aformeracceleratedreader's Reviews (557)

Real Easy

3.5

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

pretty solid mystery/thriller although not my favorite. the whodunnit was semi-predictable for me pretty early on and I'm usually not one to be able to tell who did it until closer to the end. I enjoyed the dancers and holly while I disliked some other characters (they weren't badly written they were just written to be sceevy). there are many povs which can be a little confusing especially with the dancers stage names and real names.

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A Snicker of Magic

Natalie Lloyd

3.0

fast-paced

a fun, magical read. im not the demographic for it and still enjoyed it. not a fave but it was still good and I think the age group this is meant for will enjoy it.

Oona Out of Order

Margarita Montimore

3.0

medium-paced

overall enjoyed it, but I didn't love the end. the time skips and back tracks could get a little confusing but not enough to make me knock anything off for that.

The Bruising of Qilwa

Naseem Jamnia

4.0

fast-paced

I liked this quite a bit. enjoyed the characters, enjoyed the setting, enjoyed the plot, and enjoyed the author's afterword as well touching on the complexity of being in a group of people who have are being oppressed and who had oppressed others in the past.

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The Ten Thousand Doors of January

Alix E. Harrow

3.5

emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

this started off pretty slow but did pick up a bit once the more action-y parts started happening. not a face book, but it was def enjoyable. I did use the audiobook along with the physical book and I'm unsure if I would've been able to finish it without it. the characters were interesting and the worlds were interesting as well

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The Club

Ellery Lloyd

2.5

medium-paced

decent to pass the time with. the twists were fun. overall not something I loved.

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Blood Feast: The Complete Short Stories of Malika Moustadraf

Malika Moustadraf

2.0

fast-paced

I don't think these short stories were for me. I can see people enjoying them or finding them worthwhile but I just wasn't connecting with any of them unfortunately.

Daughters of Sparta

Claire Heywood

DID NOT FINISH: 54%

gonna give up on this. Helen is a brat and Klytemnestra is boring/flat so far. I was interested in a female point of view for the myth of Helen but the two female mcs are not written in a way that is interesting or likeable for me and the other characters are also interesting or unlikeable as well. which I didn't think could be done because in the original myth/legends all of the characters are a bit interesting or intriguing. so I'm not gonna force myself to try reading this even tho I do have the audiobook for assistance (and it's not helping much). also did not like the amount of times "white skin" was specifically called out especially in a desirable way and in a jealous way (ex "her white breasts" "her white thighs" "her skin was fairer" etc). I get in olden times lighter skin meant nobility or a comfortable life for many cultures, but it was still so odd for me for the author to hammer it in so much in such a short of amount of time since I was barely halfway through the book before quitting and the mention of "white skin" so many times didn't add anything to the story. legit could've replaced "white skin" with soft or supple skin and nothing would've changed in the story. I might try a different book from this author but this one is just not it for me.

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The Book Eaters

Sunyi Dean

2.5

dark tense slow-paced

didn't hate it didn't love it. had some really good parts and some slow, sort of dull? parts. I liked the overall story tho I really enjoyed the idea just didn't love the characters that much and felt that some parts could've gone a little faster. I did like that one character was asexual tho you don't see that often in books.

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The Bad Ones

Melissa Albert

5.0

dark mysterious medium-paced

this was great for me. a perfect amount of supernatural, queerness, and mystery. characters were good and the ending was pretty good too (satisfying).
I will def read what this author has previously published for sure.

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