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Todo Esto Te Daré by Dolores Redondo

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

Everything I Know about Love: A Memoir by Dolly Alderton

challenging emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced

3.5

The Long Game by Elena Armas

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted 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

3.75

Graduate Study for the Twenty-First Century: How to Build an Academic Career in the Humanities by Gregory M. Colon Semenza

informative fast-paced

2.0

Legends of the Capilano by Joe Capilano, E. Pauline Johnson, Mary Agnes Capilano

adventurous emotional hopeful lighthearted reflective fast-paced

4.0

Ripe by Sarah Rose Etter

dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

2.0

In a New York Minute by Kate Spencer

emotional funny lighthearted fast-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

3.5

Dime quién soy by Julia Navarro

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative tense 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

3.25

Just Haven't Met You Yet by Sophie Cousens

emotional funny hopeful fast-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

3.75

Catching Feelings by K.M. Galvin

emotional funny lighthearted 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

4.5

Thank you, Goodreads, for the ARC giveaway copy!

4.5. What an adorable read! Catching Feelings has some of my favorite things: a college setting, incredible life-changing friendships, wonderment and anxiety about the future, and head-over-heels romance. 

To say I enjoyed reading this story would be underselling it. I giggled and sighed throughout the entire book and adored the chemistry between Cassidy and Elias. I found their story and relationship realistic while at the same time dreamy enough to want to be with them in their every interaction. Putting them, along with the rest of the great supporting characters, in a university setting was a great choice, as we see them struggle with becoming adults and making choices with emotional logic.

The only thing that put me off sometimes was the writing. I could have done without the obvious commentary (i.e. "God, I love being punctual"/ "He's a great guy" and in literally the next sentence "he's a great guy'). I with it had been a bit more tightened up and descriptive. But, overall, it didn't take away from the story, it just distracted from some of the things happening on the page.