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Stephanie Oakes

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Characterization labels used: reluctant rebel, traumatized protagonist, flawed heroine, indoctrinated protagonist, young adult protagonist, multi-complex characters, self-discovery, quiet resistance, adjudicator, matrons, best and brightest

Relationships labels used: sapphic romance, forbidden attraction, friendship, found family, classmate bonds, community bonds, romantic loss, adoptive mother, mother-daughter, power imbalance

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Rebels of Eden

Joey Graceffa · 2018 · Children of Eden

In a controlled future Earth, a young rebel must choose between saving loved ones and ending a system that runs humanity.

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Characterization labels: strong heroine · reluctant leader · misunderstood hero · brave protagonist · selfless protagonist · determined heroine · teen protagonists · antagonist

Relationships labels: love triangle · polyamory · sapphic romance · family reunification · romantic rivalry · friendship loyalty · found family · betrayal · sacrifice for others

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1431

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Countess

Suzan Palumbo · 2024

A queer Caribbean officer is framed, imprisoned, and driven to challenge an interstellar empire that subjugates her people.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: female protagonist · lesbian protagonist · queer protagonist · migrant protagonist · immigrant · colonized subject · loyal soldier · rank climber · resistance leader · fierce heroine · sympathetic protagonist · angry heroine

Relationships labels: found family · sapphic romance · established sapphic relationship · betrayal · family loyalty · community solidarity · rivalry · power imbalance

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1495

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self/less

Aviva · 2021 · self/less

In a surveilled walled city where self-expression is outlawed, a teen uncovers a hidden underground and a fight for freedom.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: teen protagonist · female protagonist · outcast · brainwashed citizen · privileged protagonist · reluctant rebel · character growth · leader arc

Relationships labels: forbidden romance · love interest · friendship · rivalry · betrayal · parent-child · family secrets · community bonds · power struggle

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1497

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Baby Blue

Bim Eriksson · 2021

In near-future Sweden, a young woman’s grief draws her into a queer resistance against emotion-policing fascism.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: reluctant protagonist · outsider protagonist · young woman · queer women · mysterious rebel · animal-masked figures · bureaucratic enforcers · peacekeepers · robotic authority figures · aimless young adult

Relationships labels: female friendship · queer romance · sapphic relationship · found family · resistance solidarity · mentor-like bond · community care · oppressor-oppressed

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1513

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La flor y la muerte

Iria G. Parente, Selene M. Pascual · 2020 · Olympus

On Mars in 2628, two girls from rival myth-based Services enter an elite academy competition that may upend Olympus.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: strong protagonists · deep characters · character-driven · evolving characters · secondary characters matter · cynical protagonist · reserved protagonist · bullied character

Relationships labels: enemies to lovers · sapphic romance · found family · romantic tension · friend group · roommates · female friendship · family conflict · parent-child tension · solidarity

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1591

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Songlight

Moira Buffini · 2024 · The Torch Trilogy

In a brutal dystopian future, two secret telepaths and unlikely allies are drawn into a war against their oppressive society.

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Characterization labels: strong female leads · young adult protagonists · resistant heroine · brainwashed characters · villain POVs · nuanced characters · morally gray characters · propaganda-shaped characters · stubborn heroine · loyal heroine · impulsive heroine · brainwashed brother · government insider · oppressed women · young lovers

Relationships labels: forbidden romance · friendship · found family · female friendship · romantic bond · family conflict · sibling relationship · power imbalance · community bonds · rivalry · betrayal · loyalty · bonded pair

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1592

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Mockingjay

Suzanne Collins · 2010 · The Hunger Games

A traumatized teen becomes the face of a revolution while war, propaganda, and betrayal push her to the edge.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: reluctant hero · traumatized protagonist · survivor · propaganda pawn · imperfect heroine · morally conflicted characters · brainwashed captive · ruthless leader · manipulative leadership

Relationships labels: love triangle · friendship · sibling bond · mentor relationship · trauma bond · betrayal · power imbalance · romantic tension · forbidden love

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1614

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Star Eater

Kerstin Hall · 2021

A reluctant nun-spy in a floating city of cannibal magic must survive sisterhood politics, monsters, and escape plans.

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Characterization labels: naive protagonist · chosen one · special protagonist · spy · acolyte · nun · priestess · young woman · passive protagonist · self-doubting protagonist · hallucinating protagonist · devoted friend · rebel insider · bureaucratic enforcer · supportive side cast · morally compromised characters · flawed characters

Relationships labels: mother-daughter · found family · friendship · romance · love triangle · forbidden love · same-sex attraction · same-sex relationships · polyamory · power imbalance · betrayal · rebel alliance · sisterhood · community bonds

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1628

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The Winged Histories

Sofia Samatar · 2016 · Olondria

Four women in a war-torn empire tell interwoven, lyrical stories of rebellion, memory, love, and who gets written into history.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: female protagonists · soldier · scholar · poet · socialite · noblewoman · priest's daughter · nomad singer · rebel · swordmaiden · marginalized women · complex characters · disaffected younger generation · wounded veteran · political pawn · queer women leads

Relationships labels: sapphic relationship · f/f romance · female lovers · sister relationship · family conflict · romance · interpersonal tension · enemy and lover · community bonds · power imbalance · parent-child conflict · forbidden love

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1633

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Perilous Waif

E. William Brown · 2017 · Alice Long

An unusually gifted orphan flees a controlled upbringing and finds herself pulled into a dangerous far-future crew.

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Characterization labels: teen heroine · overpowered protagonist · gifted child · badass girl · naive heroine · loyal protagonist · shy protagonist · resourceful survivor · superhuman growth · young soldier · transhuman protagonist

Relationships labels: found family · friend loyalty · mentor dynamic · crew bonds · protective relationships · romantic tension · bisexual attraction · subordinate power dynamic · female friendship · human-AI bonds

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1641

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Some Desperate Glory

Emily Tesh · 2023

A brainwashed teen soldier on a ruined space station escapes into a bigger, stranger war that challenges everything she believes.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: unlikable protagonist · brainwashed protagonist · indoctrinated · teen soldier · supersoldier · antiheroine · abrasive heroine · bigoted protagonist · morally flawed · character growth · redemption arc · reluctant empathy · childhood conditioning

Relationships labels: sibling bond · found family · enemies to friends · platonic bond · friendship · romance subplot · very minor romance · family conflict · power imbalance · mentorship

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1641

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Compass Rose

Anna Burke · 2018 · Compass Rose

A gifted navigator is sent undercover into pirate waters, where survival, politics, and sapphic tension collide.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: naive heroine · bullied outsider · competent heroine · flawed protagonist · gifted navigator · mercenary captain · brutal first mate · strong women · complex side characters · bullied loner · coming of age · vulnerable lead · antiheroic crew · mysterious love interest

Relationships labels: f/f romance · sapphic attraction · slow burn romance · forbidden attraction · mutual distrust · rivalry to bond · found family · crew loyalty · mentor authority · friendship

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1646

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