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Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross

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emotional hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? N/A
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

In love with everything about this book and story
Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas

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challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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? No

3.5

Very entertaining! 
The Last Tale of the Flower Bride by Roshani Chokshi

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challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I am in complete awe with this book! It is exactly like a fairytale should be. Wonderful, dreaming and scary and dark. And even the end.. at first I was like “I don’t like the endjng” but then I realised that I exactly how a fairytale should end and it is just incredible. Definitely already one of my favourites of this year.
Blood Scion by Deborah Falaye

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

4.0

Not an easy read, but an important one. The magic system was very interesting and the characters were very distinct and strong. The only thing that I wasn’t a fan of (and that might be consider a minor spoiler) is that the group had to keep fighting against each other. Once I understand, twice I can be kinda okay with it, but by the third time I was wondering if the superiors would end up with any recruits since they were always fighting each other to the death. But still, that was the only thing. Really can’t wait for the next instalment in the series!
Long Live the Pumpkin Queen by Shea Ernshaw

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adventurous mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

Very entertaining and it’s good to be back into this world
PET by Akwaeke Emezi

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challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective 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? No

5.0

This is a masterpiece: the writing, the language that is used, the way things are described, the atmosphere, the story, the characters, the representation.. everything about this story is flawless and it grabbed my heart since page one and it is still with me even after I finished it.
Mulan (Disney Princess) by The Walt Disney Company

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adventurous hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? N/A
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

My copy didn’t have Li Shang having feelings for Mulan when she was disguised as a man and feeling confused and that is so important and it shouldn’t be erased from this story.
The Book Eaters by Sunyi Dean

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challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? N/A
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

it is so so good. It started with a simple idea, book eaters and mind eaters and it created an awesome story, keeping me on the edge of my sit and loving or disliking people. The power of motherhood is unmatched and the little details that the author introduced.. also Devon must be protected at all costs!
The Troop by Nick Cutter

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

4.0

Disgusting and yet very well done
You're a Mean One, Matthew Prince by Timothy Janovsky

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emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective 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

4.0

Pleasantly surprised. The main character deals with generalised anxiety disorder and the fact that we have his internal monologue helps us understand how hard it is to deal with anxiety to the point we hurt ourselves or others.