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The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood

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emotional funny lighthearted relaxing medium-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

4.75

Oh my goodness. I'm on a roll, haven't read a bad book in months. The Love Hypothesis was a joy to read. Enemies to lovers, fake dating, what more could one want. I love having to wait before people get together romantically and this definitely took its sweet time and when it did it immediately was intense lol. If you're asexual like me, just a heads up, it gets intense. Although our main character Olive actually seems to be on the ace spectrum as well! (Demisexuality) But yeah, fun, quick, easy, hilarious, steamy.

I had heard of this book, I mean, impossible not to with how much it was talked about. I honestly didn't expect to like it but I was sucked in from the first second :)

The ending felt a bit rushed, that's my only complaint. And that the book ended lol. Do go read it!

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Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

Oh my goodness, I loved this book so much. I'd forgotten how much I like the enemies to lovers trope! Alex and Henry are such great characters, I'm genuinely in love with them as a couple.

There was a lot of hype surrounding this book and I can tell you that it is worth the hype! 

If you're asexual, like me, you might like to know upfront that this book has a lottt of sexual scenes. Was not prepared for that to be honest, I'm curious how they're gonna do that with the movie adaptation lol! 

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Solitaire by Alice Oseman

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This book definitely gave me the feels. I'm a bit shaken still, like I just want to curl up and cry for a while. I loved it, I love Tori, I obviously love Nick and Charlie. And I fuckiiing love Michael. Love that guy. The ending felt a bit rushed but besides that, my goodness, great book. 
Nick and Charlie by Alice Oseman

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emotional lighthearted reflective 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

Literally crying. Also I'm very sad that there's no Nick and Charlie content I haven't read anymore so I'm just going to have to wait for Heartstopper 5 now... :(((

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Heartstopper Volume 4 by Alice Oseman

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challenging 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

5.0

Heartstopper is genuinely the best series I've ever read. To deal with topics like these in such a caring way makes me very happy. Charlie is such a relatable character and I'm just as in love with Nick as Charlie lol. Truly want my own golden retriever energy gf/bf. 

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Escape boek junior by Montse Linde, Iván Tapia

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adventurous lighthearted mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

Although intended for kids from 9 and up, I still thoroughly enjoyed this escape book. Although the story itself was definitely meant for kids, the puzzles were a lot of fun. I did struggle with some that used colours, think I might be a bit colourblind after all. Definitely recommend!
New Erotica for Feminists: Satirical Fantasies of Love, Lust, and Equal Pay by Carrie Wittmer, Brooke Preston, Fiona Taylor, Caitlin Kunkel

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funny lighthearted fast-paced

3.0

Quite funny. As an asexual Im also glad it wasn't actually erotica. 
The Dangers of Smoking in Bed by Mariana Enríquez

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challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.75

This book checks off about every trigger warning there is, so be warned! There were two stories that left me the most impressed: The Lookout and Kids Who Come Back (there was some transphobia in that sadly enough though). The other ones weren't that great in my opinion. The stories were definitely haunting. 
Never Kiss Your Roommate by Philline Harms

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emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious 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? No

4.5

This is immediately my favourite piece of queer literature. I was just so happy reading about this cute as fuck wlw couple and although I thought I wouldn't care about Seth and Jasper much I was very wrong, I love these two so much. I like that the mystery Watcher isnt a far fetched random person as well, I hate when that happens. I do think the ending was a bit sudden though, everything happened really quickly and all the drama went quick and was sort of easily solved. On the other hand that was great, it was quite a light-hearted read although serious topics definitely were discussed. The only thing left to say really is: please give us a bonus book, maybe like a short story thing, when they're older and how they're doing. Would love that because these characters are so great!

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The Woods Are Always Watching by Stephanie Perkins

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adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-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

3.0

I've had such a reader's block for the last couple of months and picking up this book definitely solved the problem. It was a quick read because of how incredibly terrifyingly thrilling it was. It picks up a bit slow but has enough spookiness to make you anxious reading it at night and then the real scariness begins. Wonderful writing and very real characters. My only issue with the book is
the decision of them to keep going after their big fight and since they were very anxious about bears and murderers I would have definitely decided to return home. But yeah, that would be a boring horror book I guess. Plus the shared trauma has definitely helped forget the fight and strengthen their friendship. I do think they need at least a gap year for therapy before they do anything else though. Oh, and I wasn't a big fan of the serial killers, they felt a bit too much I guess. Not fully believable but definitely disturbing.

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