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The Relentless Legion by J.S. Dewes

adventurous tense 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? It's complicated

4.0

As much as I like the divide series, this last book felt a bit weaker than the previous ones, and a bit rushed. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and War

The Chosen and the Beautiful by Nghi Vo

emotional reflective slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Racism, Vomit, Car accident, and Alcohol

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Misogyny, and Abortion

Minor: War and Deportation

The Bone Shard Daughter by Andrea Stewart

adventurous 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Child abuse, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Our Wives Under The Sea by Julia Armfield

dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Self harm

How to Ride a Dragon's Storm by Cressida Cowell

adventurous 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery and Violence

The Cat Who Saved Books by Sōsuke Natsukawa

emotional reflective slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

The Night Ends with Fire by K.X. Song

adventurous fast-paced

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

3.0

Commits the worst sin a book can commit: being extremely unremarkable and average. I was promised a girl who goes mad with power and all I got was another annoyingly meek a passive protagonist. Supposedly we do get it in the next book, but I just can’t bother to read through another 400 pages of bad writing for the chance to see it happened. Also, the vague love triangle we completely unnecessary. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Misogyny, Violence, and War

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Sexual harassment

Minor: Sexual assault

Mist unlimited 薄雾［无限］ by Wei Feng Ji Xu 微风几许

adventurous challenging 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? It's complicated

3.75

While I quite enjoyed the main characters and the missions (especially Ouroboros), the rest of the novel was rather underwhelming. For exemple we never really learn how the Tianqiong system works???
The team dynamics are great (loved the confession scene), but individually we don’t know anything about the other teammates other beside very surface level character traits. 
I saw some people complaining about the underwhelming and predictable ending, but I actually didn’t mind it that much. At least it wasn’t a cliché revenge plot line. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Mental illness, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual content and Injury/Injury detail

Court Of Wanderers by Rin Chupeco

adventurous dark 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Death of parent

Moderate: Sexual content and Fire/Fire injury

Monstres, merveilles et créatures fantastiques by Martial Guédron

dark

5.0