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The Rules of Magic by Alice Hoffman

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adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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? No

4.75

Diavola by Jennifer Marie Thorne

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

3.5

Night Road by Kristin Hannah

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emotional lighthearted sad tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.75

I will say, I couldn't just DNF this one - I applaud Kristin Hannah for that. Every time I almost gave up, I just felt like I had to finish it. As predictable, full of tropes, and unrelatable as it was, I just had to know.

I get the high school love, and I know of folks who fell in love in school and are going strong today. But dear God the relationship between Zach and Lexi was nauseating. Really, nothing made sense about that dynamic... And holy mother of Zeus, Jude is the worst.

Miles was probably the only redeemable character. In a game of shag, marry, kill, he'd make a great second husband for me. 
Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America by Ibram X. Kendi

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challenging emotional informative sad tense slow-paced

5.0

The Rule of Three by Sam Ripley

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dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.25

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Tender Is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica

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challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

3.75

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Incidents Around the House by Josh Malerman

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challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

Before I started this book, I told my husband that I never really felt the fear or chills others describe when reading horror. Enter: Incidents Around the House, audiobook narrated by Delanie Nicole Gill.

There's a lot to unpack with this one, and the story being told by the perspective of an eight year old girl made it all the more frightening and entertaining. And coming from a broken home and understanding that early childhood trauma, the human experience was so beautifully woven into the supernatural.

10/10, but dear God I won't read this one again. Maybe.
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I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman

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

5.0

This Is Where It Ends by Marieke Nijkamp

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

2.75

Horror Movie by Paul Tremblay

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dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-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

4.25