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334 reviews

The Dark Mirror by Samantha Shannon

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adventurous dark funny mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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

I don't even have words man, what a book- pay for my therepy Samantha Shannon. NOW!!!!
This Could Be Us by Kennedy Ryan

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emotional funny hopeful reflective sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

Nevermind THIS is my favourite romance novel bar none. I adore Soledad so much and her journey of discovery to find and love herself was so wonderful. Judah is fantastic as a love interest and the autism rep here was fantastic! I love that Soledad's mother gets the final thoughts of the book, really weirdly devastating in a way but also beautiful. I will say a touch overly long but honestly I barely noticed LOL
Before I Let Go by Kennedy Ryan

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dark emotional funny hopeful sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This is the best romance book i've ever read, hands down. The discussion and time actually spent on grief and recovery was so good and made the romance so believable! Just lovely all around, so excited to continue.
Witch Crag by Kate Cann

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dark emotional funny tense 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? Yes

4.5

Listen, is this book 4.5 stars? Probably not. Is it very near and dear to my heart? Absolutely. Reading this as a girl really did so much for me. I adore how fleshed out this world is and I adore that Kita is so bitter and nasty at points, more female main characters like her please! And I love the romance so much- so peak. Great messaging about living together and accepting others too!
Rules We Break by J. Wilder

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fast-paced

2.5

Yup more of the same!
Queer by William S. Burroughs

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

2.0

This is such a strange book to review- it's clearly very well written and there are parts that appealed to me greatly (the last chatper in particular moved me) however it's so deeply unenjoyable to read that I can't give it anymore than 2 stars. Maybe I just need to read Junky for this to make sense.
The Reptile Room by Lemony Snicket

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3.5

Review incoming!
Rules Of Our Own by J. Wilder

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emotional funny 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? Yes

3.25

This was totally, completely fine! Not the worst of this type of romance novel and I did enjoy the bisexual awakening.
Dearly Devoted Dexter by Jeff Lindsay

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dark emotional funny tense slow-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

3.0

For a book as short as this fuck me does it have serious pacing issues. Also Dexter is fun to read from but he yaps so much it genuinely gets in the way of the machinations of the book I wish he'd just shut up sometimes. Extremely fucked up bad guy which I did enjoy however, really like how it tied into Doakes backstory.
Chainsaw Man, Vol. 19 by Tatsuki Fujimoto

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dark emotional sad 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? Yes

4.0

Oh this volume might actually be evil. Fantastic panelling and art as always.