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143 reviews

Practical Rules for Cursed Witches by Kayla Cottingham

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted relaxing 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

4.5

King of Scars by Leigh Bardugo

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.0

Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by Grady Hendrix

challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

Strange Beasts by Susan J. Morris

adventurous dark mysterious tense 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Gun violence, Misogyny, Forced institutionalization, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Classism

A Pirate's Life for Tea by Rebecca Thorne

adventurous funny lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

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

4.25

House of Frank by Kay Synclaire

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-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

5.0

We Live by Roy Miranda, Inaki Miranda

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

When Women Were Dragons by Kelly Barnhill

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

Showmance by Chad Beguelin
Did not finish book.

The MC was pretty annoying. I also don’t like “high school bully of the queer kid turns out to be closeted” or cheating tropes, and this had both of them.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia

Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle by Amelia Nagoski, Emily Nagoski

informative inspiring reflective

5.0