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237 reviews

Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry

emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad 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? Yes

5.0

It was fun to have all the signature Emily Henry prose with some obvious stretching of the ole narrative wings (or like let people listen to their favorite Taylor Swift songs 18 times and write a novel about it idk). 

Everything is Tuberculosis by John Green

emotional hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

Queen Takes Rose by Katee Robert

emotional hopeful 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

5.0

Maybe the true revenge we take against our enemies is the edging we allow them to do to us along the way. - Aurora 

Mountain Boss by S.J. Tilly

emotional funny fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

SJ Tilly, the author you are. Sterling Black, the directions you could bend me. 

Save Your Breath by Kandi Steiner

emotional funny lighthearted reflective 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

5.0

Kandi Steiner is the only author who can get me to enjoy slow burn. 

Aleks can bend me any which way on any textiled bean bag of his choosing 

The River Has Roots by Amal El-Mohtar

adventurous emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

An incredible story about sisters and transformation and who and what belongs to us. 

I Think They Love You by Julian Winters

emotional funny 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

What a TREAT. 

Slayers, Every One of Us: How One Girl in All the World Showed Us How to Hold On by Kristin Russo, Jenny Owen Youngs

emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

I laughed, I cried, I gasped, I died - twice!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage

Deep End by Ali Hazelwood

5.0

Infinity Alchemist by Kacen Callender

adventurous emotional 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? Yes

4.0