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227 reviews

Catfish Rolling by Clara Kumagai

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective sad 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

3.5

The Pairing by Casey McQuiston

emotional funny lighthearted 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

4.0

Went into this one fully prepared to not like it because of the mixed reviews I’ve been seeing, but I ate it up. This one probably isn’t for everyone, but it definitely was for me.

Notes on an Execution by Danya Kukafka

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

The Deep by Rivers Solomon

challenging dark emotional sad fast-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

3.25

Really fascinating concept. Beautiful prose. Simply not long enough to grab me.

Romancing Mister Bridgerton by Julia Quinn

emotional funny lighthearted medium-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

3.0

Bros who just got back from study abroad really do be exactly the same across time. 

Hell Followed with Us by Andrew Joseph White

challenging dark 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? Yes

5.0

Holy shit. 

It took me a minute to get into the YA dystopian swing of things (just not my genre these days) but once I did, I absolutely devoured this beautiful, bloody, disgusting thing. Read the latter half in one sitting and now I have a whole lot of Feelings™. 

I will be thinking about this one for the rest of my life.

Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery by Brom

dark emotional mysterious tense 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

5.0

GOOD. FOR. HER. 

Priest by Sierra Simone

dark emotional medium-paced

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

2.5

I can’t decide if this was worse or better than I thought it’d be honestly. 

Did I like this? Debatable. Will I eventually read the rest of the series because a good defrocking feeds something weird deep down in my ex-Catholic soul? Probably.

An Offer From a Gentleman by Julia Quinn

emotional lighthearted medium-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

3.0

The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang

emotional hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted fast-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