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House of Frank by Kay Synclaire

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• 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

House of Frank is a beautiful and heartfelt discussion and reflection on grief. Saika is a witch haunted by the loss of her sister, and finally decides to fulfill her final wishes, to be put to rest at Ash Gardens Arboretum to be turned into a tree. In the process she meets the brother cherubs Merry and Morose, the lovely and artistic Hilde an architectural witch, the chipper and bright Evette a fairy cook, Phil resident ghost, Frank a large beast of a mythical creature wearing a cardigan, and the half gargoyle half witch groundskeeper Olivie, Oli to her friends. 

The book is amazing, the characters are bright and vibrant and lovely, you'll laugh you'll cry a bit, and then you'll probably cry some more. It's a lovely discussion on grief and how it affects us all and leads us to do some fairly crazy things.  I couldn't stop reading this book. Please read it.

Hello, I am a Witch and my Crush Wants me to Make a Love Potion! Volume 2 by Eiko Mutsuhana

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

4.0

Hello, I am a Witch and my Crush Wants me to Make a Love Potion! by Eiko Mutsuhana

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

4.0

Pretty cute short read.

Uprooted by Naomi Novik

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

4.5

Agnieszka didn't know she was a witch until the day of the choosing. The Dragon Sarkan was coming to choose which of the young girls of the valley would fill the role he needed them to for 10 years, but Agnieszka threw a wrench in those plans. Now she needs to learn how to be a witch, being taught magic that she doesn't quite understand, and deal with the corrupted Wood threatening to devour her home. Can she save Polnya?

7th Time Loop: The Villainess Enjoys a Carefree Life Married to Her Worst Enemy! Vol. 6 by Touko Amekawa

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

5.0

Another excellent installment of this series. It's great everyone needs to read it. 

7th Time Loop: The Villainess Enjoys a Carefree Life Married to Her Worst Enemy! Vol. 5 by Touko Amekawa

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

5.0

7th Time Loop: The Villainess Enjoys a Carefree Life Married to Her Worst Enemy! Vol. 4 by Touko Amekawa

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5.0

Another excellent installment. 
In this one we learn more about Rishe's fifth life as she lived as a Hunter, but that's not all it seems. There's intrigue with two foreign powers as a power struggle almost turns deadly. You'll need to read to find out more.

7th Time Loop: The Villainess Enjoys a Carefree Life Married to Her Worst Enemy! Vol. 3 by Touko Amekawa

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

5.0

Another lovely installment in this series. Rishe and Arnold go to get her former engagement to Prince Dietrich Anulled, but Rishe runs into some familiar faces in the process. We learn more about Rishe's life as a maid and Prince Arnold's childhood. 

7th Time Loop: The Villainess Enjoys a Carefree Life Married to Her Worst Enemy! Vol. 2 by Touko Amekawa

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5.0

We meet more people from Rishe's past lives. Her goal is as resolute as ever to live past 20 and to learn as much about Arnold Hein as possible.

7th Time Loop: The Villainess Enjoys a Carefree Life Married to Her Worst Enemy! Vol. 1 by Touko Amekawa

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5.0

Rishe is the daughter of a Duke to be married to the crown prince of her country, or so she thought. Standing before the crown prince at what was supposed to be their engagement party she finds herself suddenly exiled with no place to go. She decided to live on and becomes a merchant traveling the world. However only 5 short years later she finds herself dead, only to wake up right back in front of the crown prince?! This happens 5 more times each time her life takes a different path, apothecary, maid, herbalist, rogue, and eventually a knight. Each life ending about 5 years after it loops. This time as she flees the palace she runs into her would be murderer in her most recent life, Arnold Hein the crown prince of a neighboring realm, a vicious emporer when they met in her last life, he seems to have taken a liking to her I. This one declaring that he would like to marry her. 
Rishe is intent on surviving to live a long and lazy life this time, and decides to go along with it to possibly prevent the war Arnold will unleash if left unchecked. Is he truly the monster he proves to be in each of her previous lives? Rishe will find out or die trying.