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Funny Story by Emily Henry

emotional funny lighthearted 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

4.25

I really enjoyed this!!! Very sweet and could feel the chemistry between the characters. It delved a little into each of their individual traumas but idk I just wasn’t feeling super strong characterisation from either MC. And aside from maybe two or three side characters it didn’t feel as lively as I would’ve liked. But overall still enjoyed the tension between the two MCs and the overall plot. Fair dating is my jam. 

Wild Side by Elsie Silver

emotional funny hopeful 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

4.0

This was really beautiful, and had me laughing and crying. I rlly adore Elsie silver’s craft, the characters always feel so real and you get a sense of real chemistry reading about them. 

I did think that this book felt a little too easy for my liking, in that all the problems that arose were solved very quickly. Obviously there were heavy topics but the actual plot points did not feel extremely consequential as they were resolved pretty soon after. There was also lowkey instalove which is not my fav. 

But!!! Love being back in rose hill and seeing everyone come together, and the found family of it all. Also??? Bash and Gwen??? Sounds very intriguing. As always, excited to read her next works. 

Pucking Wild by Emily Rath

emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-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

I enjoyed this, the writing is so engaging and the found family is everything to me. I just didn’t totally love them the way I loved others in the series, and I don’t rlly know why the age gap had to be so large. 22 is just so young for forever so it was a little unbelievable for me. But some rlly good moments and glad I read it. Yay for queer books!!

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, Sexual assault

Minor: Drug abuse, 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.