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402 reviews

Say You'll Remember Me by Abby Jimenez

challenging emotional hopeful lighthearted reflective 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? No

4.5

Love love love this! 

Naruto: Sasuke's Story--Sunrise by Masashi Kishimoto

adventurous hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.0

Sakura's Story: Love Riding on the Spring Breeze by Masashi Kishimoto, Tomohito Ohsaki

adventurous challenging hopeful 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? No

4.5

The Fall Risk by Abby Jimenez

funny hopeful lighthearted 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? No

4.75

Very fast read. Fun valentines novella with cute characters and fun premise of being stuck in her apartment for a whole day or so with her neighbour so she becomes fast friends with him and they fall in love. So light and airy 

Shikamaru's Story: A Cloud Drifting in the Silent Dark by Masashi Kishimoto, Takashi Yano

adventurous challenging tense fast-paced

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

4.75

 I really enjoyed this. I mostly read all of these light novels cause I love the characters so it is very character based but with plot. If you love the anime you'll love the novels too obviously. Gotta love the sharp minded Shikamaru.

 

Deadly Desires by Ashley McKnight

adventurous challenging dark mysterious fast-paced

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

3.75

Love in the Dark by Raja Savage, Hazel Banks

adventurous challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Pub Date: April 30th, 2025
Format: Kindle
Genre: Dark Romance/Psychological Thriller/Erotica

This is a novella that follows Azazel and Cherrie. The love between these twisted characters isn’t dark but the circumstances in which they do love each other is. They are both killers and it isn’t really plot heavy. Just a lot of smut and killing but I loved it and it was so fun and a quick read.

Hitched: A Dark Hitchhiker Romance by Lauren Biel

dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

This was really good. It’s a hitchhiker dark romance and it’s very spicy! Not very much plot tbh but it’s just a good spicy time lol. If you love that kinda thing I recommend this. The audiobook was great I just didn’t like Selena very much she just got annoying. Fun times though. 

Beautiful Exile by Catherine Cowles

challenging dark emotional hopeful 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? No

5.0

Loved this omg! 

Obsession by Lucy O'Callaghan

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.25

This was alright. I really got annoyed with Peter omg u wanted to throw him away lol. This isn’t the worst thing I read and the ending really was interesting. This is about a stalker and it follows two different story lines. One is about Rachel and Peter who he’s the creep and she works with him and the other is of Rachel’s husband Conor and a woman named Grace who is from his past and everything comes together by the ending but really not my favorite. Could have been way more adventurous and creepy and just all around more fun. That’s just me though.