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Four Gathered on Christmas Eve by Eric Powell

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dark funny mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? N/A
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

Beautiful work by amazing artists with some fun spooky stories, what more can a guy want?
Followers by Anna Davies

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

2.0

lots of interesting ideas! do any of them get developed or given the time they need? no! however this book very much falls into the “books that are trash but they are my trash” category. if you want a book that makes you go “wait what? when? how? are you serious?”, this’ll work. also RIP this book, twitter is a central part of it lmao 
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Gender Failure by Rae Spoon, Ivan Coyote

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emotional hopeful inspiring fast-paced

5.0

The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe by Kij Johnson

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challenging dark slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated

3.0

Through the Woods by E.M. Carroll

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dark mysterious 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

The stories? Amazing. The art? Beautiful. Go read this!!!
A Cosmology of Monsters by Shaun Hamill

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

2.5

Theme Music by T. Marie Vandelly

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dark emotional fast-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? No

5.0

I felt like I could not put this one down! I think I ended up finishing this in about a week, and thoroughly enjoyed it all the way through. It can be real heavy at times, but it certainly pays off. Give it a try if you like horror and being constantly thrown for a loop! 

also Mr.Cullins is my fav. what a king.
Mapping the Interior by Stephen Graham Jones

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dark emotional reflective 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? It's complicated

4.0

Maiden, Mother, Crone: Fantastical Trans Femmes by Gwen Benaway

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

5.0

A variety of interesting stories about transfemmes AND fantasy settings? Oh hell yes. I really enjoyed all of these short stories, and every authors own take on how being trans would work in their fantasy setting. While the book isn’t “perfect” in a technical sense (minor spelling errors in some stories), I didn’t end up minding. It filled me with that trans joy we don’t always get in fiction. 
Yellow Jessamine by Caitlin Starling

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dark mysterious medium-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

4.5

Short and thoroughly enjoyable. While flawed, I really loved the central characters and how they interacted with each other. Definitely worth the couple hours it’ll take to read! 
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