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284 reviews

Born of Blood and Ash by Jennifer L. Armentrout

adventurous medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders and Sexual assault

Goldsin by Aveline Knight
Did not finish book. Stopped at 30%.

So poorly written. Nothing made sense, she was thinking everything so hardly any dialogue and when there was dialogue it was cringe and didn’t fit the scene. 

No Bad Parts: Healing Trauma and Restoring Wholeness with the Internal Family Systems Model by Richard C. Schwartz

challenging reflective slow-paced

3.0

Caraval by Stephanie Garber

adventurous medium-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse and Death

Anathema by Keri Lake

dark 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? It's complicated

2.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexual assault and Death of parent

Nocticadia by Keri Lake

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gore, Sexual assault, and Death of parent

Deceit by Katelyn Taylor

dark tense fast-paced

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

2.0

Lilith by Nikki Marmery

adventurous emotional reflective slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Rape, and Religious bigotry

Tender Is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica

challenging dark fast-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Gore, Blood, and Cannibalism

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Rape

Come as You Are: The Surprising New Science That Will Transform Your Sex Life by Emily Nagoski

challenging emotional informative medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Sexual assault