alixandwrites's reviews
26 reviews

Call Down the Hawk by Maggie Stiefvater

adventurous

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

took me forever but God. God.

Rule of Wolves by Leigh Bardugo

adventurous emotional inspiring

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

Dear Wendy by Ann Zhao

hopeful inspiring

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

this felt like an aroace enemies (or rivals more accurately) to lovers with a liar plot and i actually loved it sososo much ! lighthearted (which i needed) and just like :( i love them!!!

they mentioned loveless once but as far as aroace books go i definitely felt more represented by this one! 

dear wendy and wanda wellesley i love you always :(

they ONE mention of yellow orange blue aroace flag and calling it “not the most popular one” made me laugh tho

The Deep Dark by Molly Knox Ostertag

5.0

Gwen and Art Are Not in Love by Lex Croucher

4.0

The book was so lovely and i LOVED the characters but the ending felt rushed and left the characters and romantic plot lines feeling unresolved 

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

Cinderella Is Dead by Kalynn Bayron

adventurous dark fast-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.0

i love a cinderella retelling but this was inconsistent and also!! just didn’t like it 🫣 i wish there were a better happy ending epilogue 

Carry On by Rainbow Rowell

adventurous dark emotional funny fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.75

i heart gay people

simon snow doesn’t really think! and he says that! he says that he doesn’t but this causes him to miss a lot of thing about himself, including the bit where he’s kinda gay 

and very much in love with his roommate

. while being silly, it has so many heart wrenching bits about where simon comes from and baz’s mom.

agatha also has me squinting at her because she is giving me some vibes!!!

-.25 stars for not having carry on my wayward son by kansas bc i expected it 🙄

Just Lizzie by Karen Wilfrid

hopeful inspiring lighthearted fast-paced

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

3.75

lizzie comes to find out who she is!!! i love her so much this book almost made me cry as an asexual person 

Cleat Cute by Meryl Wilsner
Did not finish book. Stopped at 29%.

honestly i hadn’t expected the sex at all and also

Obviously phoebe has adhd, and i was sitting here (autistic) thinking she’s also autistic but they’re not going to say anything but according to the reviews she does get an adhd diagnosis or she “comes out” as having adhd and grace takes it badly? idk but the whole thing rubs me the wrong way

i probably would have finished it if i was reading it instead of listening to it as an audiobook but the point of listening to audiobooks for me is that i don’t have time to sit down and read but i can listen while im doing something! just not for me