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Fevered Star by Rebecca Roanhorse

adventurous dark 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, Self harm, Torture, Animal death, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Physical abuse

Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse

dark emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, and Body horror

Minor: Death of parent, Alcohol, Homophobia, Animal death, and Confinement

Into the Forest: Tales of the Baba Yaga by Lindy Ryan

dark mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Body horror, Animal death, Blood, Abortion, Child death, Gore, Cannibalism, Violence, and Pregnancy

Minor: Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Abandonment, Sexism, and Gun violence

Baba Yaga's Assistant by Marika McCoola

adventurous lighthearted fast-paced

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

2.5

Sorrowland by Rivers Solomon

dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Gore, Murder, Blood, and Body horror

Moderate: Racism, Animal death, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Lesbophobia, Self harm, Kidnapping, and Sexism

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Suicide, Religious bigotry, Trafficking, and Addiction

M Is for Monster by Talia Dutton

emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship and Grief

Moderate: Medical content

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, and Death

Daughters of Snow and Cinders by Núria Tamarit

dark hopeful reflective 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Violence, Animal death, Death, Blood, and Murder

Minor: Slavery, Racial slurs, Colonisation, Fire/Fire injury, and Animal cruelty

Through the Woods by Emily Carroll

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Body horror, Death, Animal death, and Murder

Minor: Child death, Ableism, and Death of parent

When I Arrived at the Castle by Emily Carroll

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Murder, Death, and Violence

Demon in the Wood Graphic Novel by Leigh Bardugo

dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Bullying, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Fire/Fire injury