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A Line in the Sand: A Novel by Kevin Powers

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

3.75

Lunar New Year Love Story by Gene Luen Yang

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hopeful inspiring lighthearted fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

Blood Cruise by Mats Strandberg

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

3.75

Somehow…. Even after being no over 500 pages… it feels unfinished 
And Then There Was Me: A Novel of Friendship, Secrets and Lies by Sadeqa Johnson

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

3.5

The Blue Hour by Paula Hawkins

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dark emotional sad tense slow-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

3.5

Why did it end like that??! So unresolved. A murderer and no one even knows 
The Gilded by Whitney D. Grandison

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

4.0

There’s a next book isn’t there? Idk if I’d read it but it feels like it. Also where’s Hauns & Keatons book? I need that.
The Last One at the Wedding by Jason Rekulak

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mysterious sad tense fast-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

4.0

I don’t understand why he wouldn’t believe the facts… his daughter was CRAZY
The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters

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

4.75

This was beautiful! I was captivated from the beginning 
Alex Wise vs. the End of the World by Terry J. Benton-Walker

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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

3.75

I don’t think itll be a Percy Jackson but it was probably one of the most diverse books I’ve read… from race, age, sexuality, all that
How to Kill Men and Get Away With It by Katy Brent

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

3.75

I don’t know how I feel about this one… but at least she killed mostly bad men