I am a huuuuge lover of fantasy and Name of the Wind, my god, the first book I couldn't put down in a long time. Really beautiful writing, very poetic. It's written in first person from the perspective of Kvothe, an exceptional young man who's admittedly a bit too perfect at times with his charisma and skill in magic and music, but it's written really well. On the topic of magic in this book, it's been turned into a sort of science in this world, requiring study like any other discipline to master, and Kvothe finds himself excelling at the university for "sympathy" as the magic is called.
It's been a while since I've read the book, but I really can't wait for the third in the series. The covers kinda suck though, hope they don't have another cover out of a romance novel minus the girl on the next book. Look at this thing: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/56/TheNameoftheWind_cover.jpg