4.06 AVERAGE

informative inspiring medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

This book was a lot, as someone adopted in 1966. The book was realistic in so many ways. There are definitely tough subjects in this book. However, know that the homes were reality for so many. This one was pretty mild in the book, I’d heard about worse. The end is perfection and it gets really intense. 
adventurous dark emotional funny lighthearted mysterious 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
challenging dark emotional tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous challenging dark emotional 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: Complicated
adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Sad fantasy that was built on the reality of many. I physically read and listened to the audiobook for this one. The voice actor deserves an award!
dark emotional 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: Complicated

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mysterious sad medium-paced

I thought I would love this at first because it felt like a fun coming-of-age tale about young girls finding their power, both real and magical. Unfortunately, the witches turned dark and strange, and the stories of the girls in the pregnancy home were graphic and depressing. I prefer a positive, girl-power style of witchcraft a la Practical Magic, so this was a bummer.


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