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The Serpent and the Wings of Night by Carissa Broadbent

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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

5.0

Emily Wilde's Map of the Otherlands by Heather Fawcett

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adventurous hopeful lighthearted mysterious fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

Queen of Shadows by Sarah J. Maas

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adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

Heir of Fire by Sarah J. Maas

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adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

The Assassin's Blade by Sarah J. Maas

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adventurous challenging dark emotional 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? Yes

5.0

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The Scottish Prisoner by Diana Gabaldon

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adventurous emotional mysterious reflective 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? No

4.5

Oona Out of Order by Margarita Montimore

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

3.75

Seven Stones to Stand or Fall: A Collection of Outlander Fiction by Diana Gabaldon

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adventurous emotional informative lighthearted mysterious slow-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? No

4.0

The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien

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adventurous hopeful lighthearted slow-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? Yes

3.0

Getting through the first 100 pages is a hard slog. They're boring with little action and too much descriptive filler. The second 100 pages are a bit more interesting and the main character, Bilbo, starts developing some fortitude. I only really got interested during the last 80 pages when the characters reached their destination. It just didn't live up to its cultural status as an iconic tale of adventure.
Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros

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adventurous challenging dark 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

5.0

The book is broken into two parts, and they are vastly different from each other. The first part goes very quickly - almost too fast! The second part drags a bit and didn't really get exciting until the last one hundred pages of the book. But oh man, I think those may have been the best pages of all! Rebecca Yarros left us on a massive cliffhanger, so I imagine that the next book will be really good.