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If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo

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emotional hopeful inspiring tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

It's a teenage story about a teenage girl coming to a new town and making friends in her new high school, with a twist: she's trans, this is the South, so she's being stealthy.

The story is lovely, she makes fast friends and has lovely relationships 🥰, but there's also really hard moments (transphobia, past suicidal attempts, bullying). It felt right for me to read the story now, but please be careful of your mindset while reading the book. I still recommend it for a realistic book about a trans girl who has a stereotypical highschool experience.
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Homage to Catalonia by George Orwell

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adventurous informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

Really interesting to learn about the Spanish War from an insider's perspective!
De vloek van de titaan by Rick Riordan

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adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

De Zee van Monsters by Rick Riordan

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adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced
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4.0

De Bliksemdief by Rick Riordan

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

5.0

I love Ruben Brinkman's narration!
Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

I love finnick odair and that's all i can say
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

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adventurous dark emotional tense 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

This is the first YA book i read and i really enjoyed revisiting it. 
I highly recommend the audio version with Tatiana Maslany (free on spotify/deezer in certain countries), she's an amazing narrator!
Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender

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

3.0

Okay, cool, a book featuring a trans guy, that's reallyamaving. But. The story is extremely trope-y and maybe i'm too old/jaded to enjoy it?
Touch of Iron by Timandra Whitecastle

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 3%.
stopped because thereare too many unbearable tropes of old fantasy books in the first chapter alone
- the girl is told by her brother to make camp (sexist jerk)
- she's subjected to oggling and leering by people who capture her (sexist and machist trope)

and now i realize i also didn't read past the first chapter of Queen of the Wyrd, by the same author. Makes sense, really.
Fireheart Tiger by Aliette de Bodard

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  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.75

This is a story of politics and toxic relationships, of hurt, trauma and care. (And sapphic characters, and a fire elemental!) As always, the characters are complex, they're not perfect but they do their best to deal with their trauma and bad relationships. 🧡