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172 reviews

The Woman in Me by Britney Spears

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective fast-paced

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

3.75

Sunshine Nails by Mai Nguyen

funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

4.0

Where Sleeping Girls Lie by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Sexual assault, Suicide, Toxic relationship, and Grief

A Tempest of Tea by Hafsah Faizal

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.75

Great premise but I struggled with the pacing.

Something More by Jackie Khalilieh

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

Absolutely fantastic 

Weightless: Making Space for My Resilient Body and Soul by Evette Dionne

challenging emotional funny informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.5

Airplane Mode: An Irreverent History of Travel by Shahnaz Habib

slow-paced

2.75

Infinity Alchemist by Kacen Callender

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

2.5

It started off strong but I lost a lot of interest in the third act. Really loved Ash’s character.

Legendborn by Tracy Deonn

adventurous emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0