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Heartstopper Volume 3 by Alice Oseman

fast-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

Aurora Burning by Amie Kaufman, Jay Kristoff

adventurous dark emotional funny tense fast-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

Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 by Cho Nam-joo

3.75

Cursed Bunny by Bora Chung

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

4.0

This book is filled with some strange but interesting and entertaining stories. Some are horror, thriller, sci-fi, magical realism and pure fantasy — each one unique.
Definitely give this book a read if you enjoyed Kim Jiyoung Born 1982 by Cho Nam-Joo or Lemon by Kwon Yeo-Sun.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Confinement, Death, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping

Moderate: Death, Incest, Infidelity, Sexism, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Murder, Pregnancy, War

Minor: Animal death, Slavery

Realm Breaker by Victoria Aveyard

adventurous dark hopeful sad tense 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

3.5

Realm Breaker is a good story, I'll give it that. But I felt like so much of this book was setting up what is going to happen and introducing characters. Rather than giving a substantial story, especially given how long it is.
I think the only reason I could cope with how slow it was was because I saw somewhere that it was inspired by Lord of the Rings. And if you've read those books you know just how slow they are.
I enjoyed it and I'm definitely interested in seeing what's going to happen in this series.
But I really hope that pace picks up and the story really gets going. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Violence, Blood

Moderate: Colonisation, War

Minor: Animal death

Heartstopper: Volume 1 by Alice Oseman

emotional funny lighthearted relaxing sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Mental illness

Minor: Biphobia, Homophobia, Transphobia, Lesbophobia

Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 by Cho Nam-joo

informative 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexism

Moderate: Mental illness, Pregnancy

Minor: Miscarriage, Alcohol, Classism

Winter's Passage by Julie Kagawa

lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.0

The Iron King by Julie Kagawa

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.75

Everything And The Moon by Julia Quinn

funny relaxing medium-paced

4.0