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En los zapatos de Valeria by Elísabet Benavent

adventurous challenging emotional funny fast-paced

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

4.5

"Aún no estaba preparada para enfrentarme a todo lo que esa novela tenía que decir de mí. Me había costado mucho ponerme, realmente, en los zapatos de Valeria."



idc pero yo quiero a Valeria y Victor juntos 🤞🏻 

Shared by Kate Hawthorne

adventurous emotional fast-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

3.75

"It had taken me more than three years to get through them, but I knew the prize was waiting on the other side. And I found it over and over again in the way he smiled at me as we said our vows, and in the promise of his kiss when we sealed them in front of the clerk."



This was the best one, just wished it had more angst but oh well. 

Bound by Kate Hawthorne

adventurous emotional lighthearted medium-paced

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

2.0

"Every star, every handprint, every stripe was proof of my vows to him made real. Every kiss to him, and from him to me, a promise. A promise for our future and for our past."




it really really bothered me how both mmcs were lawyers and yet they went 15 YEARS NOT KNOWING THEY WERE MARRIED, LIKE ?????????????????????????? 

Praised by Kate Hawthorne

adventurous emotional medium-paced

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

3.0

"He looked like he could have been an angel.
He looked like he would have been my downfall.
Given the chance." 

Edged by Kate Hawthorne

adventurous emotional medium-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

2.25

“You’re my dream come true.”

Humbled by Kate Hawthorne

adventurous emotional lighthearted fast-paced

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

3.0

“Sometimes when you look at me, I feel humbled. And sometimes you make me feel triumphant.
Like you won a game?
Like I won you.” 

Float by Kate Marchant

emotional funny medium-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? It's complicated

3.0

"I stopped for a moment. Felt the wind on my face. Took a deep breath. Smelled the ocean. Sometimes—when we’re very lucky—we realize we’re somewhere we’ll always remember while we’re still standing there."



Kinda cringy but kinda sweet too...
 

The Tearsmith by Erin Doom

adventurous emotional slow-paced

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

2.0

"We were the end and the beginning of a single story – eternal and inseparable, Rigel and I, a star and a sky, scratches and Band-Aids: together, a constellation of shivers. Together…right from the start."



This should've been, at least, 200 pages shorter actually, if not more. 

Erasure by Percival Everett

challenging emotional reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

5.0

"Had I by annihilating my own presence actually asserted the individuality of Stagg Leigh? Or was it the book itself that had given him life? There he was for public scrutiny and the public was loving him. What would happen if I tired of holding my breath, if I had to come up for air? Would I have to kill Stagg to silence him? And what did it mean that I was even thinking of Stagg as having agency? What did it mean that I could put those questions to myself? Of course, it meant nothing and so, it meant everything." 

Eileen by Ottessa Moshfegh

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

"In a week, I would run away from home and never go back. This is the story of how I disappeared."