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All Our Hidden Gifts by Caroline O'Donoghue

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oddduck's review against another edition

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4.0

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ramblingravioli's review against another edition

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dark mysterious slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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beckyyreadss's review

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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? Yes

4.0

This book was gifted to me by Izzy from the book club I'm in as part of a gift exchange for Halloween. This book has been on my TBR for ages after an online friend did a post recommending it. I am so thankful for Izzy for buying me the first book in the series and it did not disappoint.

This book is based on Maeve Chambers, and she feels like she doesn’t have much going for her. She feels like the idiot in her family of geniuses, she pushed her best friend Lily away a year ago. But when she finds a pack of dusty old tarot cards at school and begins to give scarily accurate readings to the girls in her class, she realizes she’s has finally found her gift at last. Things are looking up until she discovers a strange card in the deck that definitely shouldn’t be there. And two days after she convinces her ex-best friend to have a reading, she disappears. Can Maeve, her new friend Fiona and Lily’s brother Roe find her? And will their special talents be enough to bring Lily back, before she’s gone for good?

The storyline was very strong, and it was an easy and interesting read. I loved the tarot cards aspect bit of it with the hint of witchiness. Maeve is such a badass even for how confused she can be during this book. I loved that Fiona was such a supportive best friend even when Maeve was ready to give up. The LGBT aspect of this book warms my heart with the love stories and Maeve’s sister being gay. The attacks that happened on Roe and Jo drove me absolutely nuts and made me angry. I love that Caroline wasn’t afraid to talk about serious subjects within a young adult book such as the divorce being taboo in Ireland etc.

With this being a YA, there were a few things that was predictable, however I still enjoyed it thoroughly. Also, I slightly lost interest during the middle of the books, I think I was expecting Lily to come back, or something happen which then led to the next event. I knew that Lily’s disappearance was the main event but with the several aspects and several suspects, I was hoping it would go on to something bigger.

The cliffhanger was mean, and the mystery and mental aspect of Lily makes me want to read more and to start the next book in the series.

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theoriginalbookdragon's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense slow-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

3.0

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elliereadsthings's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective 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

3.0

★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆

“I lean my head on his shoulder and wonder just how much easier life would be if I weren’t in love with Roe O’Callaghan. But, oh god, how boring.”

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