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Kiss Her Once for Me by Alison Cochrun

emotional funny 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

4.0

In Real Life by Jen Wang, Cory Doctorow

fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated

3.5

Superb art.

Story is.... Alright.

A Gathering Light by Jennifer Donnelly

informative sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.0

A Complicated Love Story Set in Space by Shaun David Hutchinson
Did not finish book. Stopped at 64%.

DNF at 64%

While I'm a bit curious to know how this book ends, I'm also very bored. The unlikeable characters don't help, I can't stand any of the 3 kids. At this point of the book, only a few mysteries were explained, with very poor ideas behind. Like

the time loop situation, which also made no sense that only Noa could notice.

The book is quite male centered, Jenny is incredibly secondary as a character. Early on the book the two guys make an important decision without her present, which to me felt very wrong. And, if there was an explanation closer to the end of the book of why two recurrent female characters have the same name (confusing af), and why all the 3 kids are from the US, well... Those explanations were needed earlier, because the book looks very silly without a reason for those things.

DJ at one point

agreed with the medical machine to drug Noa when suffering from extreme anxiety, even if Noa himself was saying not to. Noa then says the machine did that, but DJ was saying Noa needed it, and was not trying to help him to get free from the medical machine... This book is messy.

I was planning to actually finish listening to this audiobook, and give it 2 stars, but life is too short.

We Got the Beat by Jenna Miller
Did not finish book. Stopped at 33%.

I couldn't finish this one because it was boring me so much. Also, the narrator of the audiobook made all female voices the same, or they would forget what voice was for whom during dialogues? In any case, I couldn't concentrate on it.

Something Spectacular by Alexis Hall
Did not finish book. Stopped at 42%.

It's the first time I do not finish a book written by Alexis Hall. It's even more odd, because I was actually listening to the audiobook, and I tend to accept books more easily in this format than when reading. But to be honest, I was spectacularly bored. Also, Bonny was quite insufferable, acting very differently than in Something Fabulous, in my opinion.

The No-Girlfriend Rule by Christen Randall

slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.0

Unnecessary Drama by Nina Kenwood

funny medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Two Can Play by Ali Hazelwood

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

2.0

Meh. If you have read at least one other book by this author, then you have read this book already, except this one was not funny, which is one of the few things I like from Ali Hazelwood. I guess this author is not bothering to get out of her repetitiveness of characters and situations, because she still sells.

The narrator is not great, she can make two voices: one for all female characters, including first person POV narrator, and one for male characters (one male with British accent, woah...). If two characters of the same gender speak in the same dialogue, things get very confusing.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Fatphobia

Happyhead by Josh Silver

dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.25