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118 reviews

Compound Fracture by Andrew Joseph White

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dark emotional sad 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? It's complicated

4.5

Thank you PeachTree Teen and NetGalley for the ARC!

Wooh this book was a doozy! I wasn’t sure what kind of book this was going to be but I thoroughly enjoyed this tense and tumultuous ride. 

Watching Miles try to navigate the shit show of a century’s old blood feud felt like watching a hurt animal fight for its life. Fierce, terrified, and above all, desperate to live. Desperate to be known— to know himself and be accepted by those around him. He was just a kid forced to do terrible things and I loved everything about him. 

As always, AJW’s writing was absolutely phenomenal. He’s got such a visceral way of writing that makes you feel like you’re struggling right there with the characters. This was definitely a new setting for me, but 2016 in the Appalachias was truly the perfect setting for this story about cycles oppression and he devastation it wreaks on both sides. 

Personally this is not my favorite AJW book, since I like a little more ghosts and monsters in my stories. But this was still really fantastic! Overall 4.5 :)
New Nigeria County by Clare Brown

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

4.5

07-Ghost, Volume 02 by Yukino Ichihara, Yuki Amemiya

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

4.0

Praised By Cupid by S.R. Griffith

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funny hopeful sad 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

4.0

That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Demon by Kimberly Lemming

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

4.0

The humor felt very silly and millennial, I think I only laughed once. But the rest of it was pretty good!
Claiming Madison by Jenna Kent

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fast-paced

3.0

Stalking Abby by Jenna Kent

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fast-paced

2.0

Peepshow by Clare London

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fast-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? N/A

3.0

Legendborn by Tracy Deonn

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adventurous challenging emotional mysterious 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

5.0

Just Another Love Spell by S.R. Griffith

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

3.0

Silly little no plot book. Decent waste of time, wish there was more spice though.