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Buy Yourself the F*cking Lilies: And Other Rituals to Fix Your Life, from Someone Who's Been There by Tara Schuster

funny lighthearted fast-paced

Before the Devil Knows You're Here by Autumn Krause

dark emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

3.5

What a great dark twist on Johnny Appleseed. It was such a great haunting story, though I would pause to call it horror. Gothic maybe? Either way the author did a great job putting a twist on a classic tall tale. I would like to have seen some more line editing because there were things that felt really repetitive.

For as short as the story was, the plot itself felt to move kind of slower than I had anticipated. I found myself much more invested in Johnny's story than Catalina's and I wish there had been more drive or something to her story to make it more compelling than Johnny's.

The Tea Dragon Society by K. O'Neill

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lighthearted relaxing fast-paced