes a bit annoying, because he's presented as great at almost everything he does; since he's the one telling the story, well, it works out. And it's been very, very difficult for me to let go of this book - it even brought me to ungodly hours when I finished it. "I'm not quite waken up yet because I finished a book at 2AM yesterday" may not be a great idea, but it gives a good idea of said book's quality :)