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Battle Royal

Lucy Parker

4.25

emotional funny medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Content Warnings

The House at the Edge of Magic

Amy Sparkes

3.0

adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

A Memory Called Empire

Arkady Martine

5.0

adventurous challenging funny reflective 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: Complicated

Content Warnings

Fugitive Telemetry

Martha Wells

4.5

adventurous funny fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Network Effect

Martha Wells

5.0

adventurous funny mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

This was just so Soft™. I will never recover.

Clariel: The Lost Abhorsen

Garth Nix

4.0

adventurous dark medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Content Warnings

A Psalm for the Wild-Built

Becky Chambers

4.5

emotional reflective relaxing 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: No

Red Hood and the Outlaws, Volume 3: Bizarro Reborn

Scott Lobdell

2.75

adventurous funny lighthearted medium-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

Every single one of those stars is for Dexter Soy's art.

Barring some stunning panels, this was an absolute struggle to get through. Even excusing questionable continuity choices, the plot was all over the place.

I sincerely hope things pick up in vol. 4! 🤞🏽

Project Hail Mary

Andy Weir

5.0

adventurous emotional funny hopeful tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Content Warnings

Payback's a Witch

Lana Harper

3.5

funny lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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