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170 reviews

Fate Breaker by Victoria Aveyard

adventurous dark emotional funny sad tense 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

4.75

House of Flame and Shadow by Sarah J. Maas

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad 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? Yes

5.0

Painted Devils by Margaret Owen

adventurous emotional funny inspiring mysterious sad 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? Yes

5.0

Love, Theoretically by Ali Hazelwood

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted sad 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? Yes

5.0

Threads That Bind by Kika Hatzopoulou

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad 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? Yes

5.0

Stuck with You by Ali Hazelwood

emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

4.75

The Ones We Burn by Rebecca Mix

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Silver in the Bone by Alexandra Bracken

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad 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? Yes

5.0

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher, Random House Children's, Knopf Books for Young Readers for this eARC for review!

50000/5 stars!

This book absolutely blew me away. Since I missed pub day, I grabbed the audiobook on Audible and that was hands down the best decision I have ever made. I was DEVOURING this on my drives to and from work, walking from my work parking garage, literally any chance I could get and yet I never wanted it to end. 
When I say I cried on my drive to work tonight and SCREAMED during chapters 42-the end of the book, I am not kidding. This book was high-octane start to finish and was such a great balance of being plot and character based. I got so attached to every small character and all of their little moments, so the ending of this book absolutely sent me straight into oblivion.
Everything about the plot to the character's features/storylines were interwoven so beautifully, and nothing was EVER obvious or turned out to be what I tried to guess. The world that Alexandra wove together with Arthurian legend/zombies??/treasure hunters/the real world was SO unique, and was completely immersive. There was also a perfect balance of sprinkled in light-hearted/joke moments throughout the constant tension and intensity of the events taking place. Neve also deserves a gold metal for basically just everything. 

***SPOILER*** I will be screaming in agony about Dary and Flea for the REST OF MY LIIIFFEEEEE.

The Plus One by Mazey Eddings

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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? Yes

5.0

Strike the Zither by Joan He

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25