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23 reviews

Muse of Nightmares by Laini Taylor

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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? N/A

5.0

Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor

adventurous emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

Songs: The Great War - Taylor Swift

Libraries & mystical lost cities

Love From A to Z by S.K. Ali

emotional hopeful informative lighthearted reflective medium-paced

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

3.75

Actual rating is: 3.9 🌟

- ya
- written journal style
- Muslim rep
- takes place in Doha, Qatar
- meet cute 💞
- marvels and oddities

How to End a Love Story by Yulin Kuang

emotional lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.25

Kill the Villainess, Season 1 by Your April, Haegi

challenging emotional mysterious sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

Heaven by Mieko Kawakami
Did not finish book. Stopped at 13%.

Yours Truly by Abby Jimenez

emotional hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced

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

4.75

- healthcare romance
- anxiety rep
- fake dating
- sunshine x sunshine
- written letters
- protective FMC
- Jacob best book boyfriend 
- 2nd in a series
- workplace romance
- forced proximity
- one bed trope
- MC is a plant dad
- pregnancy trope included

Tw: clinical anxiety, depression, cheating, kidney dialysis

Tomorrow I Become a Woman by Aiwanose Odafen

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.75

The ending lowered the ending for me. Definitely felt like the ending was SUPER rushed. It still feels like there could’ve been 5+ chapter added before the book wrapped up

One Last Job by Anise Starre

lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

4.0

- Amanda x Finn
- worker x client
- one-sided dislike to lovers
- takes place in London
- golden retriever bf
- interior designer mc
- mentions of parental neglect
- he bought a lake house for her (!!)
- bought her lunch everyday

Hook Shot by Kennedy Ryan

emotional hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.75

- set in world of NBA
- basketball romance
- fashion designer X basketballer
- Lotus the woman you are 
- I do wish that Lotus didn’t give in to August feelings that quick tho
- I wish it would been MORE slow-burning
- single-dad (technically)
- shitty ex-wife (Bridget I hate you)
- age gap (11 years)
- also contains triggering materials (SA, parental abandonment, suicide)
- also contains southern Louisiana charm
- I personally think of Lotus as those earth girls with the waist beads and turbans (erkyah Bada inspired)
- this man gifted her LOTUS flowers EVERY week with a letter from the Songs of Solomon 🥹🥹