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The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood

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

5.0

Velvet Was the Night by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

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

5.0

Toil & Trouble: 15 Tales of Women & Witchcraft by Jessica Spotswood, Tess Sharpe

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adventurous emotional inspiring fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 39%.
I think this is just one of those wrong book, wrong time situations. I enjoyed the writing, but the plot was just moving too slow and I found I wasn't excited to pick it up and even forgot I was reading it a few times. I'll admit, I read the plot on Wikipedia to decide if I wanted to keep going and where it's headed plus the fact that there's a equally chonky sequel made me decide now is just not the time to push through this book. Maybe another time when I'm feeling more patient, but we'll have to see 🤷🏻‍♀️
Conspiracy of Ravens by Lila Bowen

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adventurous lighthearted 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? Yes

4.75

Bunny by Mona Awad

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funny mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

Ah! Bunny did not disappoint!
The Deathless Girls by Kiran Millwood Hargrave

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dark 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? Yes

4.5

I loved this book right up to the very end. Definitely not how I would have ended it, but it was at least a choice.
Witchblood by Matthew Erman

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adventurous lighthearted 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? It's complicated

5.0

This book was so good! I didn't want to stop and finished it in on sitting! Loved the setting, loved the characters, loved the art, loved the story!
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The Lost Girls by Sonia Hartl

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

4.0

This should be a 3, but the characters won me over enough to make it a 4.

I loved the concept, the story, and, like I said, the characters, but there were enough decisions that I just could not wrap my head around to let it be 5 stars.
The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage: The (Mostly) True Story of the First Computer by Sydney Padua

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

5.0