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A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Loved Feyre's character development! Tamlin isnt charming since book 1 and here he got worse. Tamlin and Rhys can both do terrible, terrible things for what they think is right but atleast Ryhs respects Feyre's choices. He listens.

Nineteen Claws and a Black Bird by Agustina Bazterrica

dark medium-paced

3.0

Compared to the horror of Tender is the Flesh, this is tame. The stories are grotesque yes, but some are just plain weird. The second-person narration though? Slay. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide

Minor: Pedophilia

Anxiety and Things that Shatter by Samuel A. Adeyemi

4.0

A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

adventurous dark tense slow-paced

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

4.0

Piñata by Leopoldo Gout

dark tense slow-paced

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

4.0

The plot is a bit similar to the movie The Pope's Exorcist wherein they're renovating an abbey and somehow end up opening a door for evil to cross into the world of living. The similarity ends there though since this book has Nahuatl history undertone. I enjoyed learning about Aztec tradition and that part of the history of Mexico. However, the pace is very slow I got bored at some parts. Powerful imagery of the suspenseful and gory scenes, I was on the edge of my seat. The ending is anti-climactic though. 

Open Throat by Henry Hoke

3.0

It felt kind of dreamy reading from a starving mountain lion's perspective. This was cleverly written but forgettable.

The Twisted Ones by T. Kingfisher

dark tense slow-paced

4.0

This is a unique kind of horror that dips a bit on fantasy. With a deer effigy that may or may not kill, the main character's intrusive thoughts are way scarier, especially the phrase "I made faces like the faces on the rocks, and I twisted myself about like the twisted ones, and I lay down flat on the ground like the dead ones."

The main character's sudden insipid thoughts while in mortal terror balance the chilling horror though which made this much more readable. 

Comemadre by Roque Larraquy

dark

3.0

"At night we come up with daring plans that would change us completely, were they to become a reality. But these plans dissolve in the morning light, and we go back to being the same mediocrities as before, doggedly ruining our own lives."

Compared to other body horrors I've read, this is actually quite tame. A lot of talking severed heads. Lots of severed legs, too. 

When No One Is Watching by Linathi Makanda

3.0

So This Is the End by Alexandra Franzen

4.0

Hmm i dont like insta-love stories but i enjoyed this one. Sweet.