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390 reviews

Lovely Bad Things by Trisha Wolfe

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Sexual content, Blood, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Crank Palace by James Dashner

adventurous dark emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

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

3.0

Sweet Nightmare by Tracy Wolff

dark lighthearted mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.0

Vandemere by Kimberley D. Tait

challenging dark funny lighthearted mysterious slow-paced

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

2.0

Yea....This book didn't make any sense to be quite honest. I felt there was just a bunch of jargon and an angsty teenage boy throwing his anger out towards the world.

There were some parts that were quite humorous

teenage boys being horndogs is great lol

I listened to the audiobook and the narrator was pretty okay. I was just tired of hearing Vandy, he's definitely not a reliable main character. I don't plan on reading book two.

Thank you Netgalley for allowing me to listen to the book.  Though my thoughts on the books are honest and true, I give the author the best of luck.

River Woman, River Demon by Jennifer Givhan
Did not finish book. Stopped at 13%.

 Right off the bat, I was not having with the Eva. Her so called "sister", god mother gets murked and first thing she wants to do is cover up the body?...So much for caring for her like crap. What in the actual hell. I'm not even mad that she's suspecting her husband, I don't fault her for it because in the end, we as readers don't know if its true or not.

Then, scenes moves along to then meet with the detective....and she's not going to get a lawyer? Rule number one, ALWAYS get a lawyer whether or not you're innocent. That's where I stopped because I couldn't stand being in Eva's head.

As much as I wanted to continue out of pure nosiness, I had to stop and just looked at the reviews to see what happened. And looks like I was right, this book is not good and is very similar to Don't You Dare. 

Great and Precious Things by Rebecca Yarros

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

Spice 🌶

I really enjoyed the book! I actually really like childhood friends to lovers tropes. Its one of my favorites. There wasn't a HUGE miscommunications for once LIKE YES. The story was really just damn good like wtf.

Few things I didn't like was the small town politics. Gotta <i>love</i> it when there's politics everywhere. It it what it is because that's just reality. 

The unexpected plot twist was...unexpected.

I knew Xander was sus, but I didn't think it was THAT kind of sus, you know? Pushing Willow down was NOT on my suspect list. The fire? Maybe

Ink Blood Sister Scribe by Emma Törzs

adventurous challenging informative mysterious slow-paced

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

2.25

I liked the overall story. I personally felt the pacing was too long and very vey slow. To get from A to B too forever. Wasn't the whole point of the book were the sisters to come together to solve a magic mystery? (not a spoiler, its literally what the book summary says) So why did it take 75% of the book for them to finally meet?

That was my biggest gripe throughout the whole thing. Sure I get the author wanted to bring some conflict inbetween....I just thought it would happen when the sisters were together, not separated. 

Winter Turning by Tui T. Sutherland

adventurous challenging funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

Summer Heat by AR Taboo

dark lighthearted fast-paced

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

3.0

Prison Christmas with Daddy by AR Taboo

dark lighthearted fast-paced

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

2.0