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390 reviews

The Lost Story by Meg Shaffer

adventurous hopeful lighthearted slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

3.25

I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman

challenging dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated

4.25

Trial of the Sun Queen by Nisha J. Tuli

3.75

City of Gods and Monsters by Kayla Edwards

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

3.5

The Games Gods Play by Abigail Owen

adventurous funny hopeful inspiring mysterious tense 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? It's complicated

4.0

Just for the Summer by Abby Jimenez

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Gild by Raven Kennedy

dark sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No

2.0

This was a struggle to finish. I do not understand the hype. Felt like it was glorifying / normalizing trauma  and gave me icky feelings throughout. Didn’t like any characters and though I know stuff technically happened, I feel like nothing happened. End scene should have been like 1/3 of the way through the book tbh; maybe it gets better in subsequent books but I will not be reading them 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Violence, Trafficking, Sexual harassment, Classism

Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis by J.D. Vance

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced

4.0

The Songbird & The Heart of Stone by Carissa Broadbent

adventurous dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

All Systems Red by Martha Wells

adventurous challenging mysterious tense 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? Yes

4.0