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99 reviews

The Queen of Nothing by Holly Black

adventurous emotional 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Sexual content, Murder, and War

Minor: Cannibalism, Abortion, and Pregnancy

The Wicked King by Holly Black

adventurous dark mysterious tense 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Death, Sexual content, and Torture

Minor: Animal death and Vomit

The Coven by Harper L. Woods

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse, Violence, and Death of parent

Forged by Malice by Elizabeth Helen

adventurous dark emotional 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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Child abuse, Sexual assault, and Death of parent

Minor: Misogyny, Physical abuse, and Rape

Woven by Gold by Elizabeth Helen

adventurous emotional 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? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Stalking, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment

Moderate: Death, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Kidnapping and Gaslighting

Bonded by Thorns by Elizabeth Helen

adventurous dark emotional 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Confinement, Kidnapping, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Gun violence and Gaslighting

Bride by Ali Hazelwood

mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Murder

Moderate: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Medical content, and Stalking

House of Sky and Breath by Sarah J. Maas

adventurous challenging emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

The ending was a redeeming quality and made me want to rate it higher. I loved the book, but some parts were extremely long and repetitive. Sometimes Bryce kept thinking the same things, which I guess is realistic, but I wasn’t the biggest fan of her in this book. I feel like she’s a bit of a hypocrite with disliking “alpha-holes” and associating them only with males, when her personality is very similar. Hunt was kind of dull because he let her walk all over him. She messed up a lot of things and instead of there being character growth, she kept being reckless which was frustrating. I’m trying to be vague, but her entitled personality and her hating that a certain thing occurred made not sense to me and she seemed very dramatic.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, and Gaslighting

The Broken Protector by Nicole Snow

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Blood, and Stalking

Moderate: Death and Gun violence

Minor: Addiction, Animal death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Torture, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Abandonment