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Siren Queen by Nghi Vo
4.0
dark emotional mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

There are some authors who pick their microgenre and never leave it and others who write in literally everything. The interesting thing about Vo is that she's chosen two genres and just writes extremely well in both.
Like her Gatsby rewrite, this one is set in our(ish) world and takes on a very particular period of history even as it plays entirely with both the mythos of Hollywood and the myths of humanity.
It was gorgeous and intriguing.