the greatest influence on me in terms of both storytelling and writing style has been the warriors series by erin hunter, given that i got into it when i was 7-8 and never left lmao. the series itself isn't groundbreaking, and yknow has a lot of issues when you look back on it as an adult, however it directly impacted me greatly and continues to given that a lot of the concepts and techniques i use now, i started using by copying things from those books.

as far as what i like best about the warriors series? the characters. they're not always the best but they are beloved to me