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243 reviews

mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

Way too much going on with chicks on the side and John Lee suddenly lacking a lot of agency. Give me one romantic subplot, please. Also a lot of n-word cropping up that nobody ever gets called on, despite some lip service to social justice issues regarding race in the deep South. Some parts seemed extraneously detailed, maybe as a means of stretching out the story. Overall, not the worst book I've ever read, but that will be the only one of this series that I will ever read.

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The Knowledge Gap: The Hidden Cause of America's Broken Education System—And How to Fix It by Natalie Wexler

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hopeful informative inspiring fast-paced

5.0

We Could Be So Good by Cat Sebastian

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challenging hopeful reflective 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

The Watchmaker's Daughter by C.J. Archer

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 65%.

Too much damsel in distress and too much man withholding information for her "safety".

The Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen by KJ Charles

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

Undone by Leslie McAdam

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emotional hopeful inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.5

The Gentleman's Book of Vices by Jess Everlee

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adventurous dark emotional reflective 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

Booklover by J.E. Birk

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emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective 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

One of the cutest romances I've read in a while, while also being realistic/believable. Super recommend!!

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Aftermath by L.A. Witt

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emotional inspiring reflective slow-paced

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

2.0

I always struggle with L.A. Witt's books. The dialogue and internal monologue get repetitive, the plot is so slow, and the characters never really develop into people I would care about. The romance is also pretty flat and feels somewhat forced in places. Lots of "our gazes met" going on. If it wasn't my goal to read all of the V&V books in order, I wouldn't have bothered with this one.

The Quarter Storm by Veronica G. Henry

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adventurous mysterious slow-paced

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

2.5

While it was interesting to get a mystery story from the POV of a fairly unusual literary character, the pace was tedious and the detail were sometimes too irrelevant to the storyline for this book to be interesting from a plot perspective. I finished it because I was too far in to not finish it, but I don't have an interest in picking up the sequel.

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xcampuskiddo's reviews 243 reviews

xcampuskiddo's reviews
243 reviews