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87 reviews

Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins

adventurous challenging emotional sad 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

Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins

adventurous 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

5.0

Bookshops & Bonedust by Travis Baldree

adventurous lighthearted relaxing slow-paced

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

4.25

Such a cute story.  It was everything I could have hoped for as the prequel to one of my favorite books of the year.

The epilogue had me in tears. 😭

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.75

Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros

adventurous dark emotional 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? It's complicated

4.75

I ate this book up.  The writing was not great at the beginning but definitely got better in the second half.  The story definitely more than made up for any shortcomings in the writing style.  I was on the edge of my seat the whole time.  It was one crazy event after another. 

Also that ending!  I haven't stopped thinking about this book for days. I feel traumatized but in a good way.  I can't wait for the next one to come out. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, War

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Sexual content, Torture, Blood

Credence by Penelope Douglas

dark emotional medium-paced

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

3.0

I'm all for dark romance and the spicy scenes were great.  I just wish the characters weren't kind of related (which I know is kind of a selling point of the book).  It just made everything weird and gave me the ick.  Also I was not a fan when they mentioned getting Tiernan pregnant in any manner (whether preventing it

or in the epilogue where she has a kid

).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Rape, Sexual content, Grief, Death of parent

Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt

emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

Marked Blood by Alexa H. Michaels

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

I received an ARC of this book in exchange for my honest review.

What a wild ride this book was.  From page 1 there was always something going on.  Whether it be Lennox's mystery of how she landed in the outermost reaches of her guild's cover, or stepping in to help an innocent shop keeper, or even finding herself face to face with a horde of undead.  This was the perfect book to pull me out of a reading slump.

I really got pulled in around 40% completion. I absolutely adored Svet and Lennox together.  His actions were a great contrast to Cato's. I do hope we get to see more of Lennox and Svet's blossoming friendship as the series progresses.

As much as I love a good enemies to lovers/slow burn romance, I found it kind of annoying how much Lennox fought against Cato.  I understand that she was raised to hate supernatural, but it made the spicy scenes a little hard to get into.  I really hoped at least some point she wouldn't resist him so much,

but even in the end she was still fighting his advances.

Overall, a pretty good read.  I would definitely recommend to anyone that loves a good supernatural romance.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Blood

Minor: Child death, Slavery, Kidnapping

Hunting Adeline by H.D. Carlton

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

The Ex Hex by Erin Sterling

adventurous lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.0