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Femina: A New History of the Middle Ages, Through the Women Written Out of It by Janina Ramírez

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informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

The View from the Clinic: One Nurse’s Journey in Abortion Care by Patrice D'Amato

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 9%.

Narration style just really annoyed me

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Fruit of the Lemon by Andrea Levy

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emotional informative reflective sad 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? It's complicated

3.5

This book started really well and was a really interesting look at the racism experienced in the workplace etc. however the Jamaican section was confusing - the stories had no clear narrator and were very hard to follow.

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Pages and Co. : the Last Bookwanderer, Book 6 by Anna James

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adventurous challenging emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

This was the best book in this series so far! I am gutted it is over!!!
This book was very up my street in its literary references compared to the other books, and I loved/think it’s so important that James introduced such a range of literary references to the young readers during the series. Arthurian legends are a favourite of mine and I also loved the Ancient Greek parts. These are literary eras younger readers often go deprived of due to their complexity!

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Emily Wilde's Map of the Otherlands by Heather Fawcett

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adventurous dark funny mysterious tense fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

This book was much faster paced than the second one and got straight into the action. I fell more in love with Emily and Wendell’s quirky relationship although I did find Ariadne a tiny bit insufferable. This book continued to do so much amazing world building, discussing different species of Fae and how they are located/how they feel about each other etc
Excited for book 3!!

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