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225 reviews
How to End a Love Story by Yulin Kuang
emotional
funny
hopeful
sad
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
5.0
Helen Sun, Grant Moon, Nicole rising.
Idk I resisted reading this book because the premise felt too brutal for a romance and what is brutal is the punch I would deliver to my last self for thinking that this book was so forking good.
Idk I resisted reading this book because the premise felt too brutal for a romance and what is brutal is the punch I would deliver to my last self for thinking that this book was so forking good.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Suicide, and Grief
Moderate: Drug use and Abandonment
Minor: Alcohol
The Naming Song by Jedediah Berry
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
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
Studio Ghibli & Book of Love & Night Circus & Divine Rivals & Book of Night & Babel & Steampunk.
Out on a Limb by Hannah Bonam-Young
emotional
funny
hopeful
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
5.0
I would like to have both Bo and Winnifred’s baby, plz.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism, Sexual content, and Pregnancy
Moderate: Cancer, Emotional abuse, and Suicide
Captive Souls by Anne Malcom
dark
emotional
tense
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? Yes
4.0
Shoot this was dark but listen Piper + Knox 4ever
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Blood
Moderate: Addiction and Alcoholism
Things We Burn by Anne Malcom
emotional
hopeful
reflective
tense
fast-paced
5.0
Maybe one of the most accurate to my experience depictions of postpartum I have ever read? I was shook! Daddy Kane & Mommy Avery forever.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Medical content, and Pregnancy
Moderate: Child abuse, Gun violence, and Injury/Injury detail
Second Bite by S.J. Tilly
emotional
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
5.0
Confectionary delight.
Baby Cakes by S.J. Tilly
emotional
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Loveable characters? Yes
5.0
The Paul Hollywood gaze in three acts gimme fourteen of ‘em.
Deep End by Ali Hazelwood
emotional
funny
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? No
5.0
Ali’s best book yet oh I was down so bad ya know what I may exit this review and immediately begin a reread incredible I need it to come out so everyone can talk about it RIGHT MEOW.