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Elektra by Jennifer Saint

dark tense slow-paced

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

2.75

I really really wanted to love this book but despite the fact it’s called Elektra, is three different characters and one doesn’t add much to the story 

The Winter of the Witch by Katherine Arden

adventurous challenging dark slow-paced

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

3.0

Overall the full story get 4 stars but each books seemed a little lack luster, but that could be because I haven never read Russian fairy tails before 

You Know Me Well by David Levithan, Nina LaCour

3.0

The Girl in The Tower by Katherine Arden

3.0

Timberdark by Darren Charlton

challenging dark emotional sad slow-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? It's complicated

3.5

Not as good as Wranglestone, and not quiet the ending I was expecting but it still made me cry

The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden

adventurous tense slow-paced

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

3.0

Hold Still by Nina LaCour

emotional sad medium-paced

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

3.0

Midnight Ruin by Katee Robert

dark fast-paced

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

2.0

Listen I understand that going into a romance novel, romance is literally the point of it. I don’t like romance novels but dark Olympus has a choke hold on me. The world and politics Katee has created is wonderful, however this book just wasn’t it. It was chapter after chapter after chapter of “I want this man/woman” and smut. That was it. As for progression of the world building maybe five chapters mattered. 
AGAIN I know that reading a romance novel kinda requires the romance but the other 5 books in the series were so much better 

Her Radiant Curse by Elizabeth Lim

adventurous challenging emotional sad 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? Yes

4.5

All That's Left in the World by Erik J. Brown

emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0