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The Apothecary Diaries (Light Novel): Volume 7 by Kevin Steinbach, Natsu Hyuuga

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

5.0

The Apothecary Diaries (Light Novel): Volume 6 by Kevin Steinbach, Natsu Hyuuga

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

5.0

The Apothecary Diaries: Volume 5 by Natsu Hyuuga

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

5.0

The Apothecary Diaries: Volume 4 by Natsu Hyuuga

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

5.0

This one got freaking wild.

The Apothecary Diaries: Volume 3 by Natsu Hyuuga

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

5.0

Another excellent installment. In this one Jinshi really gets the short end of the stick 

The Apothecary Diaries: Volume 2 by Natsu Hyuuga

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

5.0

Another great installment in the series. We get to know more about Maomao's past, seemingly unrelated events unfold to spell disaster, and Maomao sleuths with the best of them.

The Knight and the Butcherbird by Alix E. Harrow

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

5.0

Harrow has an amazing way of painting a whole world in so few words. This story set in a far flung dystopian Appalachia is no different. Read this it's so worth it .

The Apothecary Diaries (Light Novel): Volume 1 by Natsu Hyuuga

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

5.0

An excellent story about a young apothecary who is kidnapped and sold to work at the rear palace, the garden that houses the courtesans of the emperor. Strange happenings in the rear palace cause our apothecary to get involved in several mysteries at the behest of an apparently quite important Eunuch. 

Story as excellent as the anime. 

The Twisted Ones by T. Kingfisher

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

3.5

This is marketed as an Appalachian horror and while there are definitely elements of horror through the narrative I think it better fits in a dark fantasy genre. This book is a little bit Lovecraft and a whole lotta Grimms. After reading Emily Wildes it has a similar feel. Not bad, just weird.

Mouse is a 30 year old copy editor whose grandmother has recently passed away and her father is in ill health and has asked her to take care of her grandmother's house, but reiterates several times that the house may not be worth it and to just let him know if he needs to send bulldozers. In the process of cleaning she finds her step grandfather's journal in which he details some unsettling happenings and facts about "The Green Book" her grandmother has hidden from him. Are these happenings the ramblings of an aging mind or something more sinister?

Mickey7 by Edward Ashton

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

4.5

Pretty good novel on coexisting with the other and if an exact copy of you exists which you is the real you?