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Conspiracy: Why the Rational Believe the Irrational by Michael Shermer

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informative reflective slow-paced

3.0

The Salt Grows Heavy by Cassandra Khaw

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dark mysterious slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

The Atlas Complex by Olivie Blake

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adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad slow-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

The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

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dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Down Among the Sticks and Bones by Seanan McGuire

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adventurous dark mysterious sad fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

The Upside of Falling by Alex Light

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funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing 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

2.0

Twelfth Knight by Alexene Farol Follmuth

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emotional inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing 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

5.0

Tropes: grumpy x sunshine, slow burn, secret identities, enemies to lovers, gamer x football player

Twelfth Knight by Alexene Farol Follmuth (Olivie Blake) is truly a beautiful and powerful read. Twelfth Knight provides comfort for readers who struggle to open up and let others in. The author managed to write a book with both a cute romance and truly powerful story about women in male dominated spaces. If youโ€™re looking for a cute romance that provides an exploration of feministic themes that leaves you feeling powerful, then this is the perfect book for you. Alexene Farol Follmuth (Olivie Blake) continues to dominate any genre she chooses to write in. 

Enjoy some of my favorite quotes from the book:
โ€œ๐ˆ ๐๐จ๐ง'๐ญ ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐š๐ง๐ฒ ๐ ๐ข๐ซ๐ฅ ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐ž๐ฑ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐›๐ž๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ฉ๐ž๐ญ๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ.โ€œ
โ€œ๐–๐ก๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ˆ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ก๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ค ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฅ๐Ÿ ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฌ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฒ ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ž๐ฅ ๐›๐ข๐ ?โ€œ

Thank you to Netgalley and tor Tor publishing group for the arc in exchange for an honest review! 
Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire

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

4.0

They All Fall Down by Roxanne St. Claire

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adventurous dark 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

1.0

Starling House by Alix E. Harrow

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adventurous dark hopeful mysterious reflective sad slow-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

4.25