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The Seventh Bride by T. Kingfisher

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adventurous dark funny hopeful mysterious
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

A Sorceress Comes to Call by T. Kingfisher

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adventurous dark emotional funny
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

Ella Enchanted obedience plus Goose Girl element-based magic plus Persuasion-esque regency romance. And also a good amount of horse-based eldrich horror.
The Atlas Six by Olivie Blake

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adventurous dark mysterious
A Day of Fallen Night by Samantha Shannon

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adventurous dark tense
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu

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adventurous dark informative mysterious sad
  • Loveable characters? No

3.0

very matter-of-fact, often to the point of seeming didactic or like reading philosophical lectures with heavy science and math references
The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon

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adventurous dark emotional funny
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.75

The Tea Dragon Tapestry by K. O'Neill

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective

5.0

maybe kind of almost made me cry.... reminded me of Kiki's Delivery Service in how it addressed a changing relationship to your art/passions, but with an extension of those ideas to apply more to different phases of life (and aging/settling more generally)