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34 reviews

Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros

adventurous tense 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? It's complicated

4.0

Butcher & Blackbird by Brynne Weaver

dark funny lighthearted relaxing fast-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

3.5

Don't Fear the Reaper by Stephen Graham Jones

dark mysterious tense slow-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

3.5

Haunting Adeline by H.D. Carlton

dark medium-paced

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

1.0

The House Across the Lake by Riley Sager

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

Part "Woman in The Window" part 90's R.L. Stein Point Horror, this book was just not it for me. The first portion of the book dragged on for way too long, the Characters (especially our main character) was just not loveable in any way, if I had to hear one more time how Casey was on her third vodka, fourth vodka, or was it eight vodka one more time I would have thrown the book.

Finally FINALLY as the story picks up, things get... weird. Like too weird. I didn't like how incredibly rushed the ending came about. While the first twist was super unpredictable, and also incredibly silly, the second was exactly what you would have guessed about a third through the book, and thats never a good thing in a mystery thriller. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism

Minor: Suicide

The Overnight Guest by Heather Gudenkauf

mysterious tense fast-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

Demon's Beach by Nicole Davidson

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

1.5

Love, Theoretically by Ali Hazelwood

funny hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

4.5

The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale by Jon Klassen

adventurous dark hopeful lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

5.0

Stand Up, Yumi Chung! by Jessica Kim

funny hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

3.5