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White Cat, Black Dog by Kelly Link

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

3.75


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Doppelganger: A Trip Into the Mirror World by Naomi Klein

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 26%.
This is already getting a bit repetitive, and honestly right now it's just kind of tough to read a book published a few years ago that foreshadows everything that's happening now.
Oathbound by Tracy Deonn

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

4.0


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A Ruse of Shadows by Sherry Thomas

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

3.25


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Nightbird by Shavaun Scott

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challenging dark emotional sad fast-paced

2.75


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The House of My Mother by Shari Franke

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challenging dark emotional hopeful sad fast-paced

3.25


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Just Another Epic Love Poem by Parisa Akhbari

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emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0


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Love in 280 Characters or Less by Ravynn K. Stringfield

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

3.5


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The Gods Below by Andrea Stewart

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

Thanks to Orbit Books for the free copy of this book.

 - Andrea Stewart has such an inventive mind. I am obsessed with the premise and setting of THE GODS BELOW. A destroyed world, a power hungry god, underground cults/resistance movements, magic, sisterhood, and more.
- There is so much going on plot-wise here I can’t even begin to cover it all. Like her previous series, there are multiple points of view and each person is working toward their own ends, sometimes with and sometimes against the others.
- The downside to all this plot is that the characters don’t really have the space to be fully realized. Each of them is very single-minded in their goals, and the romantic relationships that spring up don’t have much chemistry to them.
- Regardless, I’m certain I’ll continue with this series because I want to know where it’s going. 

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The Indian Card: Who Gets to Be Native in America by Carrie Lowry Schuettpelz

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informative reflective slow-paced

4.5

Thanks to Macmillan Audio for the free copy of this book.

 - THE INDIAN CARD is stuffed full of research, information, and deeply personal stories.
- I was familiar with the idea of blood quantum, but this book showed me all the nuances, loopholes, pitfalls, and contradictions that such a system gets stuck in.
- Lowry Schuettpelz gets deep into both what it means historically to be Native, and what it means in practice today. 

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