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26 reviews

Legendborn by Tracy Deonn

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Racism

Sorcery of Thorns by Margaret Rogerson

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

The Court of Miracles by Kester Grant

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I just really enjoyed this book. The pacing was done really well for what felt like a lengthy listen and read. The audio narrator is excellent. I found the characters to be interesting and exciting. I loved the unexpected plot. I felt the ending wasn’t rushed, it was just a great read unlike anything I’ve read before 

These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong

tense slow-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Own voices story with some lgtbq+ rep Slow paced feels like historical fiction ya with elements of horror/gore. Heavy political socieoeconomics for the time with xenophobic connotations and multiculturalism within Shanghai. Really well written. You can tell the author loves the city. Doesn’t really read like fantasy. Minimal romance. Pace really picks up in the last seven or so chapters when everything comes together. Didn’t feel much connection to the main characters who are morally grey but side characters Kathleen, Marshall and Alisa are really likeable and interesting. I liked learning their stories.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore

Moderate: Alcoholism and Drug abuse

Minor: Mental illness and Racism

Parental abuse

A Deal with the Elf King by Elise Kova

lighthearted fast-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

Content warning: drug use
Very easy reading
Predictable plot
Quick read
Ideal holiday read or something that doesn’t require a lot of focus
I enjoyed it to get me back into the swing of reading
Characters are fine, bit chosen one trope 
Some smut 75% of the way through