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Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-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

3.5

3.5☆ Review:

Oh wow, that was messy. 

You’re telling me I have to just accept the fact that Daisy Jones & The Six wasn’t a real band & that this is not based on a true story? 

P.S. Daisy & Simone should have kissed.

Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny lighthearted mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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

3.5

3rd Read (Audiobook): 3.5☆’s

2nd Read (Physical): 5☆’s

1st Read (Physical): 5☆’s

Fairy Tail, Vol. 01 by Hiro Mashima

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

5.0

“𝑾𝒆𝒍𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝑭𝒂𝒊𝒓𝒚 𝑻𝒂𝒊𝒍!”

“𝑭𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒂𝒕𝒉 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒍𝒚 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒗𝒆 𝒊𝒏!!!! 𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒕 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒏𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒂 𝑭𝒂𝒊𝒓𝒚 𝑻𝒂𝒊𝒍 𝒘𝒊𝒛𝒂𝒓𝒅!!!!”

Banana Fish, Vol. 1 by Akimi Yoshida

dark mysterious tense slow-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? No

3.0

3☆ Review:

Why am I deciding to read the manga and hurt myself all over again? I don’t know.

Anyways! Good first volume, but it’s a whole lot of info dumping.

New Moon by Stephenie Meyer

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.0

3rd Read (Audiobook): 4☆’s

2nd Read (Physical): 3☆’s

1st Read (Physical): 5☆’s

Only the Flower Knows Vol. 0: At the Flower Capital: Hana No Miyako De by Rihito Takarai

emotional hopeful lighthearted reflective relaxing 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? Yes

5.0

5☆ Review:

“𝑰𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒊𝒅𝒔𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓 𝒄𝒂𝒑𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒍, 𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝑰 𝒇𝒆𝒍𝒕 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝑰 𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕 𝒎𝒆𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖.”

Oh my god, I wasn’t expecting that sort of ending. I didn’t sign up for tragic gays and now I’m sad! But…I loved it. 

Seeing more of Misaki and Arikawa’s lives was just what I needed to help cure some of that sadness.

This is definitely my favorite volume in the series!

Midnight Sun by Stephenie Meyer

adventurous dark informative lighthearted mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

4.0

2nd Read (Audiobook): 4☆’s

Oh Edward, you are so seventeen in this book. Someone turn his brain off. 

1st Read (Physical): 5☆’s

Ookami wo Karu Housoku by J.L. Langley, Ellie Mamahara

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

2.0

2☆ Review:

The idea was good, but everything was done so quickly that I couldn’t find myself enjoying it. If it had been spread out, maybe it would have been better.

Only the Flower Knows Vol. 3 by Rihito Takarai

lighthearted fast-paced

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

4.0

4☆ Review:

“𝑬𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒅𝒂𝒚 𝑰’𝒎 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒚𝒐𝒖…𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝒇𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒃𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒎.”

Only the Flower Knows Vol. 2 by Rihito Takarai

reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

4☆ Review:

This really picked up from the first volume, I’m looking forward to reading the next one.

And the bonus at the end was super cute!