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283 reviews

The Nightmare Before Kissmas by Sara Raasch

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emotional funny hopeful medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

The Sword of Kaigen by M.L. Wang

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adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious tense medium-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

Icebreaker by Hannah Grace

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emotional funny tense 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? Yes

2.0

This read like a wattpad fanfic, but it was entertaining. I probably would have liked it more when I first discovered wattpad lol
Swallowed by Meg Smitherman

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challenging dark emotional tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

warning: you will fall in love with the characters & not be able to put it down until you’re done🙂‍↕️
(& meg’s writing if you’re not already in love with it) 

Of course I finished it in one sitting (how could you not?). I knew it was 5⭐️, but I needed to sit and let it marinate for a bit before writing a review. It felt like a fever dream and I desperately wanted MORE. I wasn’t sure what to expect going into it, but it was something outside my wildest imagination. Every chapter I was like (in a good way) 


I could not put it down. An 💦🌿annihilation like horrmance 🌿💦 that has you on the edge of your seat wondering what the fuck is going on. If you think you have guessed the plot, I promise you that you have not. Lovers of Thrum, this should be an auto buy. I cannot recommend this book enough, and will not shut up about it (ever). I am feral for it. 

mood after finishing Swallowed: 
I cannot wait to see what Meg comes up with next 👀

100/10 recommend - out 1/28/25🌿
*Also recommend going in blind besides the tropes🙌🏽
**Bonus - the cover is GORGEOUS

ps - extremely grateful to have received an arc of swallowed. it is such a privilege I cherish 🖤
Yellowface by R.F. Kuang

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

5.0

Stolen Tongues by Felix Blackwell

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challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Promised in Blood by Sadie Kincaid

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emotional funny tense 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

3.0

Not amazing but addicting. I realized what it reminds me of - The Zodiac Academy. I refuse to believe the cliffhanger & sad I have to wait until March 😭
This Blood that Binds Us by S.L. Cokeley

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adventurous emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-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

I was determined to finish it because the cover is so pretty. Not sure I’ll continue with the series 
God of Fury by Rina Kent

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challenging dark reflective tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.0

I don’t understand how this book is rated so high. I went in hoping to like it - knowing nothing except it was an MM - book, but I wouldn’t recommend it to someone & won’t read her other books. It’s a bummer because it contains heavy topics that aren’t talked about enough, especially with men. The writing is just… bad
Pucking Sweet by Emily Rath

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emotional funny medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5