3.76 AVERAGE

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective relaxing medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
dark reflective tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

This was so much fun to read! I loved the horror/echo part of the story. It was so intriguing, creepy, and tense. This was very well-paced, and I couldn’t put it down at times. It had so much history and care when talking about difficult topics. Overall, a very interesting and fun story. My main reason for 3.5 stars is just because I’m growing out of the way that ya books are written. So many ya books have amazing plots, but I’m over the language and dialogue especially in ya books. This is just my preference, and it doesn’t mean the book is poorly written. Ya books are written differently for their audience - teens, so, of course, it’s off putting for me because I’m not the intended audience. Anyways, really good read with such a fun plot! 

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medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous hopeful informative mysterious reflective sad 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: Complicated

a fast, adventurous (and creepy) read holding the power of family, friendship, community, and spirituality at its core. Tirado weaves a heavy history of the bronx + the bronx burnings throughout the whole story and it carries the characters and readers through hell and back.
i love this book and will def read more of their lit!

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adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
challenging dark emotional 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: No
emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

This was so good! I loved the characters and was super invested in them which made it all the more tense when they were in danger. And the Echo Game is such a cool concept that was executed really well. 
adventurous funny mysterious reflective tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated