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347 reviews

Nothing More to Tell by Karen M. McManus

adventurous emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

I really loved Nothing more to tell and pray that it's true to its title because phew!!! This was just overwhelming. Atleast the Law and Order series gives you a break every now and then with the  DUN-DUN sound. This is one of those titles where I felt it was necessary lol. The Plot kept thickening and twisting. I kept thinking "GOOD LORD!!! WHAT ELSE COULD HAPPEN?!?!?!?😩😰"

I honestly could not have predicted so many plot twists and gave up guessing what was happening next. This book feels like those videos of erratic, twisting slides people, for some reason, enjoy and you see them unable to grip  anything and slamming into the walls.. Well, that's how I felt while listening to the audio....I LOVED IT!!!🥰

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Classism

Narwhalicorn and Jelly by Ben Clanton

adventurous funny informative fast-paced

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

1.0

This was a painfully cutesy kids book that just made me CRINGE. With the narwhals infatuation with his weird waffle based mottos to the pun words. The artwork was decent until it came to eye expressions.  It just put me off and turns my stomach tbh

Dreams Factory by Jérôme Hamon

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.5

Beautifully illustrated and action-packed. I enjoyed it though it was quite brutal and bloody. Would love to continue the series and see what becomes of Idrina.

Believe Me by Tahereh Mafi

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

This was the best thing I had read from this series and alone makes me want to buy this and Imagine Me. We get to see Warner and Ella prepping for their wedding day and it's perfectly imperfect😭😭😭 

Kenji is there and both of then want to wring his neck because he almost ruined their perfect day🤣😭 And alas..it's on hold

Warner is just absolutely vulnerable with his emotions. I just feel there could be more novellas written about these characters. They have become like a second family and a community that I don't want to leave🥰🥺 

The last sentence took my heart and I just don't know what to do with myself now😭😭

Two Can Keep a Secret by Karen M. McManus

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

Ugggggghhhh, the end was so fucked up🤢🤮 def a great read in time for the spooky month with a ton of suspense🤍

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, and Alcohol

The Final Strife by Saara El-Arifi
Did not finish book. Stopped at 20%.

Did not fully captivate my attention.  I snoozed off and lost track of what's happening

Defy Me by Tahereh Mafi

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense fast-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

5.0

The Marvellers by Dhonielle Clayton

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious sad tense fast-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

4.5

I love that this magical school in the clouds.  Our MC Ella is the first conjuror ever to be accepted into this school. She comes from a family of conjurors and as a whole are looked down on and thought to be bad or unnatural. 

Then a dangerous criminal escapes prison and thought to be aided by Ella. She then becomes a suspect in the Marvellian world and her mentor has also disappeared. So she teams up with her newfound friends to clear her name and find her mentor, Masterji Thakur.

I love the plot twists and learning the different magical abilities people possessed. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Death, Hate crime, Grief, and Murder

Blood Like Magic by Liselle Sambury

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense 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

Blood Like Magic is pure perfection. I may have found my favorite book for 2022🥰😍

That was quite an emotional rollercoaster...I am speechless. It's impossible to add specific lines (I annotated this like crazy) without gushing over what happened that it felt like watching a movie series.

 It was quite indept... going through the various magic systems, magical families, scientific use of genes and the list goes on!!!!

 There were so many laugh out loud moments and one in particular was comic relief at the PERFECT moment 👏🏼🤌🏼 relating to a "certain" family member, it would be a HUGE SPOILER.

I ADORE Voya and find her to be a truly relatable character. From being afraid to making mistakes to her passion for baking to her fierce love for her family and grandma🥰🥺🦋.

I am so enthused its the first of a duology and will soon purchase physical copies to enjoy over and over again. BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR BLOOD LIKE FATE, released August 9th. I know for a fact it will NOT disappoint🔥🦋🦋🦋

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infertility, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Alphabreaths Too: More ABCs of Mindful Breathing by Christopher Willard

adventurous hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing fast-paced

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

5.0

An a through z of breathing exercises that's easy to follow with great illustrations.