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119 reviews

Your Blood, My Bones by Kelly Andrew

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

3.0

Ghost Wood Song by Erica Waters

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emotional mysterious sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Atmospheric with Appalachian ghost stories and a nod to old folk and bluegrass music. Loved the mystery and felt some nostalgia for a teenage love triangle. 
Great for spooky season.
Not So Pure and Simple by Lamar Giles

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challenging 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

4.0

A great coming of age story w/ discussion of sex, purity, consent and what makes a ‘nice guy’ a nice guy. I found this book funny and charming and Del as a main character entertaining. 
I loved the side characters and how everyone had their own story going on and how the flowed into each others story. 
A great book for teens and a good choice for books clubs.
Pretend She's Here by Luanne Rice

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

4.0

A realistic story of survival when taken by people you thought cared about you. While I enjoyed most of this story there were parts that annoyed me but over all a good suspense story about a kidnapping, grief and healing for trauma.
The Collected Regrets of Clover by Mikki Brammer

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emotional hopeful reflective 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

4.5

An insightful story about life and regrets w/loveable characters and relationships. While not a fast read I kept picking it up wanting to know what would happen next. Also I did the audiobook and the narrator was fantastic.
A Deal with the Elf King by Elise Kova

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

3.5

A fun fantasy romance, bit of spice but more fantasy. I enjoy the relationship and side characters just wished the magic and world was explored more.
City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert

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adventurous hopeful reflective 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

I loved the narrative choice in the story as someone writing a letter giver her life story to the child of the man she loved. The characters and their relationship was the what kept me reading and atmosphere of 1940s New York was amazing. 
Elite Capture: How the Powerful Took Over Identity Politics by Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò

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informative reflective

3.0

Ghostland: An American History in Haunted Places by Colin Dickey

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informative mysterious reflective medium-paced

3.5

Local Woman Missing by Mary Kubica

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

5.0

This is an amazing read. Great building and payoff, several red herrings and constantly guessing on what happened is happening.