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Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros

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

4.75

WTF is that ending!?
These stars are because I was completely gripped by the end, but I am not happy. 
and where the fuck is broccoli?!
And Another Thing... by Eoin Colfer

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 6%.
Had to return it to the library, wasn't as into it as the rest
The Yellow House: A Memoir by Sarah M. Broom

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 9%.
Had to return it to the library, need to borrow it again
A Gathering of Shadows by V.E. Schwab

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adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

Took a little longer to get into than the first book, but it came through! 
A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab

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adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

The Hill We Climb: An Inaugural Poem for the Country by Amanda Gorman

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hopeful fast-paced

5.0

Powerful and beautiful and hopeful, Sadly, more hopefully than I currently feel.
Clytemnestra by Costanza Casati

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adventurous challenging emotional sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Lady Macbeth by Ava Reid

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dark mysterious slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Slow start, love Ava Reid's writing style. The narration is beautiful. Wish I was more familiar with the original play, but that might be why I was able to enjoy this without much comparison. Did want a but more feminine rage...
The Terraformers by Annalee Newitz

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slow-paced
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.0

I really liked this premise, but will need to revisit this again when I'm not so stressed with the world. It was hard to follow.
So Late in the Day: Stories of Women and Men by Claire Keegan

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

4.0

Quick read, collection of 3 shirt stories, so complex, with zero likable characters but compelling all the same. Misogyny runs rampant.