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209 reviews

Late Bloomer by Mazey Eddings

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emotional hopeful reflective 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

5.0

A tender, generous hug of a book. 
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The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley

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adventurous emotional informative reflective tense medium-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

5.0

Incredible. Triumphant. Remarkable. 
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Truly, Madly, Deeply by Alexandria Bellefleur

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emotional funny hopeful 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

I adored this book. The airport metaphor about queer folks in straight presenting relationships + the spice. MY GOODNESS. 
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Five Broken Blades by Mai Corland

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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
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

A jumpscare of a why choose, to wit, “if you can’t dazzle them with brilliance (sprayed edges, gorgeous end pages, stamped foil covers), baffle them with bullshit (almost no world building, scant magic system, rampant anachronism, a major twist that isn’t telegraphed really AT ALL despite first person POV, & FADE TO BLACK/OPAQUE SEX SCENES). 
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The Roommate Risk by Talia Hibbert

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emotional funny hopeful medium-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

An absolutely perfect read: friends to lovers, SEVEN YEARS OF PINING, forced proximity, bossy in the bedroom shy accountant MMC, & a really thoughtful exploration of attachment and family of origin impact. And honey the SPICE. The scene outside the arcade?🥵🥵🥵Rahul & Jasmine 4ever. 
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Guarding Temptation by Talia Hibbert

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emotional funny tense medium-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

Love a good bodyguard moment with a radical bad ass FMC. 
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A Reign of Rose by Kate Golden

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adventurous emotional mysterious 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

4.75

A great end to the trilogy! Meandered a little in the middle but otherwise very satisfying. I’ll miss Kane and Arwen - but very interested in that vampire gentleman…
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The Titanic Survivors Book Club: A Novel by Timothy Schaffert

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emotional reflective sad fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

I thought a lot of the meditations on survival, books, & community were lovely. All the more so the really immersive, decadent prose. I am *not* a love triangle girly but I did appreciate the queer element to this one. I wish we’d stayed with the other “survivors” for more of the narrative. 
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Funny Story by Emily Henry

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emotional funny hopeful lighthearted fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

Trademark Emily Henry sharp banter, pitch perfect scene setting, main characters I would enlist in the army for…

And featuring: making out during a Fast & Furious movie! Family of origin trauma impacting attachment! Chardonnay redemption arcs! Mr Tumnus crushes! Library love!
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There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension by Hanif Abdurraqib

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emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

5.0

Abdurraqib’s pitch perfect poetic prose winds its way through meditations on home, place, love, death, hate, fear, fury and, of course, basketball. 
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