mikaylareads's Reviews (178)

Ordinary Monsters

J.M. Miro

3.5

adventurous challenging dark mysterious 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: Complicated

The Prison Healer

Lynette Noni

4.0

adventurous 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: Complicated

The Black Death: The World's Most Devastating Plague

Dorsey Armstrong

4.0

informative medium-paced

The Blood Traitor

Lynette Noni

4.5

adventurous dark 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: Complicated

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This had me on the edge of my seat almost the entire time. Definitely a new favourite author and potentially one of the best trilogies I've ever read. It's absolutely phenomenal, tense and chaotic but so well executed and paced.

The only reason this isn't a 5 star read is because it has That FMC Fantasy Magic Trope at the very end and it bothers me that it exists

The Gilded Cage

Lynette Noni

4.5

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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I have. So much anger. A disgusting amount of anger. Why. Why do that. WHY. 
(See also: people make incredibly stupid decisions and it hurts to read)

The Garden

Tomi Adeyemi

3.0

Bonny & Read

Julie Walker

3.75

adventurous medium-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: No

Herodotus: The Father of History

Elizabeth Vandiver

3.5

informative medium-paced

The Silver Chair

C.S. Lewis

3.5

adventurous medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Goldilocks

L.R. Lam

4.0

challenging tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Brilliant concept fairly well executed, interesting and potent takes on climate change and bodily autonomy