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204 reviews

All I Wanted Was to Become a Scientist But Now I've Got An Alien Boyfriend by Petra Palerno

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted fast-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Murder, Trafficking, Death, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, Violence, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, and Sexual assault

What the Dead Know by Nghi Vo

2.5

The Six Deaths of the Saint by Alix E. Harrow

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective sad 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

4.25

Persephone by Lev Grossman

1.25

The Garden by Tomi Adeyemi

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

2.25

All I Wanted Was Sushi But I Got Abducted By Aliens Instead by Petra Palerno

adventurous funny relaxing fast-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? No

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Confinement, Slavery, Sexual content, Pregnancy, Trafficking, Death of parent, Kidnapping, and Sexual harassment

Satan's Affair by H.D. Carlton

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Suicide, Death, Child abuse, Death of parent, Violence, Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Car accident, Mental illness, and Body horror

Minor: Pedophilia

A Certain Hunger by Chelsea G. Summers

adventurous challenging dark tense slow-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

1.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Gore, Blood, Sexual assault, Torture, Animal death, Body horror, Death of parent, Murder, Rape, Stalking, Cannibalism, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, and Violence

Heir by Katee Robert

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

This Is How You Lose the Time War by Max Gladstone, Amal El-Mohtar

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful mysterious reflective 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

5.0