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317 reviews

Rebel Witch by Kristen Ciccarelli

emotional hopeful 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

4.0

I was totally enthralled by this book but unfortunately the ending let me down. I love political intrigue in my books and was excited to see how the socio-politics of it all worked out in the end but it wasn’t shown and lowkey felt like a side thought. 
I did love the tension, I was kicking my feet giggling at moments, but some of the miscommunication was over the top. 
I also struggle with the target audience. Imo some of the messaging and foreshadowing is very over the top, so you’d think a younger audience, but the themes of SA and torture feel a little heavy to me for YA. Idk, just the tone is interesting I guess. 

All that is to say I still enjoyed this story, and absolutely loved the magic system (so cool and fresh) and the relationship between the MCs, but yeah the story didn’t round out how I would’ve liked (some plot points felt very incomplete). 

Heartless Hunter by Kristen Ciccarelli

emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.5

I ate this up fr omg so good. LOVED the tension by two people “faking it” but not knowing the other is too and then wondering if it’s all real for them and ugh so good. 
Also the magic system seems interesting and I’m excited to learn more as we go along, but the world building foundations were engaging. 
The plot twist got heavily hinted towards at the end, so much so that I was getting annoyed at the dumb characters not figuring it out. Bc if this there was also some miscommunication that was also mildly infuriating, but other than that it was great. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Sexual assault

Minor: Drug abuse and Death of parent

Protecting What's Mine by Lucy Score

emotional lighthearted tense medium-paced

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

3.25

This was written well enough and had some really beautiful character moments, but Insta love is just not for me I think. Their relationship felt very superior for so much of the book and that’s just not my favourite. Still enjoyed reading it n the found family but yeah was a bit random in plot towards the end too. 

Sylvia and Bird by Catherine Rayner

emotional hopeful fast-paced

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

3.5

This was really cute!!

The Alpha's Pack by Tate James

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

Kinda an underwhelming ending that didn’t feel totally wrapped up either. Glad I read the series, and it was engaging but yeah definitely not my favourite. Just lots of plot holes and things that didn’t make sense. But I still enjoyed reading them haha

The Crow's Murder by Tate James

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

Still really engaging and I love just how much magic and mythology there is in here, having so much fun w the paranormal, but imo there’s so many plot inconsistencies that make it kinda frustrating. Characters being deliberately obtuse is not my fav and it happened a lot more in this book. For a group of supposedly the best agents in the world and the best thief, they’re so bad at thinking things through. 
Anyways this book was emotionally charged and I’m very curious to see how it wraps up but yeah, as I read more I get more frustrated at the construction. 

Princess Princess Ever After by K. O'Neill

lighthearted 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? It's complicated

2.75

Cute but way too short and missing lots of plot or characterisation detail that would’ve improved upon an otherwise promising premise. Still cute and had fun but yeah definitely missing lots. 

The Viper's Nest by Tate James

dark lighthearted mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

Plot is plotting!!! Still kinda predictable and weird pacing but I’m having a great time reading them so that’s a win. 

The Tiger's Ambush by Tate James

dark 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? It's complicated

3.5

Having fun reading these and the over arching plot is getting good but I feel like it’s being very repetitive with plot devices and I wish things were less predictable. Still enjoying the series though. 

The Dragon's Wing by Tate James

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

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

3.5

Still very engaging and can’t put down James’ writing (started and finished both books so far in one night each) but can definitely tell it’s an earlier work. The plot is interesting but I fear the hints are too obvious and thus it is (so far) quite predictable. Will see if I’m right, but for now I’m having fun.