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The Rage of Dragons by Evan Winter

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adventurous slow-paced
  • Strong character development? No

2.0

Oni's Tears: A Steamfunk Adventure (A Unity Isles Novella #1) by Kai Leakes

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adventurous medium-paced

3.0

Spook Lights II: Southern Gothic Horror by Eden Royce

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dark emotional fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

Spook Lights: Southern Gothic Horror by Eden Royce

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dark emotional tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

The Shadow Speaker by Nnedi Okorafor

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adventurous tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Spill: Scenes of Black Feminist Fugitivity by Alexis Pauline Gumbs

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challenging emotional slow-paced

4.0

The Year of the Witching by Alexis Henderson

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

Minion by L.A. Banks

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adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

Madness Like Morning Glories: Poems by Doris Davenport

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challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

5.0

Beastgirl & Other Origin Myths by Elizabeth Acevedo

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challenging emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? N/A
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.0