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441 reviews

The Witch and the Vampire by Francesca Flores

adventurous dark emotional medium-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? No

4.0

The Spindle of Fate by Aimee Lim

dark sad fast-paced

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

3.75

The Ballad of Darcy and Russell by Morgan Matson

fast-paced

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

4.0

The Curse of Penryth Hall by Jess Armstrong

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

The Darkness Within Us by Tricia Levenseller

fast-paced

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

4.0

Telephone of the Tree by Alison McGhee

fast-paced

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

2.5

This book was hard to get through. It was way too repetitive, and over explained emotions and thoughts, not giving the reader a chance to think things through themselves. And a few mistakes too. The chapter structure was real weird too. 

The Shadows Between Us by Tricia Levenseller

adventurous dark emotional funny medium-paced

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

4.25

The Rom-Commers by Katherine Center

medium-paced

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

2.0

It was cute at first, but then there was so much tell instead of show. The cliche of the guy who is too strong for emotions, and the girl who doesn’t understand when he does love her. Plus, the problem with first person of over explaining of emotions, or reminding us the traumas they’ve been through every 20 pages. 

 A few baffling moments too. The fact that Emma had to explain so much medical stuff to her sister who supposedly had gotten into a medical internship. Also, I know LA is known for its traffic, but at 4am it doesn’t take an hour and 15 minutes to get to LAX from Hollywood. There’s hardly traffic at that hour, it’s the best time to go. 

The audacity for Emma to be so mad at her sister for saying it’s her fault their mom died, right after Emma was blaming Sylvie for their dad’s accident was over dramatic. To then have Sylvie begging for forgiveness later, and Emma apologizing for nothing was terrible. 

I don’t recommend this book. 

Lies and Weddings by Kevin Kwan

fast-paced

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

3.75

A crazy-drama filled ride. Definitely feels like it was written to become a tv show.