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Lady or the Tiger by Heather M. Herrman

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adventurous dark mysterious 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? Yes

3.5

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The River Has Roots by Amal El-Mohtar

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adventurous emotional 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? No

4.75

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Warrior of the Drowned Empire by Frankie Diane Mallis

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challenging dark emotional tense 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? Yes

4.0

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Alebrijes by Donna Barba Higuera

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dark emotional mysterious slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

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A Bánh Mì for Two by Trinity Nguyen

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 74%.
I feel bad DNFing this because it’s very cute. I just keep getting progressively more annoyed at how unlikely it is. Vivi goes to Saigon and IMMEDIATELY runs into the food blogger she idolizes, Lan. And so far Vivi has shown photos of her long lost family to two random shop owners Lan knows and both the owners know the family. Aren’t there like 10 million people in Saigon?
Looking for Smoke by K.A. Cobell

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challenging dark emotional mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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The Consuming Fire by John Scalzi

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adventurous funny 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? Yes

4.5

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Wherever Is Your Heart by Anita Kelly

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emotional lighthearted relaxing medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

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Our Favorite Songs by Anita Kelly

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emotional funny fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Oath of Fire by K. Arsenault Rivera

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 32%.
The inciting incident of this book is that Psyche is a therapist who is repeatedly fired from jobs (?) who gets fired from her latest job because she outed a trans client to the client’s parents (?!) and her response is basically “I thought it would be okay in this case” (??!!) and then all of that is tossed aside and not really revisited again as far as I can tell. 

Also, there doesn’t seem to be a clear reason why Eros brought Psyche to her. Psyche seems to have zero questions or concerns about getting a weird invite out of the blue to a god orgy where she participates in a ritual she doesn’t know the purpose of. 

The people Psyche confides in already know all about these god parties, and she is also more than once able to immediately find a book that has the exact information she needs about the gods. But also the gods are a secret from the human world? Maybe? Unclear, because Eros mainly just speaks poetically about love and fire and doesn’t have much of a personality.