a GREAT idea for a story

[Kuruharan]

If you want my opinion most modern fantasy books (mine are not included in this!) are full of smut and focus too much on the *hmhm* sexual attraction between characters.

Well, having almost any sexual attraction in a book would have more than Tolkien, but I agree with what you're saying.

I’ve seen mention of The Wheel Of Time series, but after checking it out, it didn’t look much better than the Shannara series. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

I'm afraid to say that I personally did not think too highly of them. However, I know people who do like them, so there may just be something wrong with me. I always had the feeling that Jordan's world lacked the "depth" and the "feeling" that Middle earth has. It all seemed rather superficial, to me at least.