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43 reviews

A Clan of Wolves by Emma Steinbrecher

3.5

House of Flame and Shadow by Sarah J. Maas

4.5

Starling House by Alix E. Harrow

dark hopeful mysterious slow-paced

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

3.25

The Obelisk Gate by N.K. Jemisin

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.75

The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad slow-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Forced institutionalization, and Violence

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Cursing, Gaslighting, Blood, Cannibalism, Grief, Classism, Colonisation, Death of parent, Murder, Kidnapping, Suicidal thoughts, and Slavery

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Fire/Fire injury, Stalking, Animal death, Medical content, Rape, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Vomit, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Torture, War, and Body horror

Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo

adventurous emotional slow-paced

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

3.5

Ruin and Rising by Leigh Bardugo

adventurous emotional sad slow-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

4.5

Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo

adventurous emotional fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual harassment, Violence, and Animal death

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Child death, Classism, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Gun violence, Alcohol, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Genocide, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, and Slavery

Minor: Abandonment, Cursing, Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, Rape, Eating disorder, Alcoholism, Bullying, Confinement, Animal cruelty, Death of parent, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, War, and Xenophobia

The Witch of Duva by Leigh Bardugo

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse and Animal death

Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, Cannibalism, Murder, Grief, Death of parent, Blood, Child death, and Kidnapping

Minor: Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Incest, Confinement, Sexual content, Vomit, War, and Sexual violence

A Study in Drowning by Ava Reid

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Misogyny, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Bullying, Blood, Sexual assault, Confinement, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Classism, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Xenophobia

Minor: Grief, Dementia, Drug use, War, Infidelity, Sexual content, and Animal death