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Spark of the Everflame by Penn Cole

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adventurous emotional mysterious tense medium-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


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XOXO by Christina Lee

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 62%.
I cannot bring myself to pick this thing back up. There isn't anything that could happen in the book for me to give more than one star. Idiot plot for sure.

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Pray the Gay Away by Zach Zakar, Michael Zakar

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful reflective fast-paced

4.5

I was caught off guard with the comedic spins on everything. Loved when mom would yell at Michael and call him Monkey.
I was dying when she said the priest told her their gayness could be from trauma. When she asked if they were molested and they joked that the priest molested them and turned rhem gay 😭
Their sister being like yeah we already knew you were gay but now that mom knows you're about to fuck up my wedding?? Wudjfjfj loved that scene. I also thought it was funny how they figured out the other twin was gay because they were messing with the same guy like,,,,jrjrjf






Some of my favorite quotes:
Pg 160:
' "Don't say that word,  Michael."
"What? Kids or gay? Or having a gay husband? My gay husband. Fucking my gay husband to have gay kids." '

Pg ??:
' " Who wants a paper cut?" he asks, paper cutting the nurse. '

Pg ??:
' I wonder if we were supposed to be triplets but Zach ate the third baby in the womb.'

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Dead Things Are Closer Than They Appear by Robin Wasley

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adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted sad 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

4.75

Not even halfway through the book I began desperately searching for more by this author. The main character, Spencer, was one of my favorites in a long time. She wasn't over powered or the chosen one or anything like that, which is refreshing for this genre. Her personality and flaws were well written. The characters were all well thought out, even the villains weren't one dimensional. Now the spoilers:
1.
When we thought Nell died I actually cried. Hadn't even met the character it was just that good

2.
I can't pick a favorite character. I really liked Eleni. She was mean but she was doing what she could to protect everyone.

3.
When she understood the evil dude?? Top tier. I do think the ending where she asked about empathy implies that she wasn't like him the way she initially feared, which she had figured out by that point



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Dead Silence by S.A. Barnes

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dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

4.75

This will spoil the entire fucking plot so do NOT read the rest before finishing the book 🗣📢‼️
Immediately you have to question the validity of what the narrator says, which was actually well written for this book. At first I thought that she was having hallucinations, but when she described Reed's grandfather I slowly warmed up to the idea that she could see the dead. It hurt to go in knowing (or at least under the impression) that all the crew dies and trying not to get attached. I very much got attached and subsequently emotionally destroyed.  When Kane was scared to give her the screwdriver, I think that was my breaking point. This also implied that he knew he was talking to a hallucination of Nysus and chose to speak to him anyways. I love scifi horror and confined horror and this was so fun. My favorite characters were unfortunately Voller and later Reed before the murder incident. Idk what that says about me but I don't want to think about it too much,,,, I also loved Nysus but we didn't get to see too much of him. I always think I want a book where main characters die but then when it happens I regret wishing for it. I've actually been waiting for a book that uses the out of hearing range sound-induced hallucinations. I learned about it a while ago and thought it was pretty useful to know.

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From Below by Darcy Coates

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adventurous dark mysterious 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

2.0

I like horror set in confined spaces and expeditions, so that part was fun. I do have a few things that pissed me off:
1.
why the actual fuck did Aidan go back for the ring?? And lie about his oxygen every dive?? Mans should not have been there.  I think I might have preferred if he died, actually.

2. A lot of coincidental things saved a lot of people a lot of times,,,
3.
I don't love the cloth explanation, but I don't really know of one that I would have liked. I was wondering if they were hallucinating during the last couple dives or something like that.

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Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

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adventurous emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

1.
I LOVED the unexpected twists, the backstory of him not actually volunteering was so cool!!

2.
Rocky my beloved ♡ I wonder if one of the other people had survived instead if they would have decided ro meet Rocky?

3.
The ending did feel very optimistic. I like a happy ending, but I also can't complain about a sad ending. Genuinely thought he would get back to Earth and see that there had been a nuclear holocaust after he left and he was the last human (or something like that)

4. This was very dense in the science part of science fiction. I wish I was better at physics :/
5.
I loved stratt and I loved Ihlynaka or however it's spelled. The characters were all distinct, and Stratt's betrayal made sense, even if I thought for sure that he would agree. Did NOT see that coming but hindsight is 20/20

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The Cursed by Harper L. Woods

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

2.25

A lot more smut than I had anticipated. Felt very rushed and had an ending open enough for another book. I don't love the idea of Grey waiting 50 years for his future wife to even be born. I would have ignored it if he wasn't constantly bringing it up. The way he's obsessed with her when he hasn't known her for more than a few months was,,,, interesting,,,,

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The Coven by Harper L. Woods

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

2.5

Objectively not a good book but idgaf. 

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Clever Creatures of the Night by Samantha Mabry

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

1.25

Bryan is the only character in the book that won't be getting fast tracked straight to hell. Maybe also the taxi driver. I have so many questions, and the answers (which were only given for a few of them) fell flat.
wtf was with the birds. Like genuinely, was there a reason or?? Also why did Andrea stay there bro like be frfr. Something something play stupid games win stupid prizes. RIP Drea I know your dumbass is haunting those bitches

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