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Marvel & Disney: What If...? Mickey & Friends Became The Fantastic Four #1 by Riccardo Secchi, Steve Behling

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adventurous lighthearted fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

Such a cute issue! It was fun and easy to follow. 
Beanie the Bansheenie by Eoin Colfer

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hopeful inspiring reflective 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

Such a beautiful story about loving others and how kindness saves the day!
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War By Other Means: The Pacifists of the Greatest Generation Who Revolutionized Resistance by Daniel Akst

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 7%.
I really wanted to read this book, and I'm sure it's very informative. But as a mom of two young kids who knows very little about this topic, there were just too many names to keep track of. Maybe I can read it another time 
Blind Dates for Lonely Gorgons by Laura Greenwood

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lighthearted medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? N/A
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

Matchmaking with Cupid by Laura Greenwood

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

4.0

Cute valentine's story! I always wish she'd do more world building through!
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Roses are Red, Violence is Blue by Liz Shipton

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

3.5

This was a hard one to rate!! I love the author on TikTok, and it was really funny! But also gritty, and the s3x was too rough for my taste (biting and hair pulling).
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My Bullheaded Superhero Valentine: An Adventures of Lewis and Clarke Novella by Kitty Bucholtz

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adventurous 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? Yes

4.0

This was a really cute novella, although I wish it had been a full book so the characters could have been fleshed out more. They deal with some pretty heavy stuff, and I think the wrap up happened a little too quickly for me.
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The Northern Lights Lodge by Julie Caplin

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 23%.
This book was just too sad. I don't like it when the MC loses EVERYTHING, and Lucy had - her job, her apartment, her self-respect, her peace of mind, literally everything. The author kept alluding to what had happened, and it seemed like perhaps something s3xual at work that was videoed.

I could maybe deal with that, except for all the horrible things that I can already tell are going to be part of the plot: there's a crew filming the lodge of a reality TV segment, and Lucy is panicking that ppl will Google her and realize who she is because of her mysterious video that got her fired. Someone is stealing things from the hotel. The love interest, Alex, is working for the new buyer and is basically lying to her about who he is, which means she will end up feels up betrayed by him. There is just literally nothing going right and too much going wrong for me to want to invest in it. I started reading with a ton of apprehension and I'm not looking for that in a book 

I'd be much more interested in a story about Hekla, one of the employees at the lodge 
Prince of Song & Sea by Linsey Miller

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adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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

4.0

This was such a great story!! I loved the intrigue into Eric's backstory. The only "problem" was that it did feel like the original Disney story was shoe-horned into the book. 

But I loved how the author added to Ariel's personality while she was on land, as well as how she fleshed out Ariel's and Eric's relationship. 
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Caterflies and Ice by Asia Citro

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

4.0