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Vengeful Lies by T.L. Smith, Kia Carrington-Russell

dark medium-paced

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

5.0

𝙵𝚒𝚛𝚜𝚝 𝚘𝚏𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚔 𝚢𝚘𝚞 Hambright PR & 𝚊𝚞𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚛𝚜 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚘𝚠𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝙰𝚁𝙲. 𝙸 𝚊𝚋𝚜𝚘𝚕𝚞𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚢 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚢, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚜, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚒𝚝 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚍 𝚋𝚘𝚘𝚔.

𝙅𝙚𝙬𝙚𝙡 & 𝙀𝙡𝙞 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙛𝙚𝙘𝙩 𝙩𝙤𝙜𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧. 𝙅𝙚𝙬𝙚𝙡 𝙞𝙨 𝙖 𝙗𝙖𝙙𝙖𝙨𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙖𝙨 𝙖 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙛𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙝𝙞𝙩𝙬𝙤𝙢𝙖𝙣, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙞𝙨𝙣’𝙩 𝙖𝙛𝙧𝙖𝙞𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙜𝙚𝙩 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙨 𝙙𝙞𝙧𝙩𝙮.

𝙀𝙡𝙞 𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙖𝙛𝙞𝙖 𝙞𝙣 𝙉𝙚𝙬 𝙔𝙤𝙧𝙠 & 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙜𝙚𝙩 𝙢𝙖𝙧𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙙 𝙗𝙚𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙝𝙚’𝙨 𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙛𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧.

𝙅𝙚𝙬𝙚𝙡 𝙞𝙨 𝙝𝙞𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙗𝙮 𝙖𝙣 𝙪𝙣𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝙩𝙤 𝙠!𝙡𝙡 𝙀𝙡𝙞 𝙈𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙞, 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙨𝙩 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙣𝙚𝙬 𝙚𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙤𝙮𝙚𝙧 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙤 𝙢𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙝𝙞𝙢 𝙗𝙚𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙖𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙝𝙞𝙢 𝙤𝙪𝙩.

𝚃𝚛𝚘𝚙𝚎𝚜:

𝙼𝚊𝚏𝚒𝚊

𝙵𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝙴𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚐𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝

𝙱𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚒𝚛𝚎

𝙴𝚗𝚎𝚖𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝙻𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚜

𝙷𝚒𝚝𝚠𝚘𝚖𝚊𝚗

𝚃𝚘𝚞𝚌𝚑 𝚑𝚎𝚛 & 𝚍!𝟹

Game of Love by KristiferAnn

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lighthearted medium-paced

Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

This was such a good book! I loved the Autism representation. I love Harper and Beck so much

Burn It Down by Jillian D. Wray

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Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

𝐀𝐑𝐂 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰

𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞: 𝟏.𝟐𝟖.𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓

𝘏𝘰𝘭𝘺 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘰 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥! 𝘑𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘋 𝘞𝘳𝘢𝘺’𝘴 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵 𝘮𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮. 𝘉𝘶𝘳𝘯 𝘪𝘵 𝘋𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘔𝘔 𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘢 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘫𝘰𝘣 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘪𝘵!

𝘑𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘋𝘺𝘭𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘰 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳! 𝘐 𝘢𝘣𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘯𝘥. 𝘐 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐’𝘮 𝘴𝘰 𝘨𝘭𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘢 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴.

𝘑𝘢𝘤𝘰𝘣 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳’𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘋𝘺𝘭𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘮𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘤. 𝘖𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘑𝘢𝘤𝘰𝘣 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯’𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦.

𝘛𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘴:

𝘔𝘔 𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦

𝘉𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦

𝘍𝘰𝘳𝘣𝘪𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘯 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦

𝘉𝘪 𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘔𝘔𝘊

Beasts of Briar by Tee Harlowe

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5.0

𝘼𝙍𝘾 𝙍𝙀𝙑𝙄𝙀𝙒

ℛ𝑒𝓁𝑒𝒶𝓈𝑒 𝒹𝒶𝓉𝑒: 2.12.2025

𝙊𝙝 𝙏𝙚𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙙𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙛 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙤𝙣𝙚! 𝙄 𝙨𝙬𝙚𝙖𝙧 𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙝 𝙗𝙤𝙤𝙠 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙗𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙩. 𝙄𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙢𝙮 𝙛𝙖𝙫𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙚 𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙨. 𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙢𝙖𝙙𝙚 𝙢𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙡𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙖𝙙 𝙩𝙬𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙨 𝙄 𝙙𝙞𝙙 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙨𝙚𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙩 𝙖𝙡𝙡!

𝙄 𝙖𝙢 𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙨𝙖𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙗𝙤𝙤𝙠. 𝙄 𝙖𝙗𝙨𝙤𝙡𝙪𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙮 𝙖𝙙𝙤𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙝 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙚𝙧, 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙬𝙧𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙚𝙙 𝙪𝙥 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙗𝙤𝙤𝙠 𝙨𝙤 𝙬𝙚𝙡𝙡.

𝘽𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙖𝙢𝙮 𝙞𝙨 𝙤𝙣 𝙖 𝙢𝙞𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙠 𝙖 𝙘𝙪𝙧𝙨𝙚 𝙤𝙣 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙗𝙧𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙨, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙠𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙨𝙥𝙞𝙧𝙞𝙩 𝙨𝙝𝙖𝙙𝙤𝙬 𝙗𝙚𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙙𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙝.

𝙄 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙙 𝘽𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙖𝙢𝙮 & 𝙆𝙖𝙞𝙧𝙤𝙩𝙝 𝙨𝙤 𝙢𝙪𝙘𝙝! 𝘼𝙣𝙙 𝘿𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙘𝙤𝙡𝙡 𝙣𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧.

𝚃𝚛𝚘𝚙𝚎𝚜:

𝚁𝚎𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐

𝚂𝚑𝚊𝚍𝚘𝚠 𝚍𝚊𝚍𝚍𝚢

𝙴𝚗𝚎𝚖𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝙻𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚜

𝙵𝚘𝚛𝚌𝚎𝚍 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚡𝚒𝚖𝚒𝚝𝚢

𝙾𝚗𝚕𝚢 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚌𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚕𝚎

𝙰𝚗𝚌𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚌𝚞𝚛𝚜𝚎

𝚂𝚕𝚘𝚠 𝚋𝚞𝚛𝚗

𝙱𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛