paige_loren's reviews
100 reviews

Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious tense

4.0

Caraval by Stephanie Garber

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.75

No consequences, everything just magically works out. There are multiple plot points never explained. The FMC doesn't solve things on her own she's just bounced from story to story. 

A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab

2.5

Educated by Tara Westover

4.25

This is How You Lose the Time War by Max Gladstone, Amal El-Mohtar

3.5

Very unique prose for a scifi book, it felt more like poetry than anything else. I liked the book more than I expected after experiencing the first chapter. My main complaint is that there was very little world building -- for example the time war itself is never explained.

Wild Lands by Stacey Marie Brown

3.5

Butcher & Blackbird by Brynne Weaver

4.0

First Lie Wins by Ashley Elston

4.0

None of This Is True by Lisa Jewell

2.5

The Unmaking of June Farrow by Adrienne Young

3.0