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Nona the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

dark funny slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Mooncakes Collector's Edition by Suzanne Walker

emotional hopeful lighthearted

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Homophobia, and Child abuse

Minor: Transphobia

The Heartbreak Bakery by A.R. Capetta

emotional hopeful informative 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

5.0

House of Cotton by Monica Brashears

dark

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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Incest, Pregnancy, Rape, Death of parent, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Drug use, and Abortion

Moderate: Mental illness and Drug abuse

Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

adventurous sad slow-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? No

3.5

Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett

adventurous lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

The Witch and the Tsar by Olesya Salnikova Gilmore

adventurous informative medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Death of parent

Moderate: War, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

dark mysterious slow-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual violence, Body horror, Incest, and Racism

Moderate: Sexism, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Suicide, Gun violence, and Child death

Minor: Death of parent and War

There is a lot descriptions of rot/mold/fungus

Monstress, Vol. 1: Awakening by Marjorie Liu

challenging dark mysterious slow-paced

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

1.0

I'd say my biggest flaw in this is neither the art (which is stunning) nor the story which is complex and intricate.  It's the combination of them, there is so much text that it doesn't let the art breathe, and at times the story feels unnecessary slow for the sake of the art

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Body horror, Murder, Kidnapping, Gore, Slavery, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Confinement, Sexual violence, Toxic friendship, Religious bigotry, and Police brutality

Fullmetal Alchemist (3-In-1 Edition), Vol. 1 by Hiromu Arakawa

adventurous lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

3.5