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Mislaid in Parts Half-Known by Seanan McGuire

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adventurous dark emotional 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? No

4.0

I honestly don’t think I’ll ever get tired of this series. I loved how self-aware this one was and the direction the meta plot is going in. 
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Just Like Home by Sarah Gailey

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challenging dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

From the acknowledgements: “Many of us spend our lives searching for something too big to truly name, something that is often (inadequately) summarized as ‘unconditional love.’ If you have gone out seeking this enormous thing, and found yourself in danger; if you have spent any part of your life thinking that something monstrous was normal or inevitable; if you have lost some part of yourself in the process of looking for a place that feels like home - I hope you know that you have always deserved a better kind of love than that.” 

Docked half a star because I am too dumb to appreciate all of the nuance in this book. 
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Death's Dancer by Jasmine Silvera

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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? No

4.0

I love Jasmine Silvera’s writing. I read her series out of order, so it was pretty obvious that she has grown as a writer since this was published, but I still vibed with it hard. 
House of Flame and Shadow by Sarah J. Maas

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adventurous dark emotional funny 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

3.5

 I am trash for Sarah Janet, and I might have enjoyed this more if it hadn’t taken me 27 years to finish it. I like where the story is going and the whole multiverse deal, but parts of this just dragged. 
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Yours for the Taking by Gabrielle Korn

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

4.0

Queer climate fiction is kinda my jam, though???
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For Never & Always by Helena Greer

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emotional funny hopeful lighthearted 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

I'm weak for Hannah and Levi. The rep in this book is TOP NOTCH (fat, Jewish, pan, demi, etc.)!!! Need the next one ASAP.
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What the River Knows by Isabel Ibañez

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adventurous emotional mysterious 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

3.0

I wanted to like this so much more than I did. 🙃 It was just very mid for me, probably because it read pretty YA and that is not my vibe these days. I LOVED the atmosphere, though, Isabel Ibañez have an obsession with Egypt in common.
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Lone Women by Victor LaValle

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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

WHAT did I just read?! I LOVE HERRRRRR. Victor Lavalle is everything. 
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The Unmaking of June Farrow by Adrienne Young

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad 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

3.5

Overall a good time. Very interesting concept, and I loved the ending. Just a little bit disjointed in execution. I would be open to reading more from Adrienne Young.
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Yours Truly by Abby Jimenez

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emotional funny hopeful lighthearted sad 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

SQUEE I loved this even more than the first one!! Only docked a half star because I HATE the miscommunication trope. I will read all the Abby Jimenez forever. 
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