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85 reviews

Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett

adventurous funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

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

4.5

Truly what I was looking for in this book. I enjoyed the dynamic between the 2 main characters and the fact that there are so many kind of fairies of different cultures and rituals and all that.. I think this will become a comfort read

City of Nightmares by Rebecca Schaeffer

4.0

Interesting

This Place Is Still Beautiful by XiXi Tian

hopeful informative reflective sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

Beautiful and emotional. A must read imo

Song of Silver, Flame Like Night by Amélie Wen Zhao

adventurous challenging emotional reflective 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

3.5

Although the characters and story are interesting enough for me to continue with the serious, I felt it was a bit confusing.

In the Lives of Puppets by TJ Klune

adventurous emotional funny hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

As much as I loved this and it made me laugh out loud and it made me feel like I was being hugged, there is one thing that bothers me (and it could be considered a spoiler): usually in the media asexuality is associated with robots and stuff like that. So having an asexual character was great! But having him falling in love with a robot bothered me. I think it would be better not to have a romance than to represent an asexual being in love with, basically, a being with no gender as if that is the option that asexual people have. I know that the book is not “be all” but it still bothers me

Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross

emotional hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

In love with everything about this book and story

Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious 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

3.5

Very entertaining! 

The Last Tale of the Flower Bride by Roshani Chokshi

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I am in complete awe with this book! It is exactly like a fairytale should be. Wonderful, dreaming and scary and dark. And even the end.. at first I was like “I don’t like the endjng” but then I realised that I exactly how a fairytale should end and it is just incredible. Definitely already one of my favourites of this year.

Blood Scion by Deborah Falaye

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-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? No

4.0

Not an easy read, but an important one. The magic system was very interesting and the characters were very distinct and strong. The only thing that I wasn’t a fan of (and that might be consider a minor spoiler) is that the group had to keep fighting against each other. Once I understand, twice I can be kinda okay with it, but by the third time I was wondering if the superiors would end up with any recruits since they were always fighting each other to the death. But still, that was the only thing. Really can’t wait for the next instalment in the series!

Long Live the Pumpkin Queen by Shea Ernshaw

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

Very entertaining and it’s good to be back into this world