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The Iron Night by Julie Kagawa

adventurous emotional funny 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? Yes

5.0

I ended up enjoying this book so much more than I thought I was going too. I liked Ash in the other books but I wasn't sure if I would like reading a book from his pov. But I ended up loving this book (it might be my favourite in the series so far). This book focuses more on friendships than the first three books which are a bit more romance heavy. There's adventure, a quest, a group of unlikely heroes (made up of old and new characters), and strong character arcs. There's also more world building as the quest that Ash goes on takes him to new places in the Nevernever that aren't seen in the first three books. Which I loved.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Violence, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death and Pregnancy

The Immortal Games by Annaliese Avery

adventurous reflective tense fast-paced

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

3.5

I liked this book. It was good. It's one that teen me would've eaten up. Especially the romance. 
When I started this I thought it was going to be like the Hunger Games but with greek mythology. In some ways it was but they weren't all trying to kill each other. But the games/trails themselves were instead. I mean most of the contestants do die, but not necessarily by the hands of their fellow competitors. 
I liked the elements of greek mythology throughout the book. And I liked that this story wasn't a retelling/reimaging of a greek myth.
I wasn't super satisfied with the ending. It was a good end to the story but I think it could've been better. Overall, it was a solid adventure and competition/quest/trial(?) story. 

 *SPOILER-Y THOUGHTS*

I think Ara should have also asked for these games to end. Not just have her friends and other competitors brought back to life, healed, and allowed to live again. I felt like her story would've ended with her realising just how terrible these games are. Not just for the mortals that play them, their families and the fear that anyone can be picked as a game piece for the gods to use.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Violence and Grief

Minor: Slavery and Fire/Fire injury

Lore Olympus: Volume Seven by Rachel Smythe

emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship

Moderate: Death and Rape

Minor: Mental illness, Blood, Vomit, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Lore Olympus: Volume Six by Rachel Smythe

emotional hopeful tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship

Moderate: Rape

Lore Olympus: Volume Five by Rachel Smythe

emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Infidelity and Toxic relationship

Minor: Death, Rape, and Blood

The Iron Queen by Julie Kagawa

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Animal death and Sexual content

The Prisoner's Throne by Holly Black

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and War

Moderate: Blood, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Alcohol and Injury/Injury detail

My Lady Jane: The Not Entirely True Story by Jodi Meadows, Brodi Ashton, Cynthia Hand

adventurous funny 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? Yes

5.0

This was such a great book! I thoroughly enjoyed reading it. It was so much fun. I loved the characters, the historical elements, the magic! (also loved that the authors stated at the very start that this wasn't historically accurate — they basically had fun changing history, and I loved it. It probably wouldn't have worked without the magical elements they added to history)
Would 1000% recommend reading this

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny and Sexism

Moderate: Religious bigotry, Alcohol, and War

Minor: Violence, Medical content, and War

Witches Get Stuff Done by Molly Harper

funny mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, and Grief

Moderate: Blood, Vomit, and Alcohol

Minor: Death and Death of parent

The Hemlock Queen by Hannah Whitten

4.0