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Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros

adventurous dark emotional hopeful reflective tense fast-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

3.75

Butter by Asako Yuzuki

challenging dark emotional mysterious slow-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

3.5

Nightbitch by Rachel Yoder

dark emotional funny inspiring reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

The Third Gilmore Girl by Kelly Bishop

emotional funny inspiring lighthearted reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

As a Gilmore Girl and Dirty Dancing fan I absolutely loved this!!It was so interesting to learn more about her life. I found it really inspiring how she was just always unapologetically herself! 

The Man Who Died Twice by Richard Osman

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted mysterious relaxing tense fast-paced

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

4.25

 

Richard Osman has done it again! This was such a fun read!I just love the cozy atmosphere of this book and the adventures these pensioners get to! Can’t wait to read the next one!

Yellowface by R.F. Kuang

challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.25

Gold Rush by Olivia Petter

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

So Late in the Day: Stories of Women and Men by Claire Keegan

emotional reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated

4.5

Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.0

The Briar Club by Kate Quinn

emotional reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.5

I feel like this book had potential but failed to come through. There are too many characters, so it´s hard to keep up with who´s who. Every chapter is basically a different story but once you get involved with one character´s story, the chapter ends and then it´s never really mentioned again, so you´re left wondering what happens next. 

I felt like it dragged on and I wasn´t really all that interested anymore.