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a_picky_reader's Reviews (48)

The Mad Wolf's Daughter

Diane Magras

3.25

adventurous informative inspiring fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Unravel the Dusk

Elizabeth Lim

4.0

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I need to reread this whole duology soon. For some reason, I don’t remember as much from this book, I remember the first one way better. I think I didn’t like this one as much as the first but I can’t remember why.

Spin the Dawn

Elizabeth Lim

5.0

adventurous emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

One of the best romances I’ve ever had the pleasure of reading. Romance aside, Elizabeth Lim’s writing never fails to move me.

Content Warnings

The Storm Crow

Kalyn Josephson

2.0

adventurous medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Keeper of the Lost Cities

Shannon Messenger

adventurous slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

This book almost made me go insane because of the pain I felt reading this. I can’t believe I read to the very end.
I wish I could get that time of my life back 😭

We Hunt the Flame

Hafsah Faizal

1.5

adventurous slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Sorcery of Thorns

Margaret Rogerson

2.5

adventurous fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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The Seven Year Slip

Ashley Poston

4.0

emotional funny hopeful reflective relaxing 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

This book destroyed me (in the best way possible)

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Sniffer & Tinni: A True Tale of Amazing Animal Friendship

Torgeir Berge, Berit Helberg

5.0

funny hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson

Bette Bao Lord

4.5

funny 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

This book was really good, it reminded me a lot of Junie B. Jones so it gave me a lot of nostalgia from my childhood but in my opinion, this was way better. This book made me laugh out loud a lot, and thinking about those scenes still makes me laugh.
I really wanted to give it 5 stars, but I don’t know anything about baseball so all the scenes of the book where baseball is involved went completely over my head except for the parts where the characters are clearly happy or sad over the game. I also wish the book was longer but for the age demographic it’s intended for, I completely understand why that’s not the case.
So on a more analytical level, I’d say it’d be an easy five star read for the intended audience (especially since the intended audience is supposed to understand baseball unlike me 🤣)

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