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79 reviews

At the Feet of the Sun by Victoria Goddard

adventurous emotional inspiring 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? No

5.0

Those Who Hold the Fire by Victoria Goddard

adventurous medium-paced

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

4.0

Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson

adventurous hopeful inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

Sere From the Green by Lauren Jankowski

adventurous medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

2.0

Belle Révolte by Linsey Miller

adventurous medium-paced

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

2.0

 There were a lot of good ideas of this book, but it really needed another pass through an editor to come together. Some parts were really good, some parts were weaker, and there was a lot that was disjointed. For example, the transitions between scenes got needlessly confusing. I liked the magic system, but it was never clearly explained, and there was a lot that we were still learning about it right up until the end of the novel. I think it should have been explained and consistently stayed in that boundary. I never got a solid explanation of how it worked, and this would be needed for the plot to make sense. Honestly, I mostly enjoyed reading it, because of both the genuinely good ideas.

One of the two main characters (Annette) is biromantic asexual, and this representation was pretty good! It wasn’t a major focus, but it did touch on things I don’t typically see brought up in representation, like how asexuality and female gender expectations intersect. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror

Moderate: Death, Gore, Sexism, Classism

Minor: Acephobia/Arophobia

Fourth World by Lyssa Chiavari

adventurous medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.0

Firebreak by Nicole Kornher-Stace

inspiring sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes

3.0

Portrait of a Wide Seas Islander by Victoria Goddard

adventurous reflective relaxing medium-paced

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

4.0

A Snake Falls To Earth by Darcie Little Badger

hopeful inspiring reflective slow-paced

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

4.0

The Cloud Roads by Martha Wells

adventurous emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

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

4.0