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340 reviews

Yumi and the Nightmare Painter by Brandon Sanderson

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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

Shadow of the Fox by Julie Kagawa

adventurous challenging 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? Yes

4.0

A Torch Against the Night by Sabaa Tahir

adventurous 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? Yes

4.25

The Winner's Curse by Marie Rutkoski

adventurous emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.5

Twisted Lies by Ana Huang

dark emotional mysterious tense 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

This book is probably the best written in the series but at this point I was so over the morally grey billionaire trope. For some reason her morally grey billionaires are more interesting when they are the background characters instead of the male lead. This goes for Christian, Alex and Dante. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture and Murder

King of Pride by Ana Huang

emotional funny inspiring reflective 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

4.75

IDC what anyone says about this books. It felt like Ana Huang wrote this for me 

King of Wrath by Ana Huang

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

As Good As Dead by Holly Jackson

dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

4.75

I Hope This Doesn't Find You by Ann Liang

emotional funny inspiring lighthearted 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

4.5

Calling on the Matchmaker by Jody Hedlund
Did not finish book. Stopped at 39%.

Listened to audio book because of a reel 
“She asks for a list of thing he doesn’t like so that he won’t want to marry her”
“He secretly writes the list himself and puts hates kissing and physical touch on it”
The actual scene was underwhelming to me and the rest of the book doesn’t sound interesting enough for me to keep reading