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A Not So Prince Charming by Jennifer Chipman
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Full review to come
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Sexual content, and Alcohol
Moderate: Abandonment
The Eternity Cure by Julie Kagawa
adventurous
dark
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
4.0
The second book in the series, took me two years from reading the first one to pick this up and as I read it I remembered what I loved and didn't. This book was a great story all on it's own of a vampire trying to save both their race and the human one from a disease that attacks them both - and the added plot of the overarching trilogy was great.
I'm not putting spoilers here for this because 1: second book, and 2: it's my review but I really don't like Allie & Zeke as a couple. Maybe I'm just a little over the vampirexhuman relationship if one of them doesn't WANT to also be a vampire. Oh well, we'll see how it all plays out.
really want to know how Sarren avoided Rabids while carrying Kanin in a body bag through the DC sewers and lab
Jackal being like 'no please kiss while i bleed out it's fine' made me actually laugh out loud I love scenes like that
I KNEW SARREN DIDN'T KILL HIM! I think he'll be turned and that's why the third book is FOREVER song, also because Sarren wants them to sing like birds - can't wait to see if I'm right about that....
I'm not putting spoilers here for this because 1: second book, and 2: it's my review but I really don't like Allie & Zeke as a couple. Maybe I'm just a little over the vampirexhuman relationship if one of them doesn't WANT to also be a vampire. Oh well, we'll see how it all plays out.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Torture, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic
Moderate: Gun violence, Vomit, War, and Injury/Injury detail
the mermaid's voice returns in this one by Amanda Lovelace
The pain of pulling yourself back together is hard, this book I feel really captured that but also showed the beauty in the pain.
emotional
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
4.25
i write what i write to heal me
The pain of pulling yourself back together is hard, this book I feel really captured that but also showed the beauty in the pain.
Content Warnings
Minor: Sexual assault and Toxic relationship
the witch doesn't burn in this one by Amanda Lovelace
as a woman in the US this hits harder than I thought it would, but truly we will survive those trying to attack us. This poetry story is my favorite of all three in the set.
emotional
fast-paced
4.5
i may not survive the match-boys, but my bitch-fire will survive them all
as a woman in the US this hits harder than I thought it would, but truly we will survive those trying to attack us. This poetry story is my favorite of all three in the set.
YOU DON'T TEACH, THEY DON'T LEARN
Content Warnings
Moderate: Sexual assault and Toxic relationship
Minor: Death of parent
the princess saves herself in this one by Amanda Lovelace
I really like this poetry collection and the story that it told. Also the way it was laid out made it easy to read and engross yourself into it.
emotional
inspiring
fast-paced
4.25
i didn't realize i could be my own knight
I really like this poetry collection and the story that it told. Also the way it was laid out made it easy to read and engross yourself into it.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Death of parent
O Come All Ye Newlyweds by Sierra Simone, Julie Murphy
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
lol so cute
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content and Excrement
A Holly Jolly Ever After by Sierra Simone, Julie Murphy
emotional
funny
lighthearted
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? It's complicated
4.75
Full review to come
Content Warnings
Graphic: Miscarriage, Sexual content, Blood, Medical content, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Vomit and Abandonment
A Not So Silent Night by Sierra Simone, Julie Murphy
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
What a cute little bit of extra scenes for Bee & Nolan.
If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio
This book threw me for a bit. I liked it, but sometimes the characters did things that just felt so odd to me that I think it took some of my enjoyment. Also the way it was an open ending and left too much to the imagination. Like, was he going to buy a ticket or just live with the uncertainty?
The Shakespeare aspect to the book was interesting because I don't know his works that well, so trying to understand what they are saying some of the time was difficult to me.
I knew it was going to be Richard or James dead and that possibly the other was who did it
understanding now why James was so intent to get him out of the water, it was the guilt driving him
can't decide if Richard's 'queer' comment was homophobic or just him being like 'the closet is made of glass'
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
There is no comfort like complicity.
This book threw me for a bit. I liked it, but sometimes the characters did things that just felt so odd to me that I think it took some of my enjoyment. Also the way it was an open ending and left too much to the imagination. Like, was he going to buy a ticket or just live with the uncertainty?
The Shakespeare aspect to the book was interesting because I don't know his works that well, so trying to understand what they are saying some of the time was difficult to me.
We were so easily manipulated - confusion made a masterpiece of us.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Death, Drug use, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Bullying, Drug abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Violence, Vomit, and Toxic friendship
Stranger Things: Suspicious Minds: The First Official Stranger Things Novel by Gwenda Bond
Did not finish book. Stopped at 3%.
Did not finish book. Stopped at 3%.
so very selfishly i hate the storyline with 008 in it so I don't want to read this, the writing that I did get through was great...but I can't do her