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42 reviews

Broken Bonds by J. Bree

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I really enjoyed this book! It kind of gave me slight Shatter Me vibes just with the Gifted & Resistance side of things which i loved! Even though Gryphon was an ass at the start, in the last quarter of the book he really started to redeem himself and became swoon-worthy! When he was in Olis dorm and bought her supplies & an eftpos card🧎‍♀️🧎‍♀️🦋🦋

I didn’t like how self-centred most of the bonds were. like why couldn’t they have taken the time to get to know Oli and understand why she ran away?? Atlas did that with no problem, so why couldn’t the others?

The ending was a bit too fast and even thought it’s said to be left on a cliffhanger, it’s not the best cliffhanger i’ve read. i think there could have been more drama added, even if it was just an extra chapter. I also wish we got more background of Oli, and an explanation on how the Bonds work and some more info on the Resistance ect..

Oli is an absolute witty, strong, sarcastic boss bitch! she slayed the TT basement course, literally wiped the floor with those bitches😋 i loved her so much! i do have one thing i didnt like about her and that was how much she said “freaking”. i swear it was said at least once on every page :| like girl, just swear, we’re all adults here🤨 but there were also parts where the “freaking” wasn’t even necessary so that annoyed me a lot!

Overall i really enjoyed the book, i would have finished it a few days earlier but i was waiting for queen ashley to catch up👯‍♀️ but i ended up finishing it without her anyway LOL

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault

Moderate: Bullying, Death of parent, and Death

Minor: Rape

Come Morning Light by Charlotte Dae

challenging dark emotional funny lighthearted tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

5.0

Tell Me No by Sage St. Claire

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted tense 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

5.0

Absolutely loved this book!  the tension in the beginning was top tier and i loved every moment!  read it in 2 days and could not get enough. 
i liked that the two main characters had depth to them and weren't boring! 

i read this as a standalone, but definitely recommend reading the first 2 books to enhance your understanding of the other characters and to have a better knowledge of them.  But if you dont want to read the first two, then youll be fine reading this as a standalone. 

thank you so much sage for sending me and arc in exchange for an honest review!  i cant wait to see where the book goes and what happens next :) 

Five Survive by Holly Jackson

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Five Survive is a young adult thriller set in an RV over 8 hours. Six high school students borrow the RV for a road trip on their spring break. When they make it to their campsite for the night, their tires get blown out and they start being threatened by a sniper outside who wants to uncover a secret one of them is holding onto…

When I heard Holly Jackson was releasing a new thriller series I was SO excited! I absolutely loved her AGGGTM series; the twists and turns were incredible, and its the series that got me hooked into reading!

But unfortunately this book didn’t live up to the hype. It took until about 40% through to start getting me a bit interested in what was happening. However, even after that 40% mark, it took until about 70% for the real juicy stuff to start happening, and in my opinion, thats just getting on too late in the book! If I hadn’t of loved Hollys AGGGTM series, I definitely would have ended up DNFing this book at the 40% mark. I also couldn’t get myself to connect with the characters that much.

A few things I did enjoy was the plot twist about what happened to Reds mother. I won’t go into details, bc spoilers haha, but I definitely wasn’t expecting that! And also when the mole was revealed I was a little bit shocked, buuutt it was kind of obvious… But that was probably the only shocking things that happened :(

I feel like the book ended very quickly too and it almost had an ending too perfect?? Everything was wrapped up in like 20 pages so we didn’t get much insight into what happened after this whole ordeal.

So, to wrap up.. When reading this book you can definitely tell its young adult. So if you haven’t read any thrillers, or if you’re a young person (13-15), then I’d say thus book would definitely be a good place to start experimenting thrillers. I otherwise wouldn’t really recommend it :((((

Satan's Affair by H.D. Carlton

adventurous challenging dark funny mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

The Prison Healer by Lynette Noni

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring tense 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

5.0

The Fae Princes by Nikki St. Crowe

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny inspiring tense 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

5.0

This is definitely my fav book of the series. The characters growth was just amazing! i loved seeing Pan finally find himself at the end of the book. And seeing Kas and Bash get back to their true selves🥹 it just warmed my little heart.

Tilly had such a redemption! she’s been a bit of a bitch throughout the series haha but i loved seeing her redeem herself.

Vane and Winnie😩 i will never get over them! they’re such the power couple and i will be mourning them for months to come💔  Winnie is such a role model! she’s an absolute badass boss bitch, i admire her so so much. she had such a terrible upbringing, and it’s so lovely to see she finally got the love and stability she deserves.

Once again, Nikki put me through all the emotions. heartache, anger, love, grief. she really knows how to pull on your heartstrings :(

This series has changed my life and i will forever be thinking about these beautiful, powerful characters💞

The Fear by Natasha Preston

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Their Vicious Darling by Nikki St. Crowe

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense

4.5

The Dark One by Nikki St. Crowe

4.0