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Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi

adventurous slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Bride by Ali Hazelwood

mysterious slow-paced

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

1.5

maybe it was the voice actor or the first person pov, but misery felt like she was taken straight out of a 12-year-old's first fanfic.

Belladonna by Adalyn Grace

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

i'm not the brightest in guessing mysteries, and i often have the most ridiculous, out of pocket theories, but i enjoy myself every time.

like other mystery books i've read, i was thrown off every which way, and adalyn grace had me gasping and screeching in the final half of the book. i'm excited to read foxglove next!

All This Twisted Glory by Tahereh Mafi

adventurous emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.75

These Infinite Threads by Tahereh Mafi

adventurous funny tense medium-paced

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

4.0

i would also want alizeh to personally kill me if she rejected my marriage proposal and refused to love me

This Woven Kingdom by Tahereh Mafi

adventurous mysterious slow-paced

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

3.0

slow start but got into it by the end!

The Disappearances of Draco Malfoy by speechwriter

adventurous emotional funny hopeful tense medium-paced

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The Princess’s Guide to Popular Statecraft by olivieblake

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted 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

what a bittersweet ending to an alternate universe i'll miss dearly. i'd say i'd revisit this duology in the future but i don't think i can wrap my head around the 500k words of the first instalment, but maybe one day.

olivie blake never fails to embed such strong messages in her writing that i'm always left sad and content and thinking about how this all translates into my reality. she writes dramione's love here as something pure and beautiful and sure but not without its faults and challenges which makes it both unbelievable and realistic and really tugs at the hopeless romantic in me. 

now for reactions (spoilers):
- astoria and padma were a pleasant surprise and i love them both.
- i'm thankful theo and daphne remained without kids because as someone who is very much daphne when it comes to not wanting them, i'm glad olivie didn't choose to have her change her mind about them just because everyone else had baby fever.
- percy and blaise were very cute and i'm a little heartbroken about how things could have been different for them if only blaise's gaydar wasn't malfunctioning.
- theo is the best friend anyone could ask for and god i love how olivie wrote him. the sweetest wittiest dumbass that ever graced my screen
- draco choosing hermione and their child took my breath away (literally) and his certainty of hermione will always live in my head rent free

Ruthless Vows by Rebecca Ross

adventurous emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

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

4.0

overall i liked it, though the skipping around time at the end felt a bit rushed (but makes sense considering no one other than me would like to sit through the anguish of losing loved ones and rebuilding of a city). there were many moments where i had to stop and breathe because everything was stressing me out so kudos to rebecca ross for stressing me out so beautifully. 

also spoilers:

i didn't think i cared about forest but his and sarah's death broke me a lot more than it should have

A Game of Fate by Scarlett St. Clair

dark slow-paced

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

0.0

this book made me change my rating of a touch of darkness from three stars to two stars.

reading hades' pov was vile. my mistake, truly, for thinking a retelling of hades / persephone's story would entail anything other than hades being an absolute horny freak who can't form a coherent thought other than wanting to stick his dick up persephone. he claims he loves her but can't connect her to anything but pleasing himself. he's a main factor in helping persephone gain the confidence to stand up to her mother which is nice, but it isn't enough to redeem him in any way. i'm glad i read this book for free or i'd be demanding retributions.