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The Benefits of Being an Octopus by Ann Braden

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

3.5

Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness by Peter Godfrey-Smith

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informative slow-paced

3.0

Lore Olympus: Volume One by Rachel Smythe

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adventurous dark emotional funny lighthearted fast-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

4.0

The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan

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adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-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

4.5

The Good Turn by Sharna Jackson

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

2.5

Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett

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adventurous dark funny lighthearted mysterious relaxing medium-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

5.0

The Whispering Dark by Kelly Andrew

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

4.0

City of Nightmares by Rebecca Schaeffer

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adventurous dark funny 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? Yes

3.5

 
This book was weird and I LOVE weird books. A corrupt city and people transforming into nightmares? Yes, please. 
 
We follow Ness who lives with a group (cult) that offers support for people who have gone through nightmare attacks. Ness just wants a safe space to live because she is terrified of everything and everyone, after her sister turned into a nightmare when she was young. Now Ness is caught up in an event that leads her to face her fears and find answers with the unlikeliest of allies. 
 
This book was so fun to read I was constantly going wtf. I enjoyed following Ness as a character as she is not a hero or morally good, she feels very real. The only issue I had was that the pacing felt off sometimes and it was a tad repetitive but nothing that hampered my enjoyment. 
 
Overall I highly recommend reading this book if you are looking for a weird good time. 

Spice Road by Maiya Ibrahim

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adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

Unfortunately, I really did not like this book and I’m sad about it. I disliked every character but especially the main character Imani. Imani is always the victim in every situation and doesn’t listen to anybody else. She thinks bad things happen to her when actually she is the problem and when people try to tell her that, she just thinks they are bullying her. The romance plot, if you can even call it that, didn’t have any chemistry and I didn’t care about them at all. Finally, the plot was boring, the magic system was underdeveloped and I hated the characters too much to care about what happened. I will not be carrying on with the series. 
Nona the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-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

5.0