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North American Lake Monsters by Nathan Ballingrud

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

4.5

what a wonderful collection

Hex by Thomas Olde Heuvelt

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

2.5

extremely 2010's, occasionally in good ways, mostly in bad ones. I was very glad when all this awful and boring people died. On the other hand, there was something in it that was enough for me to get another book from this guy out from the library.

MADK, Vol. 3 by Ryo Suzuri

challenging dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

5.0

perhaps I should be concerned that three people told me these were very my thing. However, they were right.

MADK, Vol. 2 by Ryo Suzuri

dark emotional mysterious fast-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

4.75

still fucked up!

MADK, Vol. 1 by Ryo Suzuri

dark emotional funny mysterious fast-paced

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

4.75

Fucked up! (complimentary). Gorgeous art.

The Nightingale's Castle: A Novel of Erzabeth Báthory by Sonia Velton
Did not finish book. Stopped at 28%.

just couldn't get into this one, shame, I liked her first book

Fable for the End of the World by Ava Reid

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

2.0

Ava Reid's Juniper and Thorn was excellent, but everything of hers I've read since has been disappointing in comparison. She seems to have really watered her prose down.

A Drop of Corruption by Robert Jackson Bennett

adventurous dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

4.25

I do like these books. Excellent mysteries AND excellent fantasies, inventive and wellwritten

Violeta English Edition by Isabel Allende, Isabel Allende

adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced

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

3.25

not her best work

Bellies by Nicola Dinan

emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-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

2.75

I wanted to like this so much more than I did! The prose is lovely, the characters well-drawn and complex, the subject of personal interest to me (someone who started transition in a relationship) and yet it was... kind of dull.