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The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan

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adventurous fast-paced

4.5

The Black Kids by Christina Hammonds Reed

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dark funny reflective sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? N/A

4.0

The Gravity of Us by Phil Stamper

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2.0

Shit ship. Kissing but no spark through the whole book. Also why the fuck did it feel like those astronauts were just paid actors and not actual astronauts. Oh, wait, cause of the reality show plot. That btw ended mid book. The rest was just boring.
De kat die bleef by Hiro Arikawa

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emotional inspiring lighthearted sad fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix

5.0

5 stars for making me cry twice
Hani and Ishu's Guide to Fake Dating by Adiba Jaigirdar

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fast-paced

5.0

Two Can Keep a Secret by Karen M. McManus

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hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.0

Good Me, Bad Me by Ali Land

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1.0

Bad writing. Plain characters. Predictable plot and overall just so boring to go through. Holy shit, I am mad about the ending. It was so utter shit. I'm glad the kid died, but wtf.
Frozen 2: Forest of Shadows by Grace Lee, Kamilla Benko

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adventurous dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? N/A
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Ruination by Anthony Reynolds

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

5.0

League of Legends. A game so widely known for their toxic community, but also for their wonderful worldbuilding and character creation. Anthony has definitely not disappointed the community with this amazing lore of how the Shadow Ilse has made its way into the League universe.

Kalista's character is from the first page on so likable and I find her the most well written character so far. Her decisions and delivering her views to others felt so natural, especially for me only knowing Kalista as an ingame raging massacre. I think I like Kalista much more than before.

The story is definitely something we, league players, have heard of but not full in detail. If you love lore, and leagues amazing world go and read this amazing book.

I hope there is more to come.
Endgame by Daniel Cole

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adventurous dark emotional sad tense 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

3.5

I enjoyed the whole series, and that you can read the books without reading the others like a stand-alone. However, this book was missing something to me. I can't quite catch what, but something that the other books did really well. I guess it left me with some questions still unanswered, what the others all answered. 

The story about Finlay and Maggie was great, I loved that we got actual details about them. However, I dont think I agree as much with the ending here. But I'll keep that a secret and won't spoil it. 

Daniel Cole, I think you got another fan out of this great series. Please do keep doing whatever you are doing. Your stories are great.