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66 reviews

All the Dangerous Things by Stacy Willingham
Did not finish book.

I just don't like a duel timeline. So I stopped when the third or fourth chapter was labeled before. Just not interested. 

A Stolen Life by Jaycee Dugard

challenging dark emotional sad tense

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Rape, Sexual assault, Confinement, Violence, Drug use, Kidnapping, and Child abuse

Moderate: Animal death

Sword Catcher by Cassandra Clare

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? No

2.0

I didn't like this one. It just didn't give me those exquisite angsty feelings that Cassandra Clare usually gives me. 

I'm bumping this up a star because even though I didn't like it, something kept me coming back. Probably the main male character. Usually if there's only one character I like I would dnf, but I just really liked Kel.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism and Child death

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail and Toxic friendship

Minor: Sexual content

The Final Hunt by Audrey J. Cole

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

2.0

This was a really easy and fast read. It wasn't all that great though.


SPOILERS!

He fell in love with her?🙄

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Violence, Toxic relationship, Gun violence, Physical abuse, and Death

Minor: Animal death

Rosie and The Dreamboat by Sally Thorne

funny lighthearted

3.0

Two Tickets : A Holiday Hockey RomCom by A. J. Manney, A. J. Manney
Did not finish book. Stopped at 65%.

This book is neither rom nor com. 

Typically you do have to suspend your belief in romcoms which is exactly what I did concerning the kid. 

However all that hockey stuff was just way over the top. The main female character was such a pushover. And why? Why did she think she had to go along with all that nonsense? 

And the main male character, where was he?  Because it certainly wasn't the first 60% of the book! Can you even call if there is no interaction between the "love interest" for more than half the book?

This was supposed to be a grumpy/sunshine trope, but the grump was really just plain mean and the sunshine was just polite.

The Home for Wayward Girls by Marcia Bradley

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization

The Story Behind: The Extraordinary History Behind Ordinary Objects by Emily Prokop

informative

2.0

The Mayor of Maxwell Street by Avery Cunningham

emotional mysterious

2.0

I didn't care for this one much. It kind of felt like 3 different stories mushed together that never really meshed. And honestly I'm not sure if I didn't understand the end or if it was totally underwhelming. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Toxic relationship, Death, Grief, Racial slurs, Racism, and Gun violence

We're Going to Need More Wine: Stories That Are Funny, Complicated, and True by Gabrielle Union

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

Moderate: Toxic relationship and Cursing

Minor: Gun violence and Miscarriage