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백작가의 비밀스런 시녀님 [Baegjagga-eui Bimilseuleon Sinyeo-nim] (The Count's Secret Maid) by 백주아, Jooah Baek

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

The Housemaid by Freida McFadden

dark medium-paced

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

4.0

That's a good ending 👏🏽

a serial killer in the making 👏🏽

the twist were turning for this one.

If I have a complain, it would be how long it starched. At some point, I wanted to hit 4× speed, but I prevailed. & the ending was rewarding.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Toxic relationship, Murder, and Gaslighting

Scythe by Neal Shusterman

adventurous dark funny 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

I've been wanting to read this since forever.

I'm not used to this kind of writing, but there's always a first to everything. 
I love the characters, & would definitely be reading the rest of the books to find out what happened to them. I hope the next book give me more gasp worthy moments so I can offer it my 5th star. This book was a walk in the park.

Listen for the Lie by Amy Tintera

emotional slow-paced

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

3.75

I liked the book. I even found it emotional sometimes, but I still don't feel like it reaches a 4 🌟s. Why?

1st of all, if Lucy kissed that useless, abusive ex-husband of hers one more time, I would've thrown the book in the trash. Idc if he triggered her past, or felt comfortabl to her old self, he triggered & felt uncomfortabl  to me.
2nd thing is, why did this book feel so long? I even ended up switching it to audio since I got tired of reading it.

That's said, I didn't mind the romance or that ending.
Was I surprised to find out the killer? Meh.
Was I excited though? Yes.
So all is good in my book. Just, if

someone raised a domestic abuse case on Matt's a$$, I would be grateful.
Oh & her parents. Hated those ppl. Believing the husband over ur own daughter?

I love the grandma though, she gets the extra 0.75 🌟

Best Friends Forever by Margot Hunt

medium-paced

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

2.75

It all amounted to that last chapter.
Honestly, the killer was expected. What wasn't expected, was for it to have been

a triple kill on her part. Woman was a Sociopath all along

Idk if I liked it, it was long for nothing & gave nothing until the very end. Even 3 🌟 sounds generous. 

She's Not Sorry by Mary Kubica

mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

Ok?

So did her parents hate her or not? They just up & disappeared after she killed her. What was Caitlin's voice call to her dad about? Why did they keep putting her parents in such a bad light for? I thought we had a reason for that.

Idk, It feels like one of the books I'll forget all about after tomorrow. It was ok, but it felt incomplete somehow. Guess it was a short read.

We Used to Live Here by Marcus Kliewer

dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

3.5

Very interesting 👌🏽
Wasn't horrific exactly, but it was creepy.

I love me some multivers stories

I liked how the book picked up right away from the start -it took me off guard lol- & I liked the mini extras at the end of each chapter. But I still think the book ended way to fast(?) The idea could've been put into a serious, & would've been

great not to mash it together with sooooo many unanswered questions.

I listened to the audio & the narrators did an amazing job with this, overall a good read🙏🏽

Two Can Play by Ali Hazelwood

hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

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

4.0

That was so cute 🙏🏽❤️ a Perfect short story for the weekend 🍁

The Seventh Girl by Andy Maslen

mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

The ending felt too open for my liking, & I wasn't gasping at all when they caught the murderer. 

Tease by Camilla Stevens

fast-paced

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

3.0

Started good ended in a questionmark.

6 kids? Damn. She ended up a house wife? Wow. He supports his, her & there family? Insane

I liked the no nonsense & misunderstandings part, so 3⭐️ is more than enough.