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adventurous mysterious slow-paced

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

1.0

The only good thing about this was the setting, it made for a cozy mystery vibe. Overall, this book wasn’t my thing; it wasn’t really want I was expecting. The main character Georgie came off a bit whiny and it’s kinda weird the cover has her as a blonde since she isn’t one? It was just strange.

In general I couldn’t see past all of the mentions of sex. It’s really not that interesting of a topic but nearly every conversation had something to do with it. Most of the comments were awkward and even a near rape scene so I don’t think I’ll read any more from this series.

The plot itself was one of those where the main character is always in the right place at the right time leaving the mystery kinda meh. The timeline was also weird with the Hitler comments. And the last chapter seemed to be rushed compared to the slower paced plot of the rest of the book.

Read For

✓ Light Drama

✓ Cozy Mystery

✓ British Literature

✓ Historical Fiction

✓ Royal Society Drama

𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊

Spice Level: 🌶️

Sad Level: n/a

Plot: 3/10

Pace: 4/10

Ending: 3/10

Characters: 2/10

Enjoyability: 3/10

Writing Style: 2/10

Would I Recommend? No

Favorite Character: n/a

Favorite Quote: ❝“I hardly recognized you, darling. You look positively civilized for once. You must have found a rich lover."❞

POV: First Person

Pages: 465

Format: Hardcover

Language: English

Release Date: 01, July 2008

Content Warnings

Wicked Saints by Emily A. Duncan

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adventurous mysterious 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

4.75

I might not have known what was going on for some of this book but it was entertaining. The setting and magic system was really cool and it kinda had the atmosphere of the show Castlevania.

Overall, the characters were kinda meh, but the plot was good.

Read For

✓ Magic

✓ World Building

✓ Gothic Fantasy

✓ Enemies to Lovers

✓ Forbidden Romance

𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊

Spice Level: n/a

Sad Level: 💧💧

Plot: 9/10

Pace: 9/10

Ending: 8/10

Characters: 6/10

Enjoyability: 8/10

Writing Style: 8/10

Would I Recommend? Yes

Favorite Character(s): Nadya and Serefin

Favorite Quote: ❝“We're all monsters, Nadya." Malachiasz said, his voice gaining a few tangled chords of chaos. "Some of us just hide it better than others.❞

POV: Multiple, Third Person

Pages: 404

Format: Paperback

Language: English

Release Date: 07, April 2020

Rep/Extras: Female side character who likes to flirt with women

Content Warnings

Conflict Mediation by D.C. Emerson

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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

This was such a cute and comforting short story. I loved the characters, the queer rep was amazing, and the plot was really cute. Katherine was a great therapist and I really liked the casual use of pronouns when she introduced herself.

Note: This is an honest review given voluntarily. I got this by signing up for the author’s newsletter. Thank you to the author/publisher for the ebook!

Read For

✓ Therapy

✓ Coworkers

✓ Short Story

✓ Bad Boy x Rule Follower

✓ Good Character Development

𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊

Spice Level: n/a

Sad Level: 💧

Plot: 10/10

Pace: 10/10

Ending: 10/10

Characters: 10/10

Enjoyability: 9/10

Writing Style: 10/10

Would I Recommend? Yes

Favorite Character: Leon

Favorite Quote: ❝ Well, it was March, so there wasn’t anything particularly lovely about the evening. In fact, as of an hour earlier when James had been driving to this hellacious purgatory, the streets had been icy and the highway was backed up somewhere into next week.❞

POV: Duel, Third Person

Pages: 34

Format: ebook

Language: English

Release Date: 14, January 2025

Rep/Extras: Pan Trans man MC, Gay MC

Content Warnings

Bossypants by Tina Fey

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funny slow-paced

2.5

I didn’t really care for this as much as I thought I would. There were some funny moments and jokes but for the most part I wasn’t really invested in it. However, there are a lot of inspiring quotes from this book.

Read For

✓ Memoir

✓ Comedy

✓ Feminism

✓ Non-Fiction

✓ Autobiography

𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊

Pace: 4/10

Enjoyability: 3/10

Writing Style: 5/10

Would I Recommend? No

Favorite Quote: ❝It is an impressively arrogant move to conclude that just because you don’t like something, it is empirically not good. I don’t like Chinese food, but I don’t write articles trying to prove it doesn’t exist.❞

Pages: 290

Format: Audiobook

Language: English

Release Date: 05, April 2011

Content Warnings

Writers & Lovers by Lily King

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 7%.

All the main character did was whine. It was fucking annoying.

Men Who Hate Women by Laura Bates

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reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

Nothing was necessarily surprising but it was an informative read that I would highly recommend. The audiobook did a great job with this book as well.

Read For

✓ Feminism

✓ Extremism

✓ Psychology

✓ Non-Fiction

✓ Social Issues

𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊

Pace: 9/10

Enjoyability: 4/10 (it’s depressing)

Writing Style: 9/10

Would I Recommend? Yes

Favorite Quote: ❝“Yet the opposite is true. Those who speak of ‘toxic masculinity’ are not criticising men, but rather defending them: describing an ideology and a system that pressures the boys and men in our societies, in our families, to conform to unrealistic, unhealthy and unsustainable ideals. Crushing gender stereotypes are damaging to men as individuals, as well as to the society in which they live.”❞

Pages: 366

Format: Audiobook

Language: English

Release Date: 03, September 2020

Content Warnings

The Way of the Househusband, Vol. 10 by Kousuke Oono

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funny lighthearted 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

Loved this. Tatsu is so serious over the most silliest of things and it always makes for an interesting read. The art style of this manga is always so lovely too.

𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊

Spice Level: n/a

Sad Level: n/a

Plot: 9/10

Pace: 10/10

Ending: 10/10

Characters: 10/10

Enjoyability: 10/10

Writing Style: 9/10

Would I Recommend? Yes

Favorite Character: Tatsu

Pages: 168

Format: Paperback

Language: English

Release Date: 20, August 2024

Content Warnings

Kiss the Villain by Rina Kent

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dark emotional lighthearted medium-paced

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

5.0

Short story long, this book was a roller coaster and in full disclosure I wasn’t going to read this due to some reviews I’ve seen about SA (one of the lines I draw in books as a personal preference) and something this book definitely talks about. I had this preordered for a while and it was too late to cancel by the time I read some of these reviews; so I kept the book and read it with the intention to DNF it and put it up on PangoBooks or something. Honestly, I’m glad I read this book the beginning starts out questionable at best, and without spoilers the questionable stuff at the beginning makes so much more sense by the end, the backstory really paints the full picture. Having said that, it’s still a fucked up book, proceed with caution and read through the content warnings.

I loved this book. Yes, it’s a walking red flag but years of fanfiction as left me unfazed. This book is a dark romance that starts out strong with dubious consent and stalking the stalker moments, but then Gareth is eating strawberries in Kayden’s apartment, adopting a cat (technically the cat chose them), and meeting the parents. It’s dark with hints of wholesome and spicy moments. It also dealt with working through family issues, past trauma, and boundaries.

The characters were obsessive equally so, they seemed to mellow out when around one another though. I did have to laugh though at how monogamous these two were, what started as revenge turned into adopting a cat together real fast. The dinner with Kayden’s moms’ was amazing and then we got dinner with Gareth’s family which was hilarious.

Also, Simone was a total badass, I loved her so much.

A few comments I have would be that I think this book would have been better in third person but that’s more of a personal preference, it is kinda weird how both characters are straight but “gay” for each other, it’s mainly the way that it was done that gave me a bit of an ick, but I did appreciate the mentions of Gareth possibly being demisexual or on the asexual spectrum.

Read For
✓ Hate to Love

✓ Villain/Monster

✓ Stalker x Stalker
✓ Mutual Obsession
✓ Age Gap (22 & 33)

✓ Monogamy but Violently So

𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊

Spice Level: 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️

Sad Level: 💧💧💧

Plot: 9/10

Pace: 9/10

Ending: 10/10

Characters: 10/10

Enjoyability: 9/10

Writing Style: 8/10

Would I Recommend? Maybe

Favorite Character(s): Gareth, Kayden, Mocha

Favorite Quote: ❝"Because you love me and are possessive of me and can't live without me?" "Correct on all accounts."❞

POV: Duel, First Person

Pages: 512

Format: Paperback

Language: English

Release Date: 18, March 2025

Rep/Extras: Non Labeling MC, Bisexual SC, LGBTQIA+ characters

Content Warnings

Emmett by L.C. Rosen

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funny lighthearted 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

4.5

Cute, romantic longing, and good friendships. This book had great queer and mental health rep, and on top of things dealing with the grief of a loved one. Emmett was the popular character known for giving back to the community, doing volunteer work, and even playing match maker… which might not go as well as he had hoped. But what happens when his match was there the whole time? It had such a good clueless gay vibe and I couldn’t help but root for them.

(Note: Thank you to the author for this copy. I won this in a giveaway from the author over on Bluesky.)

Read For

✓ Slow Burn

✓ Idiots in Love

✓ Match Maker

✓ Good Friendships

✓ High School Setting

𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊

Spice Level: 🌶️ (off page)

Sad Level: 💧

Plot: 9/10

Pace: 10/10

Ending: 10/10

Characters: 9/10

Enjoyability: 9/10

Writing Style: 8/10

Would I Recommend? Yes

Favorite Character: Miles

Favorite Quote: ❝"Flowers die, but that doesn't make them less beautiful," he tells me, then turns around, a sad smile on his face.❞

POV: First Person

Pages: 272

Format: Hardcover

Language: English

Release Date: 07, November 2023

Rep/Extras: Gay MC, Demisexual SC, Trans SC, LGBTQIA+ characters

Content Warnings

Jaclyn Hyde by Connor White, Annabeth Bondor-Stone

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mysterious slow-paced

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

2.5

The parents are completely useless in this, the principal is so annoying, and if I were the bunny I’d runaway too. This feels like an adult tried too hard to write a kids book. The drama felt annoying with how the parents acted, I can not stand when the adults in the kids life refuses to listen to their kid. Fiction or not it’s frustrating

The moral of the story that no one is perfect was done nicely though.

Read For

✓ Good Ending

✓ Middle Grade

✓ School Drama

✓ Entertaining Plot

✓ Good Friendships

𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊

Sad Level: 💧💧

Plot: 7/10

Pace: 6/10

Ending: 9/10

Characters: 6/10

Enjoyability: 6/10

Writing Style: 6/10

Would I Recommend? Maybe

Favorite Character: n/a

Favorite Quote: ❝ “You were spinning when you should have been twirling. You were twirling when you should have been tapping and you were tapping when you should be leaving this stage altogether!”❞

POV: Third Person

Pages: 240

Format: Audiobook

Language: English

Release Date: 28, May 2019

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fanboyriot's reviews 995 reviews

fanboyriot's reviews
995 reviews