adventurous medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes

This is basically an alternate version of the world we live in, closely anchored in our reality with magical additions but not the usual clichés of dragons etc. Excellent world-building and ideas, a medium-paced plot. The characters are complex, interesting and still somewhat believable

My review is surely biased because I loved this series a child, and it has thankfully lived up to my memories of it. There are only a few moments where it felt like YA. 

I think people make too big of a deal of the anti-religion aspect. There would be holes in the plot without it, it by no means feels like a main theme of the book. 
adventurous hopeful fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous challenging emotional mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
adventurous emotional inspiring mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced
adventurous challenging emotional inspiring mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

this is abt a girl who learns to read tarot and literally everybody flips out
adventurous dark funny inspiring mysterious sad fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Talking polar bears with armor and a society in the North Pole!! What!!! So cool!!! 

This book is so simply written, but so genius in its story telling. I cannot wait to read the rest of the series. 
adventurous mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated