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382 reviews

The True Love Experiment by Christina Lauren

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I read this in one sitting. LOVED.

The Flatshare by Beth O'Leary

emotional funny hopeful tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Very good but very long

Upon a Starlit Tide by Kell Woods

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I LOVED IT YOUR HONOR.

Beautiful writing (perhaps a touch slow paced in part 1) and a stunning combo of two fairytales 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Violence

The Sirens by Emilia Hart
Did not finish book. Stopped at 15%.

Beautiful writing but ultimately the story just wasn’t for me.

Shades of Magic: The Steel Prince, Vol. 3: The Rebel Army by V.E. Schwab

adventurous dark hopeful tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Winging It with You by Chip Pons

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

Such a great trad pub debut from Chip Pons!

Hits all the best romance beats—the spice is well done and the tension is GREAT toward the end.

This was just warm and nice and sweet. A love story that had me going “aw” a bunch.

This Time Tomorrow by Emma Straub

emotional hopeful mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

This one really struck a chord for me. 

The writing was strong and the characters interesting—particularly once you got beyond the initial morose-ness of the main character. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Drug use

The King is Dead, Long Live the King by Alexandra Rowland

dark tense fast-paced

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

3.75

A poignant short story about power, and who has it.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death

Shades of Magic: The Steel Prince, Vol. 2: Night of Knives by Andrea Olimpieri, V.E. Schwab

adventurous fast-paced

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

4.0

Fun!

A Harvest of Hearts by Andrea Eames

adventurous mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.5

Big thanks to erewhon books and netgalley for this e-arc!

First, obsessed with the cover. Second, this book was... good. Not bad, but I really struggled with the pace and some of the writing style decisions. I think a LOT of people will fall in love with this book, though, so I think the stylistic things are really just quirks that didn't work for me.