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88 reviews

Astrid Parker Doesn't Fail by Ashley Herring Blake

emotional funny inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced

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

4.75

I am pleasantly surprised by how much I liked this book and especially how much I liked Astrid. 
After her introduction in the first book I thought it would be quite hard to start liking her as the FMC but I started warming up to her quite quickly. 
I ended up liking this book actually even a little more than the first one but this may mainly be due to the way I could relate to the story lol 
All in all a very cute and fun experience - highly recommend 

King of Pride by Ana Huang

medium-paced

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

3.0

Another one that was just fine 
Nothing too exciting about the plot but it wasn’t absolutely horrible lol 
Will probably forget what happened in T minus 2 days 

King of Wrath by Ana Huang

emotional funny fast-paced

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

3.75

Liked it significantly better than the majority of the Twisted Series 
Quick and easy read where I didn’t absolutely hate or love the characters - in short I’ve read worse lol 

Icebreaker by Hannah Grace

emotional medium-paced

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

3.0

Finally caved and read this book
It felt insanely long which wasn’t very necessary since there was a lot of filler plot 
Didn’t like the FMC for the first 80% and then she kinda grew on me 
It was fine I just don’t get the insane TikTok hype
Probably won’t read it again… 

This Summer Will Be Different by Carley Fortune

challenging emotional lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

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

4.5

Literally THEEEE perfect book: immaculate summer vibes, great chemistry between the two characters from the beginning on , interesting plot…. until the end. The third act breakup was kind of strange and pointless because… they just got back together…
Nonetheless still a great book 

Seeing Red by Bailey Hannah

emotional medium-paced

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

3.5

Unfortunately my expectations were a little too high but it was still an entertaining read (can’t believe I’m saying this but too much smut) probably won’t gravitate towards it again 

The Dixon Rule by Elle Kennedy

emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.0

Very cute and fun - top tier banter between the main characters 

Also insanely excited for the next one 

Save Us by Mona Kasten

emotional sad slow-paced

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

2.75

The first half was really good but from the 50% mark it felt like the author ran out of story to tell and the ending kinda sucked 

Save You by Mona Kasten

challenging emotional medium-paced

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

3.25

Took a little too long for my taste for Ruby and James to get back together but the second half of the book was really good

Save Me by Mona Kasten

emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.75

I would’ve ate this up at 16