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Honey & Spice

Bolu Babalola

4.09 AVERAGE

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
slow-paced
emotional lighthearted 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: Yes

It was fun but I feel like the timing of the third act could have been better
emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

I ended up really liking this book. It was a bit of a slow burn for me because it starts off with very specific descriptions of each character that is mentioned and I was getting confused, and a major plot point is the relationship between cliques on their university campus, which took me a minute to connect with. But the relationship between the main character and her counterpart, and her beautiful female friendships were so vivid I felt like I was part of the group. And the end is so satisfying. A slow burn on romance, but the story itself is so good and the characters are really complex and there’s a lot of them! It’s so well done, I really liked this book.
slow-paced
funny hopeful reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
emotional funny medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
funny hopeful lighthearted reflective
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

still as good as it was when i read it in 2023. cannot wait to get into sweet heat and see whats going on with kiki and kai! 
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DID NOT FINISH: 2%

Boring, I’m in my 40s and I’m thinking this is for a younger generation