hound_of_heaven's reviews
20 reviews

Wayward Son by Rainbow Rowell

adventurous emotional tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Carry On by Rainbow Rowell

adventurous emotional funny hopeful fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

AND THEY WERE ROOMMATES (OH MY GOD THEY WERE ROOMMATES)

Bookish and the Beast by Ashley Poston

funny hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

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

4.0

The Midnight Bargain by C.L. Polk

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Ring Shout by P. Djèlí Clark

challenging dark hopeful sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Fantastic book with a great concept - what if white supremacists were actual, literal monsters?

Yes, all those content warnings do apply, the cover is literally a Klan hood, please be ready for no-holds-barred racism to be directed at the main character constantly.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racial slurs, Racism, Misogyny, and Hate crime

Moderate: Medical trauma

Minor: Animal death

The Perilous Life of Jade Yeo by Zen Cho

funny fast-paced

Didn't Stay in Vegas by Chelsea M. Cameron

funny hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

4.0

Half a Soul by Olivia Atwater

emotional hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

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

5.0

The Devouring Gray by C.L. Herman

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Child death and Alcoholism

Minor: Child abuse, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

Abarat: Days of Magic, Nights of War by Clive Barker

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

4.0

An enjoyable follow-up to Abarat #1. The world-building and character designs continue to be absolutely bonkers and fun. If you had issues with the pacing in the first book they continue here. I don’t like to write spoilery reviews so I will just say with the way Days of Magic, Nights of War ends I’m not surprised that I thought that was the end of the series when I first read it as a twelve year old.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child abuse, Gore, Child death, and Death

A dude does get eaten by giant bugs on page but it isn’t graphically described