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An Unkindness of Magicians by Kat Howard

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challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

Harry Potter if Voldemort won the war and the unforgivable curses were considered comical

On The Come Up by Angie Thomas

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challenging emotional hopeful sad 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

4.0

This book felt like reading a pick-a-path book when you choose all the bad options

Dreams Lie Beneath by Rebecca Ross

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adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

Gallant by V.E. Schwab

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dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

The Gilded Cage by Lynette Noni

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emotional tense slow-paced

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

3.25

Vow of Thieves by Mary E. Pearson

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adventurous mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor

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adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

If you like The Mortal Instruments but didn't like potential incest this book is for you

The Red Palace by June Hur

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 61%.

dnf at 204 pages
I don't know if it was just a case of wrong book, wrong time but I just could not get into this book. This was such a highly anticipated read for me but felt like I was forcing myself to read it.
We were thrown into this murder investigation so quickly, literally from the first page, that we spent 0 time getting to know the main character and her friends/family or about any of the people involved in the murder. Like, 4 people died, and? I just didn't care about anyone in the book enough to be invested in the plot at all.
It also felt way too easy for this girl to get information, I definitely thought it would be way more of a challenge considering the book is set in 1758 but this girl has people confessing their darkest secrets to her within 2 seconds of a conversation. I don't know how considering she lacks any personality.

The Queen of Sorrow by Sarah Beth Durst

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adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

These Broken Stars by Meagan Spooner, Amie Kaufman

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 18%.

Just didn't care about the characters and wasn't interested in the story. There were some obvious events/characters that I was supposed to care about but didn't because we barely spent any time at the start world-building or introducing the characters.
My final straw was when the author/s spent 5 sentences describing a pine tree only for the character to 'forget' what they are called and call them 'pole trees'.