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542 reviews

The Keeper of Night by Kylie Lee Baker

adventurous challenging dark mysterious 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

4.0

THIS IS HOW YOU WRITE A YA FANATSY THAT DOES NOT NEED YOUR TYPICAL AND CORNY CLICHES, YET STILL RETAIN THE CORE ASPECTS OF YOUNG ADULTS. Great execution of both plot and characters, it feet so long since I have read such a satisfying ya.
Also, East-Asian myths and folklores are so rich that the european/medieval settings feel kind of bland now :3

The Tropic Of Serpents by Marie Brennan

adventurous challenging informative medium-paced

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

3.5

The Horse and His Boy by C.S. Lewis

adventurous funny lighthearted relaxing 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

The Guinevere Deception by Kiersten White

adventurous challenging lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

Got me out of my reading slump, so yay. I really loved the last trilogy of this author, so had some expectations regarding her new one. Been a while since I have not snapped at the ya protagonist for longing for love, instead I understood her (?! who am I @_@). Plotline, characters were okay-ish, interesting enough to want to continue.

I still want her to end up with mordred :3

The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories by Angela Carter

dark funny tense fast-paced

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

3.0

The writing was extravagant and beautiful. Liked some of them others seemed a bit bland. She did the dark and horror aspects of the known fairytales quite well

Elder Race by Adrian Tchaikovsky

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

2.5

Well that was disappointing -_-
For a novella to feel that long with how pointless it seemed at the end, was such a waste 

Cytonic by Brandon Sanderson

adventurous emotional funny informative lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

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

3.5

The Fall of Babel by Josiah Bancroft

Why do the good ones have such bad endings -.-

The Magician's Nephew by C.S. Lewis

funny lighthearted fast-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

Herding Cats by Sarah Andersen

funny hopeful lighthearted reflective relaxing fast-paced

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

4.0