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The Last Wish by Andrzej Sapkowski

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adventurous funny tense medium-paced

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

3.5

not really a short-story fan but this has been fun!!

Where Sleeping Girls Lie by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

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dark hopeful inspiring 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

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An Education in Malice by S.T. Gibson

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dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

2.5

From the beggining of the book I was LOST. It was “sold” to me as a dark academia, gothic retelling of Carmilla… you tell me WHERE do you see that.
For a gothic/ dark academia, the worldbuilding and atmosphere were barely scraped on, the romance between the two main characters was unnatural to say the least…
It didn’t make any sense at all. Like, you can’t build a character that’s full onto church and religion and goes to mass and confesses on a regular basis (such is their upbringing) and then have her read victorian porn as a reward and when they see someone they fancy inmediately have the hardest bdsm thoughts.

Also, this is a vampire story but there’s no exploration of what a vampire is/it’s lore in this world. It’s just “i’m a vampire and drink blood”.

The characters were not round or profound at all, I didn’t create any emotional bond nor did I care for them or what happened to them.
Kind of a bummer.

The Shadow of the Gods by John Gwynne

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adventurous dark tense fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Mortal Follies by Alexis Hall

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious 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

4.0

Immortal Longings by Chloe Gong

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 43%.

I longed for it to end.

I didn’t know a battle royale could be this boring. Nothing, NOTHING, has happened to develop de plot in 160 pages. There are so many characters and no exploration of their background for any of them, again in HALF THE BOOK. And yet you try to feed me a romance that I am obviously not buying because I don’t care for them nor who eats whose tit.
I had high expectations and now I’m pissed. Let me be.

Year of the Reaper by Makiia Lucier

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adventurous dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced