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Weyward by Emilia Hart

adventurous challenging dark 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

4.0

This was such a fun and crazy concept. I loved how all of the characters lives intertwined and seem to mirror each other. The family aspect shone through even in the moments of the story where they felt most alone.

Regally Blonde by Megan Clawson

funny 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

4.0

Thank you to Avon and NetGalley for giving me the opportunity to read this arc! 

I thought Regally Blonde was a classic royal love story and I loved reading it. 

The characters were lovable and it felt like a fun found family. Sophie, Jimmy, and Mrs. B were great additions to the cast and without them the book would have been very different. 

I loved Alice and Fraser. They both had their own issues and their story developed as it went on and it didn’t feel sudden.

Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros

adventurous dark fast-paced

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

5.0

Rebecca when I catch you it’s over.

When Sally Killed Harry by Lucy Roth

hopeful fast-paced

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

2.0

Thank you to NetGalley and Avon books for letting me reading this E-Arc. 

Honestly when I saw the name of the book I was very intrigued but that is where my interest stopped. When Harry Killed Sally is about a group of women banding together to get back at the men who have hurt them in their lives. 

That concept as a whole is so fun and if well-executed  would have been GREAT. Sally and the gang had no character and they fell flat for the entire story. I felt no connection to literally anyone and even the plot twist at the end wasn’t exciting. I wish that they would have more development that didn’t depend on these awful men.

I also had an issue with the amount of description it came to the clothing aspect. Her outfits weren’t good and more details were not needed there out of all places.

Intermezzo by Sally Rooney

challenging dark reflective slow-paced

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

4.0

Very different from what I usually read. Sally Rooney has a way with words and it felt like I was just a passerby in their lives. 

The Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston

emotional funny hopeful 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

4.0

I loved this story. It was fun and I felt like the time changes in this were easier to understand. Iwan and Lemon were so cute.

King of Greed by Ana Huang

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

3.5

only rich people can get divorced and married again in the same year. I love it

The Stormborne Vine by Tilly Wallace

adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.0

Thank you to NetGalley and Publisher for letting me read this ARC. 

I really enjoyed this story. Fern and her family are very unique and entertaining in this type of fiction. The story had a great way of pulling you in and keeping things open for more stories from Fern.

I am left having more questions and I cannot wait to read the second one. I do wish I had more closure on aspects like the alchemist, Eurydice, and all of the magic in general. Knowing that this is a series I know that it will all be understood in due time.

Cursebound by Saara El-Arifi

adventurous mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.0

Thank you to NetGalley and Publishers for letting me read this book.

Cursebound was an amazing sequel. The characters are still showing growth and their relationship change as the series moves. This was a great crescendo to the final book in the trilogy.

The Lightless in Moishima are starting to revolt and times are changing in this very complex world. The author does a great job showing each moving piece and complicated politics.

The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley

challenging emotional mysterious reflective 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

A love that transcends time yet I still have a disdain for time-travel. When time travel is involved, all sense of understanding is out the window…