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Bone Gap

Laura Ruby

3.75

emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

➸ Trigger warnings for

abelism & ableist language, misogyny, sexual harassment, implied attempted sexual assault, slut-shaming, parental abandonment, suicidal ideation mentioned, dieting & food shaming mentioned, kidnapping & captivity, the disappearance of a loved one, graphic blood & physical injuries, hospital, needles, death of a father in a trucking accident recounted, physical assault, and bullying

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▷ Representation: Finn (mc) has prosopagnosia.

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The Adventure Zone: Murder on the Rockport Limited!

Griffin McElroy, Clint McElroy, Justin McElroy, Travis McElroy, Carey Pietsch

3.75

adventurous funny mysterious tense fast-paced

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

#1) Here There Be Gerblins ★★★★☆

➸ Trigger warnings for

murder & attempted murder, fire, blood & gore depiction, dead bodies & body parts, dismemberment, beheading discussed, train crash, mind control (sc), animal attack, and alcohol consumption

The Love Curse of Melody McIntyre

Robin Talley

3.0

lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

A solid romance but played a little into biphobic stereotypes and the romance lacked chemistry.

➸ <u>Trigger warnings</u> for fire.

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Home Before Dark

Riley Sager

5.0

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

i read this in a single sitting during a thunderstorm and it became my new favourite thriller

➸ Trigger warnings for

adult-minor relationship mentioned, physical child abuse (once scene), nightmares & night terrors, suicide by asphyxia & hanging mentioned, alcohol consumption, Alzheimer's (sc), terminal cancer mentioned, minor blood & gore depiction, grief depiction, death of a father, death of a child, death of husband, death of a sister, murder & attempted murder, suffocation & asphyxia, home invasion, death from a fall mentioned, the disappearance of a child recounted, and bullying recounted.

Also, massive warning for anyone with ophidiophobia

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The Great Brain Robbery

P.G. Bell

3.75

adventurous funny fast-paced

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

#1) The Train to Impossible Places: A Cursed Delivery ★★★★☆

➸ Trigger warnings for

earthquakes (central theme), imprisonment mentioned, parental abandonment, child abuse, mind control, building collapse, and displacement

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The Train to Impossible Places

P.G. Bell

4.0

adventurous funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

#2) The Great Brain Robbery ★★★½☆

The Strangeworlds Travel Agency meets Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow with a splash of Polar Express

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Witchlight

Jessi Zabarsky

4.0

adventurous emotional lighthearted fast-paced

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

➸ Trigger warnings for death of a loved one.

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City of Secrets

Victoria Ying

4.5

adventurous lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

➸ Trigger warnings for

homelessness & poverty themes, grief depiction, death of a father recounted, murder & attempted murder, blood & physical injuries, hospital, death from a fall, and war themes, including a missile strike

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Catherine House

Elisabeth Thomas

4.0

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

i didn't think it was that weird?? but i loved it

➸ Trigger warnings for

slut shaming, dubcon scenes, suicide, alcohol consumption & abuse, emesis, medical examination, unethical human medical experimentation, needles, grief depiction, death of a sister mentioned, death of a best friend & classmate, captivity & forced isolation, and animal experimentation & injury

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▷ Representation: Ines (mc) is Black & queer; queer & bipoc scs.

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The Kingdom of Back

Marie Lu

2.0

challenging emotional mysterious slow-paced

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

I can appreciate what this did but I just didn't enjoy it.

➸ Trigger warnings for misogyny (central theme), child abuse, fire, murder, and smallpox & serious illness.

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