sydscreams's reviews
48 reviews

Bloom by Kevin Panetta

emotional hopeful relaxing 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? Yes

5.0

Coal Gets in Your Veins by Cat Rector

dark emotional hopeful relaxing slow-paced

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

5.0

GOD THIS BOOK. dark and hopeful and emotional and calming but tense. I don’t think I have the words for it. A true favorite now. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia

Moderate: Gun violence

Minor: Sexual assault

That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Demon by Kimberly Lemming

funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

3.0

Honeybloods by I.S. Belle

adventurous emotional fast-paced

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

5.0

A Little Bit Country by Brian D. Kennedy

hopeful lighthearted 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

3.75

Can't Spell Treason Without Tea by Rebecca Thorne

adventurous emotional hopeful lighthearted relaxing slow-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

5.0

Icebreaker by A.L. Graziadei

adventurous emotional funny hopeful tense 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? Yes

5.0

An Enchantment of Ravens by Margaret Rogerson

5.0

A Bone in His Teeth by Kellen Graves

challenging dark emotional 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Violence, Grief, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Slavery, Blood, Kidnapping, Death of parent

The Prisoner's Throne by Holly Black

adventurous emotional 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

5.0