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161 reviews

The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful lighthearted tense 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? Yes

5.0

The Assassin's Blade by Sarah J. Maas

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Great collection of shirt stories! All of them could easily stand alone but they also are great together. I liked this a lot better than ACOTR, more focused on the fantasy part than the romance part. Exciting but emotional. 

Lesser Evil by Timothy Zahn

adventurous 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? No

4.0

This book was my least favorite of the three. It gets full and expositiony at time but it wraps everything up well and I'm happy with how everyone ends up for the most part. 

Heir to the Empire: The 20th Anniversary Edition by Timothy Zahn

adventurous challenging mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I really liked this! I took a star off because it's not as interesting as the other two Thrawn trilogies but it definitely laid great ground work for the second book. I loved that we got all the OG characters back together in this one too. 

Yellowface by R.F. Kuang

challenging emotional funny informative mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Believe the hype! This book is incredible. You start off on one side, end on another, but you have no idea where you'll end up in between. Funny, scary, unhinged in all the best ways. 

Greater Good by Timothy Zahn

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This is definitely my favorite book in the of this trilogy! It's exciting, it's intense but it still has heart. 

Treason by Timothy Zahn

adventurous dark funny hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I really like how they wrapped up the series! Loved having Eli back and seeing what he's up to. 

My Favorite Half-Night Stand by Christina Lauren

funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.0

Light hearted fun book. The characters are dumb so if that makes you angry maybe avoid but I thought they were so funny and ridiculous. One of characters might be based on someone I know but the author denied it. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent

Alliances by Timothy Zahn

adventurous challenging emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Without spoilers you really see the psychological shift of one character. You also get to see another well known character in their element kicking ass and taking names. You also get an insight into the level of Thrawn's observational powers, in contrast with his lacking interpersonal skills. It shows his softer side too. Great follow up to the first book. 

Thrawn by Timothy Zahn

adventurous challenging funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This book is so much fun! The characters are well developed, you really feel like you get to know them. I love Thrawn as a character and seeing how he interacts with people. There's art, military tactics, politics, this book has it all. And it sets up the next book perfectly.