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The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious 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

5.0

Obsessed does not begin to describe it. I will be reading everything Katherine Addison has ever written or ever will write. Csevet supremacy forever.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Suicide, Death of parent

Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Racism

Minor: Homophobia, Miscarriage, Physical abuse

The Hellion's Waltz by Olivia Waite

adventurous emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-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

3.0

This was fine. I think this series declined in quality for me, the first book was by and away my favorite. However, I love a regency sapphic romance, and the historical aspects of this one were fascinating. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Alcohol

Minor: Torture, Toxic relationship, Grief

Half a Soul by Olivia Atwater

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted sad medium-paced

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

4.0

I have been picking some bangers lately!!!! I get the criticisms of this one, but it just worked for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Emotional abuse, Classism

Moderate: Child abuse, Kidnapping, War

Minor: Child death, Violence, Death of parent

To Shape a Dragon's Breath by Moniquill Blackgoose

adventurous emotional medium-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? No

5.0

Maybe my favorite book of the year so far. Fascinating world-building in an alternate US shaped by Scandinavian colonization. Incredible characters, queer/poly rep, an Indigenous heroine, DRAGONS, an academy setting… I could go on. Please please please read this!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Racism, Colonisation

Moderate: Genocide, Homophobia, Violence

Minor: Animal death, War

Everyone on This Train Is a Suspect by Benjamin Stevenson

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

Just as fun as the first one, also not quite as traumatic for me! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Murder

Moderate: Alcoholism, Rape, Sexual assault

Minor: Child abuse, Child death, Vomit

Emily Wilde's Map of the Otherlands by Heather Fawcett

adventurous emotional lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.5

A reasonably good time, but didn’t live up to the hype of the first one. I will for sure continue in the series though, because this set us up for some fun stuff in the future!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death

Minor: Body horror, Sexual content, Alcohol

Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson

adventurous dark emotional funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

This was just as fun as everyone said it was!! There were a few dark elements that I didn’t expect, which threw me off a bit. But the writing style really worked for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Suicide, Kidnapping

Minor: Vomit

The Warden by Daniel M. Ford

adventurous lighthearted mysterious medium-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? No

4.0

I’m so glad I ended up liking this a lot! The first half was a little slow, and I didn’t start vibing with Aelis until a while into the book. But once we met Tun and started getting into Necromancy stuff, I was hooked. Will definitely be continuing in the series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing, Blood, Classism

Minor: Animal death, Gore, Sexism

Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett

adventurous hopeful lighthearted mysterious medium-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

5.0

Perfection. Neurodivergent MC in a cozy fantasy romance written in diary entries? Yes please thank you very much! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Violence

We Are Never Meeting in Real Life. by Samantha Irby

emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced

4.0

Samantha Irby is so unapologetically herself and I dig that vibe so much. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Sexual content, Death of parent

Moderate: Animal death, Child abuse, Chronic illness

Minor: Alcoholism, Fatphobia, Homophobia