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Fledgling by Octavia E. Butler
3.0
challenging dark mysterious sad slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

 📚 Butler returns to themes of consent and power in this book - it read very much as a continuation of her explorations in the LILITH'S BROOD series.
📚 There is so much going on, dissecting power structures in terms of race, age, gender, bloodlines and more, and she's doing it all inside a story about vampires.
📚 Unfortunately, things got repetitive very fast, with Shori having to explain and reexplain her amnesia and the events surrounding it to new people every few pages.
📚 Hooooo boy the sex is so uncomfortable given that the protagonist is in the body of a child! Do not want! 

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