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310 reviews

The Ragpicker King by Cassandra Clare

medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

CASSIE. CASSIE!!!!!

When's the next books dropping? Most likely after TLKoF so 2027?!?!?! 😭
I can't wait that much

Blade of Ash by C.F.E. Black
Did not finish book. Stopped at 15%.

Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins

dark sad fast-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

Aha aha ha 😀

It's like Suzanne Collins thought of every single way she could make this sad and traumatizing and poured them all in these 382 pages

This book is a masterpiece.
Every single detail of it was just pure perfection.

I'll never be able to re-read or re-watch the previous books/movies the same way

Wiress, Mags, Beetee 😭😭😭

Now excuse me while I go cry in a corner for 5-6 business days

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Of course Haymitch choose Katniss over Peeta 😭

I'll never see potatoes and squirrels or red candy the same 😀

Now I'm thinking about the dove necklace that was the French publisher's gift for the release parties, yayyyy, for Haymitch's doves, I'll never wear it without crying 😀

The name of the book. That's amazing. I'm devastated

The Drowning Faith by R.F. Kuang

emotional sad fast-paced

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

5.0

It doesn’t matter that he loves her. It doesn’t matter. It’s never mattered. 
What matters is what she is, and what she’ll do. 
Oh, he thinks. But history moves in such cruel circles.

She’s the only divine thing he’s ever believed in. The only creature in this vast, cruel land who could kill him. And sometimes, in his loveliest dreams, he imagines she does.

I'm starting into the empty

The Dragon Republic by R.F. Kuang

dark emotional tense slow-paced

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

4.0

I knew it was coming and I was still shocked haha Nezha why did you do this like literally stabbing Rin in the back?!

Story-wise, it was incredible, I loved the characters (like in their arc, not the people), and the moral dilemmas and ambiguity. It's amazingly written

The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang

dark tense medium-paced

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

3.75

Tempest Runner by Cavan Scott

medium-paced

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

3.75

This is an audiodrama, so there's a lot of accents, music, and sound effects, and it's incredible!
Back when it came out in 2022 I couldn't understand a thing, but now I'm more used to audiobooks and listenin  to English and it's amazing!!!!
Not as good as Tempest Breaker imo, but still really good.

Nightrender by Jodi Meadows

slow-paced

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

3.75

I really enjoyed that book at first, but then it started dragging on and on, and being too slow. It was mainly the characters waiting for things to happen.
I loved Rune, the Nightrender was nice, but Hanne I kind of hated?

Star Wars: The High Republic Adventures (Phase III), Vol. 1 by Harvey Tolibao, Elisa Romboli, Nick Brokenshire, Michael Atiyeh, Daniel José Older

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

3.0

Star Wars: The High Republic Adventures - Saber for Hire by Cavan Scott

adventurous tense fast-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