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1006 reviews

Morning Glory Milking Farm by C.M. Nascosta

fast-paced

3.0

Gather The Daughters by Jennie Melamed

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

Here's the thing, there's an aspect of this that normally, I would think is interesting.

The fact that the girls don't end up taking down the rulers of the island and essentially, the final main character standing ends up leaving with her family.

But I'm pregnant and hormonal and have been having trouble lately with fiction that is sad and depressing. I'm like "I can read non-fiction with depressing stuff" for some reason the real-life stuff doesn't bother me, the the trend of depressing fiction does. It doesn't help that I've picked some weird books since the beginning of the year. 

Anyway, on the one hand the book is well written in the sense that I think it portrays how people deal with abuse well. It kind of makes sense too because the author is a Psychiatric nurse practitioner specializing in child abuse. So I imagine she knows what she's talking about to an extent. The book caused me to think during the times I wasn't reading it, but mostly I was just dwelling on the fact that it was super depressing

and pretty much all the main characters except one die.

So if you aren't in the mood for that kind of story, stay away from this one.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child abuse

The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

adventurous slow-paced

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

2.75

Bound to the Battle God by Ruby Dixon

adventurous funny medium-paced

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

3.75

Ruby Dixon is good at world building. So I like the fantasy aspect of this, I liked the lore and the characters. I'm not the biggest fan of the smut parts, just because of how they are written. It's a personal thing. Anyway, this was a decent read, though I felt like the ending did drag on a bit and

what is with all these romance books having an epilogue where the heroine announces she's pregnant? It's kind of annoying at this point.

The Wild Robot by Peter Brown

adventurous fast-paced

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

1.0

After looking at other reviews, I apparently, am the only one in the world who did not like this book. This book is not like "Hatchet Meets Wall-E" because at least in Hatchet there is a real sense of danger. There is a robot. In the wildnerness. Yay? Like there is no real sense of danger or survival. I found the book to be not well written, and the characters uncompelling. I had heard there was death and I kept waiting for something exciting like that to happen, but nope. If you're wanting to read a compelling Kids' book at least look into The Green Ember or The Wingfeather Saga. Those are so much better written and interesting. The only reason I gave this book one star was because it was short at least.

When the English Fall by David Williams

adventurous mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

2.75

The concept was interesting, which is why I decided to read it. I just wasn't the biggest fan of the execution. I also wasn't the biggest fan of the character of Sadie, that kind of mysterious, seer type. I understand why they author ended the book where he did, and he wanted to make a point about the Amish not being untouched by the world falling apart, but I might've enjoyed it a little more if it had followed the group along after the book ended.

Naughty Regency by Viola Grey

fast-paced

3.5

This was actually a pretty well written collection of short stories despite the fact they are smut. There were plots and full beginnings, middles, and endings, and plenty of steamy scenes. Recommend for quick smut fulfillment. 

True Sisters by Sandra Dallas

adventurous challenging emotional informative sad 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

A great historical read about an interesting time in history. I felt like the author did a good job of being balanced in talking about the Mormons, being neither super positive nor super negative. I liked all the women and was rooting for them. Also appreciated the epilogue. 

Sisters by Daisy Johnson

emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

2.5

Possession by Jessica Hawkins

2.75