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Fugitive Telemetry by Martha Wells

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

Murderbot does murder mystery! I loved it and would read the crap out of Murderbot solving murders and apprehending murderers. 

Network Effect by Martha Wells

adventurous tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.75

Man, I've missed this world and Murderbot. Love seeing ART back on the scene.

I wonder what Three will end up doing, I quite like Three. Not as sarcastic as Murderbot - just seems quite gentle.

Love Will Tear Us Apart by C.K. McDonnell, Caimh McDonnell

adventurous funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

Felt like it started off a bit slow, but picked up around a third of the way through and just steam-rolled to the end.

Betty is the best.

Saw more magic in this book than the other instalments, which was pretty fun.

Really hope the dream Hannah had in the epilogue is more of a warning than anything else.  Damn.

Deeplight by Frances Hardinge

adventurous emotional inspiring mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Hardinge's world building and characters have always been exceptional.

Even when she writes hard-to-like characters (I loathed Jelt - he was such an awful friend and so toxic), there's always some layer to them that pulls at one's empathy.

Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn

adventurous tense fast-paced

4.0

Summer in Orcus by T. Kingfisher

dark inspiring mysterious medium-paced

4.75

Turning Darkness Into Light by Marie Brennan

adventurous inspiring medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes

4.75

Within the Sanctuary of Wings by Marie Brennan

adventurous inspiring medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

In the Labyrinth of Drakes by Marie Brennan

adventurous inspiring slow-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

Smart Move by Amanda Pennington

fast-paced

3.0

I've always wanted to read a grumpy female protag and the sunshine is the guy - seeing the trope is grumpy guy and sunshine girl, but interestingly found it a little hard to get into at first. 

Maybe I'm not ready for the trope flips just yet haha, but Toby is really so sweet and understanding.