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Allegiant by Veronica Roth

emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.0

A Day of Fallen Night by Samantha Shannon

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective 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? N/A

4.0

Insurgent by Veronica Roth

emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Killing Kate by Alex Lake

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

The Hurricane Wars by Thea Guanzon

challenging dark tense slow-paced

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

3.0

It Starts with Us by Colleen Hoover

emotional hopeful reflective fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Domestic abuse

Sunset by Jessie Cave

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death

The It Girl by Ruth Ware

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Unbecoming by Jenny Downham

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

This was a beautiful and sad interwoven tale of family trauma.

Katie who has kissed a girl and is worried about what it means and what her perfectionist mum, Caroline, will say. Caroline who is constantly stressed about her recent separation, getting Katie through her exams and managing Chris who has an unnamed medical condition that effects his growth and development. And then there's Mary, Caroline's estranged birth mother who has dementia and her partner who cared for her has died.

Teen mother Mary allowed her older sister Pat to look after her daughter hoping she'd have a better, more stable life, especially as it was the 1950's. It soon transpires that this may not be the case, it seems Pat had her own issues and now in the present day it has made Caroline very resentful of Mary and now that Mary needs to stay with them things are very tense.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dementia

Moderate: Abandonment

My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell

dark sad tense slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Suicide, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, and Alcohol