crinkledmochi's reviews
223 reviews

That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Human by Kimberly Lemming

fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? N/A

2.75

I wish the epilogue was longer… 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Classism, Death, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Body shaming, and Gaslighting

One Dark Window by Rachel Gillig

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

VIBES!!!! 
Gothic, mystical, yet darkly cozy. 

the romance was cute but definitely needed more fleshing out as everything happened within the span of a couple weeks. 

the worldbuilding! yes ma’am, I hope that in the next book the world kinda opens up a bit more but with the way this book ended I don’t think we’re going very far. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Bullying, Sexual content, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Abandonment, Body horror, Child abuse, Gore, Confinement, Death, Miscarriage, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Misogyny, and Vomit

Heartbeat: A Courageous Love Novel by Terreece M. Clarke

dark emotional hopeful reflective tense medium-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

3.25

This book had sooooo many grammatical errors lmao but honestly it was kind of a vibe, it really helped me out of my reading slump! I wouldn’t consider this an enemies to lovers story per se as majority of the book takes place over 7-8 months and the characters fall pretty quickly. There were a lot of characters so that was a bit confusing at times but again just read this book for the vibes.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Torture, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Stalking, Sexual violence, Confinement, Vomit, Drug use, Grief, Misogyny, Sexual content, Classism, Domestic abuse, Violence, Trafficking, Child abuse, Cursing, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, and Pedophilia

Dark City Omega by Elizabeth Stephens

• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.75

I don’t think the author knows what the omegaverse is… Also this book made me want to gag several times, why were the characters so dirty all the time?? 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Cannibalism, Classism, Body horror, Cursing, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Torture, Child abuse, Toxic relationship, Death, Kidnapping, Vomit, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Medical content, Misogyny, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Gore, and Sexual content

Taken to Voraxia by Elizabeth Stephens

• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.25

this is literally ice planet barbarians 😭 the book had no plot like at all just vibes and not the good kind 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Vomit, Death, Abortion, Islamophobia, Rape, Body horror, Grief, Pregnancy, Slavery, Child death, Colonisation, Gore, Infertility, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Violence

A Broken Blade by Melissa Blair

adventurous dark emotional reflective tense medium-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? Yes

3.75

I enjoyed this book and will definitely read the next one to see what happens but some of the twists and turns were kinda obvious and the characters could’ve been a little more fleshed out 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Suicide attempt, Gore, Blood, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Alcoholism, Self harm, Panic attacks/disorders, Colonisation, Death, Drug use, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Xenophobia, Trafficking, Torture, Genocide, Addiction, Vomit, War, and Sexual content

Solo Leveling, Vol. 1 by Chugong

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Got this cause I started watching the anime and it’s so good!! A bit more graphic than the show so definitely read at your own risk. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Grief, Blood, Body horror, Death, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Injury/Injury detail, and Gore

Ledge by Stacey McEwan

DNF at 60% 

the plot and point of the story just fell super flat after the first 15% and i really tried to enjoy it 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Child death, Colonisation, Xenophobia, Vomit, Alcoholism, Racism, Body horror, Body shaming, Death of parent, Gore, Kidnapping, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

Only For The Week by Natasha Bishop

challenging funny hopeful inspiring relaxing tense fast-paced

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

4.0

THIS WAS GOOD!!!! Don’t let people walk all over you! Stick up for yourself and do things you love! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Sexual content, and Toxic friendship

Caught Up by Liz Tomforde

emotional hopeful inspiring tense 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

3.75

A cute read