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Bloodmarked by Tracy Deonn

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adventurous inspiring 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

amazing! a great sequel to legendborn!! 

i love how tracy deonn handled bree’s connection with her ancestors with rootcraft and her struggle with controlling it. it reminds me a lot of growing up with a spiritual mother, but not understanding anything she did.

this series really is for all the black girls who love fantasy 💗 read it!!

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Wilder Girls by Rory Power

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dark mysterious tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0


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Rez Ball by Byron Graves

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

4.0

I don’t usually read sports books, as I’ve never really cared for sports outside of track, but I decided to give this one a go. As my first sports fiction book, I think it did a good job.

The book is about an Ojibwe teenager named Tre Braun, whose older brother died in a car accident a year ago. As a way to keep his memory going, he invests his time into playing basketball and eventually works his way up the basketball ranks. His main goal is for his high school team to make it to the state championship, as they would be first Native team to do so.

I was a bit surprised at how enjoyable this book was. While it does mainly focus on basketball, there’s plenty of moments where it focuses on Tre’s life as a teenager on a reservation. It was quite a refresher to go from tense basketball games to Tre dealing with average teenage things. Dealing with the grief of losing his brother, romance, parties.

Though, there was only one subplot I felt was unnecessary. While I do love Khiana, I feel her heavy presence in the first half of the book was a bit unnecessary. She pretty much only existed to be Tre’s love interest, and once that wasn’t happening she very quickly became a background character. And I feel having Tre fall out with Wes over Khiana could’ve been removed from the story and nothing would’ve changed. Wes would still do his documentary clips, and he’d still contact Slam Magazine.


Overall, I’m giving this book four stars. Despite not knowing any basketball terms while reading this book, it wasn’t hard to figure out the general gist of things. Decent plot, enjoyable writing style, and characters I adore give this a solid rating in my book. <3

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My Mechanical Romance by Alexene Farol Follmuth

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challenging hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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


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Star Splitter by Matthew J. Kirby

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adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.25


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The Atlas Paradox by Olivie Blake

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 47%.
felt like it was going nowhere. there are so many subplots going on that the main plot, the main concept we were introduced to in the atlas six was just lost. 

very disappointing, i wish it lived up to the concept :(
Poison for Breakfast by Lemony Snicket

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 33%.
it was just a yap fest tbh

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Friday I'm in Love by Camryn Garrett

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hopeful inspiring lighthearted fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0


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A Dirty War by Anna Politkovskaya

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 15%.
couldnt get invested into it. will return to it one day :(
The Symposium by Plato

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 23%.
i should have listened when they said read it in one sitting :( i started it a month ago then stopped and came back to it, and it was so confusing i didnt want to re read the entire thing tho.

will come back when im more prepared <3