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Oathbound by Tracy Deonn

adventurous emotional reflective 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

4.25

Faebound by Saara El-Arifi

adventurous fast-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

4.25

Soulsmith by Will Wight

adventurous hopeful fast-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

4.0

Children of Anguish and Anarchy by Tomi Adeyemi

adventurous dark sad fast-paced

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

3.0

If I hadn't read the previous two novels, I would have enjoyed this book more. The storyline isn't bad, it's just disappointing. (Also reminded me of Evan Winter's Rage of Dragons in an unimpressive way.) 
I didn't mind the narrator switch from Bahni Turpin to Cynthia Ervio; their styles are drastically different. Neither good or bad feelings in that regard. I just feel like we went from Wakanda to Amistad and ended up in Jumanji instead of Òrìṣà. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Violence, Kidnapping, War

Moderate: Xenophobia, Blood

Minor: Genocide

A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas

adventurous fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood

Moderate: Kidnapping, Grief, Classism

Minor: Misogyny

Them faeries be hunchin!!!

Unsouled by Will Wight

adventurous hopeful fast-paced

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

4.25

The Hookup Plan by Farrah Rochon

lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.75

Starling House by Alix E. Harrow

dark tense medium-paced

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

3.5

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

5.0

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger

3.0