3.66 AVERAGE

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coffeestarsbooks's review

4.0
dark 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
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carsoneb33's review

3.75
adventurous dark informative mysterious reflective slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
adventurous dark funny hopeful 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: Yes
adventurous dark emotional informative medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Movie magic. This book was such a fun read and unpredictable. Delightful with two bisexual protagonists.
dark mysterious medium-paced
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kgross928's review

4.0
dark mysterious 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: Yes
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sarahkemsky's review

3.75
dark mysterious fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

The last quarter of the book is predictable and reads, for better or worse, like a standard horror movie. For me this was fun and annoying at the same time. No major twists IMO. Also the magic piece got confusing around that point.
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esoreille's review

3.0
mysterious tense medium-paced

idk how she managed to over explain everything and name drop all these people and quote from these fake books yet leave me confused about how the spell actually works… perhaps i am just a dummy. a lot of this book also felt like people going over to each others apartments or calling each other and talking about the same stuff. i think mexican gothic spoiled me. 
funny hopeful mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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dark 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: No

SMG strikes again. I love cursed film stories, and this excels at the investigation and the movie making lore. The whiffs of noir are a nice touch, as is the bi rep