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95 reviews

I Hope This Doesn't Find You by Ann Liang

adventurous emotional 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

5.0

Nine Liars by Maureen Johnson
Did not finish book. Stopped at 27%.

It's asianreadathon month ... will be coming back either by the end of the month or earlier

The Box in the Woods by Maureen Johnson

adventurous hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Hate by Tate James

adventurous emotional mysterious tense 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? Yes

4.0

Death is Easy by Letty Frame

challenging emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense 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

4.5

 

Death is Easy by Letty Frame.

A rejected werewolf novel where Nora is rejected by her werewolf mate and then banished from her pack and family all in a matter of hours from her family celebrating her 18th birthday together. 

Nora has the worst day of her life on the day she is meant to be happy. Everything seemed like it would be perfect for her. She turned 18, she celebrated with the people she loved and she found her mate - something some wolves never get to do but she did. 

Then everything goes down the drain and Nora’s life is left completely upside down. 

This book is filled with mental health issues, depression, and anxiety and is in my opinion an amazing representation of ways some people might feel during their episodes of mental health. 

I feel everything Nora says about her mind being the worst enemy someone can have and relate completely to her struggles through the book let me just say I wish I had 6 great-looking, amazing mates on my side to keep my head above the water as well. 

The last chapter of this book nearly killed me so be ready for it when you read. 

I will recommend this book to everyone I know but with a clear warning of mental health triggers. 

Enjoy guys. 

The Naturals by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

adventurous emotional mysterious tense 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? Yes

4.25

 

The Naturals by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

This book is for the criminal mind obsessed … anyone from 12 to 100 will enjoy this book if they love Criminal Minds. 

The book's plot is enjoyable watching as Cassie explores her gifts and gets to know the other teenagers and their gifts as well. 

We are introduced to Cassie during her day-to-day life where she talks about never fitting in (cue all the teen angst you could ever need). We learn about her gifts in getting into other people's minds and seeing the world as they would. 

As well as the devastating loss of her mother's life. 

Cassie used to live with her mother. Traveling from town to town as a psychic and learned to read people for her mother to make money from never thinking it would ever be more than that. 

One day she enters her mother's dressing room to find her mother gone and the place covered in blood … signs point to her mother being dead but with no body being found in the days, weeks or years that follow Cassie is ready for some answers. 

When the FBI invites her to join a gifted program for the Naturals she takes the opportunity, hoping this might lead to more information on her mother and what happened in that dressing room. 

This book is fun and mysterious. Its a young adult novel so be ready for the teen angst and romance that ensures from having 5 teenagers in one house with a single person watching over them - you don’t hear much from him but apparently he’s always there … always watching. 

I enjoyed this book incredibly. The killer was a shock for the most part but in the best way where you can think back through the story and see the subtle hints through out. 

Cassie is very much a teenager who hasn’t felt like shes apart of the world the way every other teen is - think Bella from Twilight. 

Will definitely recommend this book to anyone who loved A Good Girls Guide to Murder and/or Truly Devious or really any YA murder mysery novels because this one has been added to my top three.

 

Gaygent Brontosaurus: The Butt Is Not Enough by Chuck Tingle

funny fast-paced

1.5

 So ..... that happened.
What a book ... read it for my unhinged book club and lets just say .... it lived up to the bookclub name.

But to be far the book was fine. 

The Banana In My Butt Is A Handsome Lifeguard by Chuck Tingle

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? No

1.5

I didn't love it ... but i didn't hate it either. 
Very fun book definitely recommend to everyone .... whoops. 

Read this with a bunch of others on live for out unhinged book club and this book definitely lived up to the name of the book club. 

Sadie by Courtney Summers

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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? Yes

5.0

Heartstopper Volume 1 by Alice Oseman

emotional hopeful inspiring 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

5.0