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Taylor Swift by Maria Isabel Sánchez Vegara

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informative inspiring lighthearted fast-paced

4.5

Wrapped with a Beau by Lillie Vale

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emotional lighthearted relaxing 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? Yes

3.5

The cast was too big and I kept getting characters confused. The spicy scenes were goooood tho 
Trouble by Lex Croucher

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challenging emotional funny hopeful mysterious tense slow-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

4.0

Tropes:
Strangers to lovers
Forced Proximity 
He falls first
Found Family
Infamous by Lex Croucher

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challenging emotional funny informative tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Nash gave me the creeps instantly, a reminder of my BA Creative Writing days at Uni and a reminder of why I no longer partake in those circles. He was instantly irritating and I got mad at Eddie for not realising that he had ulterior motives earlier. She was very much the densest and most naive character in the entire book and while I was angry on her behalf, I was angry at her actions and obliviousness more often.

Tropes:
Friends to Lovers
Unrequited pining
Secret relationship

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Plot Twist by Breea Keenan

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

3.75

A mid book on the whole but the plot twists were twisting, the characters were fun, there were too many tangents and the ending was overall satisfying. Lots of foreshadowing but all the loose ends were tied off by the end. 
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Stone Blind by Natalie Haynes

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

3.75

The Glass Cliff: Why Women in Power are Undermined - and How to Fight Back by Sophie Williams

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hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

Really well researched and written, the audiobook was narrated amazingly, I loved the TLDR sections at the end of every chapter for a nice and neat summary and the additional interview at the end was a cherry on top of an already fab book!
I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki by Baek Se-hee

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dark emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.25

The first half with the therapist flew by and I really enjoyed the back and forth. Read that in about two days. The second half of mini essays took me a week because it was too philosophical and dense. If the whole book had more of these mini essays interspersed, I would have enjoyed it a lot more. 
The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality by Amanda Montell

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funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing fast-paced

5.0

Her Heart for A Compass by Sarah Ferguson Duchess of York

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

3.5

much too long for what it was