my_forest_library's Reviews (977)

A Blade So Black

L.L. McKinney

4.0

adventurous emotional 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Hate crime, Police brutality, Death of parent

Hazel and Gray

Nic Stone

2.5

dark emotional tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Trafficking

Plain Bad Heroines

Emily M. Danforth

4.5

dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Drug use, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Car accident

Minor: Abortion, Alcohol

Twas the Knife Before Christmas

Jacqueline Frost

funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious relaxing fast-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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Murder

Dead and Breakfast

Kate Kingsbury

dark funny mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Ableism, Racism, Kidnapping

Milk and Honey

Rupi Kaur

challenging dark emotional reflective fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual content

Beneath the Sugar Sky

Seanan McGuire

4.0

adventurous dark funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious 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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Fatphobia

Minor: Body shaming, Bullying, Gore, Grief

Down Among the Sticks and Bones

Seanan McGuire

5.0

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Blood, Murder, Abandonment

Shadow and Bone

Leigh Bardugo

5.0

adventurous dark fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Violence, Blood

Minor: Death of parent

These Witches Don't Burn

Isabel Sterling

4.0

mysterious 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: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Blood