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A Monsoon Rising by Thea Guanzon

adventurous challenging emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes

4.5

YOU'RE JOKING WITH THAT CLIFF HANGER OH MY GAAWWWWWDDDD. 

Tasting Red by Holly Roberds

challenging dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.75

Sexy, medium paced, mage/were match made in Heaven. Steamy, but with the perfect amount of plot and smut. 

The Hurricane Wars by Thea Guanzon

4.0

I genuinely didn't mind the pacing of the book, but I wish there could be more subtext to the jumps forward in time. Etc. Loved the characters, but wish there was a tad bit more nuisance to them becoming enemies to "lovers"

Not in Love by Ali Hazelwood

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

I LOOOOVVVVEEEE ALI HAZELWOOD. God, Rue is such a complex character. The shitty childhood, the girl bossing, the way she is, I just love her. I was rooting for her the whole time 😭❤️❤️❤️❤️

Patrick by Katie Dowe

2.5

Twist by Kylie Scott

challenging emotional

3.5

The Last Murder at the End of the World by Stuart Turton

3.75

This was such a different book and I felt sucked in with trying to figure out who the murder was. The characters were diverse and lowkey just little worker bees. Loved it!

Babel by R.F. Kuang

challenging dark emotional inspiring 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

5.0

This book... the magic system... the areas of resistance to colonialism... the characters... dark academia... MY SOUL. This is a book I will think about for years to come.

Losers: Part I by Harley Laroux

adventurous challenging dark 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

Spicy, poly, MMFM (I think I did that right???) Anyways... spicy and kind of lowkey sweet??? I'm so conflicted on what I liked most about this book, but I couldn't stop reading it.

The Dare by Harley Laroux

adventurous challenging dark fast-paced

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

3.0

RH?? Check
Submission?? Check
Depravity?? Sure
Still good 🤪