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Nicked by M.T. Anderson

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adventurous funny reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.75

Funny and sweet and thoughtful and also heist?! Gay?!? Yes please. I hadn't read an M.T. Anderson book in a long time, and I'm definitely going to be looking into what I've missed. 
The Stardust Grail by Yume Kitasei

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adventurous emotional hopeful medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

Masters of Death by Olivie Blake

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adventurous funny mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character

3.5

My reading experience of Masters of Death definitely suffered from the length of time over which I read it, and as much as I liked the audiobook narrator, I think I might have been more able to keep track of things if I read it in print. I did enjoy it though, and I suspect I would enjoy it more on a reread. I would've loved some more worldbuilding and/or character development though, given the relative lack of plot. 
The Conscious Style Guide by Karen Yin

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informative reflective medium-paced

4.25

Everyone on This Train Is a Suspect by Benjamin Stevenson

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mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No

3.75

Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson

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mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No

3.75

When Among Crows by Veronica Roth

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adventurous dark medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

One of Us Knows by Alyssa Cole

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

3.0

I liked the elements of the story here, but the execution wasn't great. The pacing was slow for the first half, yet that time wasn't used to develop the characters as much as I'd have liked. I enjoyed it but not nearly as much as When No One Is Watching. 
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Anita de Monte Laughs Last by Xochitl Gonzalez

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

4.5

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The Day of the Door by Laurel Hightower

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

4.0