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Winter by Marissa Meyer
4.0
adventurous emotional inspiring 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: Yes

This series was so fun and made me feel like a teenager picking up YA again. I definitely see why it was so popular! I will say that the last book, “Cress”, did feel slow at certain points, and maybe didn’t need to be ~600 pages, but the rest of the series is pretty solid and there is limited filler. I loved these diverse characters and the spin on classic fairytales. Meyers’ writing is simple enough that you can enjoy this series even if you’re too exhausted to read.