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Days at the Morisaki Bookshop by Satoshi Yagisawa

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hopeful lighthearted relaxing 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

3.0

The Water Outlaws by S.L. Huang

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adventurous challenging dark hopeful informative inspiring 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? Yes

4.0

Kiss and Spell by Celestine Martin

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hopeful lighthearted relaxing slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? N/A
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.0

I was skimming.
Everyone's Thinking It by Aleema Omotoni

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funny hopeful reflective slow-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

3.0

I feel like the mystery aspect was an afterthought and I wish Kitan and Iyanu had more interactions like why were we half way through the book and they had still barely spoken to one another.
I did like everything else though and it was a good read
The Mirror Season by Anna-Marie McLemore

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dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

Queen of the Tiles by Hanna Alkaf

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challenging dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious reflective tense fast-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

3.0

I think Mark got off a little too easy but I liked everything else about this book.
The God and the Gumiho by Sophie Kim

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adventurous funny lighthearted tense fast-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

2.5

It is very tropey and the main characters have only a little bit of personality and I don’t really know why they like each other. When they were together it was cute and stressful cause of Hani’s lies plus the second half of the book was so good with the way it all came together. I like that our main characters weren’t just flat out good guys but were having to deal with the consequences of their own actions.
The main characters are kinda dumb though and Seokga is a little bit of a flop. There were also little nuggets of interesting characteristics with his character like him feeling banished from every home, his jealousy of his brother, not being able to stop his nature of being a trickster (I feel like the author had a crush on Loki) etc.
Also what the hell is the second book going to be about. I thought it was gonna end with Hani ending up in hell and in the second book Seokga was going to have to break her out of there.
This Monster Wants to Eat Me, Vol. 2 by Sai Naekawa

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

3.5

Give me the next volume now!!!
A Little Kissing Between Friends by Chencia C. Higgins

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hopeful lighthearted fast-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

3.5