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170 reviews

Faery Tales & Nightmares by Melissa Marr

adventurous lighthearted 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? N/A

4.0

Black Candle Women by Diane Marie Brown
Did not finish book. Stopped at 15%.

The Suffering by Rin Chupeco

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

The Girl from the Well by Rin Chupeco

dark emotional 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

My Darling Girl by Jennifer McMahon

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

Main character was an idiot, she should have kept her mouth shut. 

I liked the idea of the book, it was an interesting premise but a lackluster story, the manipulation though going on in the story was pretty good, it could have been so good..

The End of Her by Shari Lapena

mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Find Her by Lisa Gardner
Did not finish book. Stopped at 56%.

Did not like the Detective at all and didn’t really care about the other main character. 

Dear Wife by Kimberly Belle

mysterious tense medium-paced

4.0

The Dead Ex by Jane Corry

mysterious fast-paced

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

3.5

A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0