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Do Your Worst by Rosie Danan

hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Dragonfruit by Makiia Lucier

hopeful 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

4.0

Death by Laura Thalassa

hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Trafficking, Violence, Toxic relationship, Death, Kidnapping, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, and Child death

And Then She Fell by Alicia Elliott

dark emotional tense 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Suicide attempt, Racism, Murder, Police brutality, Colonisation, Cultural appropriation, Injury/Injury detail, Addiction, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Genocide, Car accident, and Death of parent

A Princess in Theory by Alyssa Cole

hopeful 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? Yes

3.5

Famine by Laura Thalassa

2.75

An Education in Malice by S.T. Gibson

slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

War by Laura Thalassa

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Kidnapping, Violence, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death of parent, Sexual content, Murder, Child death, War, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Rape

Pestilence by Laura Thalassa

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Animal cruelty, Gun violence, Blood, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual content, and Terminal illness

Night of the Raven, Dawn of the Dove by Rati Mehrotra

adventurous 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

3.5