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My Soul to Lose

Rachel Vincent

3.75

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-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

Plain Bad Heroines

Emily M. Danforth

4.0

adventurous emotional funny hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

CW: death, murder, body horror, child death, vomit, mental illness, suicide, drug use, gore, homophobia, grief, sexism

Fever Dream

Samanta Schweblin

4.75

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

CW: animal death, child death, death, body horror, medical content, chronic illness, confinement, terminal illness

The Beekeeper of Aleppo

Christy Lefteri

5.0

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Sisters

Daisy Johnson

3.75

dark emotional funny sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

CW: self harm, toxic relationship, grief, emotional abuse, mental illness, death, bullying, blood, sexual content, body horror, suicidal thoughts, gaslighting, psychosis, rape

The Betrayals

Bridget Collins

1.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

The First Day of Spring

Nancy Tucker

4.75

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

Within These Walls

Ania Ahlborn

3.75

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder

Holly Jackson

4.75

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

The Perfect Marriage

Jeneva Rose

3.0

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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