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Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett

adventurous lighthearted medium-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

4.0

Oh how charming! And light! And wonderful! I can't wait to read more. 
Sweet without being cloying so. You can't help but smile while reading this. 

HOWEVER
This does not deter me from hoping to be taken by fairies one day.  

The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett

adventurous lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

Calypso by Oliver K. Langmead

adventurous dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

A Cat from Our World and the Forgotten Witch Vol. 1 by Hiro Kashiwaba

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Animal death

A Sorceress Comes to Call by T. Kingfisher

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

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

4.75

The Doors of Eden by Adrian Tchaikovsky

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? No

4.0

The Atlas Complex by Olivie Blake

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.75

Not my favorite of the 3, but still enjoyable. 

The Winter Knight by Jes Battis

adventurous fast-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? It's complicated

4.5

Miranda in Milan by Katharine Duckett

adventurous hopeful mysterious fast-paced

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

3.0

It's not that I didn't like it, I just wasn't WOW'd by it. Curious as to the author's other works

The Broken Kingdoms by N.K. Jemisin

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75