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The Teacher by Freida McFadden

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dark mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

EXCUSE YOU FRIEDA?! My mouth is dry bc my jaw is still on the floor... it was good, then it rocked me 🫨 

Slow clap 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues by Jonathan Kennedy

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informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

Using LOTR to explain the history of the human genome, and that the rise of Christianity and Lutheranism was based on two separate plagues?! I'm so in! I couldn't put this down. So good 🤌🏻
This Mortal Coil by Emily Suvada

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adventurous challenging mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.0

Dystopian, tech, unbeatable virus... This was great. The pace was awesome and the twists just keep coming! Can't wait to keep going with the series!
A Love Song for Ricki Wilde by Tia Williams

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emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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

I'm not crying, you're crying 🥹😭  I adore Tia Williams. This is her best yet 
Silver Under Nightfall by Rin Chupeco

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

Well... I'm obsessed with this now... So that's cool I guess
Neverworld Wake by Marisha Pessl

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challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

My brain just exploded. It was slow to start and by the end I was spiraling in the premise. This book will live rent free in head... 
Lexicon by Max Barry

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adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective 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

4.75

If you loved Dark Matter by Blake Crouch I feel like you'd like this. So much tension and a plot based on language and words being weapons. Loved this SO much 🙌🏼
Godkiller by Hannah Kaner

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adventurous challenging inspiring mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

MY HELL THIS WAS SO GOOD! A Godkiller, a kid, and a knight on a quest to change all their lives. There is no way to describe how much I enjoyed this 🙌🏼
The Care and Feeding of Waspish Widows by Olivia Waite

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hopeful lighthearted relaxing 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? Yes

3.0

Not as good as book one. I will always love a historical sapphic romance regardless. Especially with women who aren't in their 20s
First Lie Wins by Ashley Elston

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adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I went into this blind, and I'm so glad I did. I liked this a lot. Even when I thought I knew what was happening I couldn't stop reading.