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The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst

adventurous funny hopeful lighthearted slow-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

Threaded by Tay Rose

challenging dark hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫{4.5}

🌶️🌶️🌶️{3}

Mariah thinks love is a weakness and longs to escape the quiet town she grew up in.. but life has other plans for her. She ends up as the next queen apparent, and before she becomes the next crowned queen must bond with 7 men known as her Armature. (But this is not a why choose folks lol). One of these men is Andrian and he’s a big morally gray, shadow daddy, grumpy pants and I promise you’ll love him!! Mariah is just a sassy badass and is officially one of my new fave FMCs. That cliffhanger though 😰 #stressed and dying to dive into the next book! Things I’m hoping for in Scourged.. more Ciana!! Cuz she is amazing and I love her 🥹 also, wouldn’t be mad if certain individuals don’t survive to see book 3 lol. 

𝓡𝓮𝓪𝓭 𝓲𝓯 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓵𝓸𝓿𝓮:

🌙 chosen one, feisty FMC

✨ morally gray, shadow daddy MMC

🌙 meddlesome gods

✨ hate to love

🌙 touch her and ☠️

✨ multiple POV

🌙 court intrigue 

✨ found family

𝓕𝓪𝓿𝓸𝓻𝓲𝓽𝓮 𝓺𝓾𝓸𝓽𝓮𝓼:

“𝘗𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘣𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘺, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘣𝘶𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭.”

“..𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴, 𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵.”

“𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘮𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥 𝘪𝘵.”

“𝘜𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘭 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘭𝘪𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘢𝘳. 𝘐’𝘮 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘱𝘰𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘵.”

We Used to Live Here by Marcus Kliewer

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

Prime Time Romance by Kate Robb

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted 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? It's complicated

4.0

🎬𝔸ℝℂ ℝ𝕖𝕧𝕚𝕖𝕨🎬

📖: Prime Time Romance by Kate Robb
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️{4}
🌶️🌶️{2}

Okay, this was super cute! Brynn and Josh are roomies who don’t really know each other super well. However, one thing leads to another and they end up getting stuck in Brynne’s favorite tv show after she makes a wish on the night of her 30th bday. In order to escape this alternate universe they’ve been sucked into Brynn agrees to pretend to be Sloan and give her the HEA she deserved on the show. Obvi, things go a little awry. Brynn and Josh were super cute together and I loved (and seriously loathed) some of the side characters. I think anyone who loves or has ever loved any sort of small town tv show will love this book!

𝓡𝓮𝓪𝓭 𝓲𝓯 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓵𝓸𝓿𝓮:
🎬magical realism
🎬small town tv shows
🎬dual pov
🎬roommates to lovers
🎬slow burn
🎬no 3rd act breakup

𝓕𝓪𝓿𝓸𝓻𝓲𝓽𝓮 𝓺𝓾𝓸𝓽𝓮𝓼:

“𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯’𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘦𝘱𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘥𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘳𝘦𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘰𝘯𝘦.”

“𝘏𝘦 𝘴𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘤𝘦𝘥𝘢𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘶𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘵𝘴. 𝘓𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴. 𝘓𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦.”

“𝘪𝘯 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘬𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘴 𝘶𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘴𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦’𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘥𝘰 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱 𝘪𝘵.”

“𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘺 𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘴𝘰 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘬 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘵𝘰𝘮 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐’𝘮 𝘢 𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩-𝘢𝘴𝘴 𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘤𝘩 𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘸𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘵.. 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘰𝘬𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘶𝘱 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯’𝘵 𝘨𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴.”

𝚃𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚔 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚝𝚘 𝙺𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚁𝚘𝚋𝚋, 𝚁𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚘𝚖 𝙷𝚘𝚞𝚜𝚎, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙽𝚎𝚝𝚐𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚢 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚊 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚎𝙰𝚁𝙲. 𝙰𝚕𝚕 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚘𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚛𝚎𝚟𝚒𝚎𝚠 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚖𝚢 𝚘𝚠𝚗.

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-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? It's complicated

5.0

Magical Meet Cute by Jean Meltzer

emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective 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

📖: Magical Meet Cute by Jean Meltzer
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️{4}
🫑{0.5}

While this was indeed a cute romance, I feel like the primary focus was on the other portion of the plot regarding Faye embracing her Jewitch self and navigating the challenges that the horrible anti-Semitic group that begins terrorizing her town. As soon as they leave their hate flyers on her street, Faye gets very wine-drunk and proceeds to create a golem. She is then very hungover and runs into a man (Greg) the next morning on her bike causing him to have horrible amnesia. He appears the day after the golem creation and as she learns more about him she realizes he has quite a bit in common with the golem she created.. and is he too perfect??? And who is behind the anti-Semitic group? 

While it took me awhile to get fully invested in this one I ended up thoroughly enjoying it! The sassy old lady, Nelly, was my absolute favorite character. Faye’s character growth was also phenomenal and I loved her journey to accepting herself. Learning more about the Jewish culture was also wonderful! Still boggles the mind that people can be so hateful because I know stuff like the hate crimes in this book happen in real life too and it breaks my heart. 

𝓡𝓮𝓪𝓭 𝓲𝓯 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓵𝓸𝓿𝓮:
✨plus size FMC
✨Jewitch magic
✨a mystery man/golem
✨Jewish joy
✨found family 
✨slow burn

𝓕𝓪𝓿𝓸𝓻𝓲𝓽𝓮 𝓺𝓾𝓸𝓽𝓮𝓼:

“𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴, 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘴, 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘣𝘪𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘶𝘢𝘨𝘦, 𝘪𝘧 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵?”

“𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘧𝘵𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘷𝘰𝘳.”

“𝘈𝘴 𝘢 𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘵, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘴, 𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘨𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘭…𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘳𝘶𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘴. 𝘛𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦, 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘸𝘢𝘺.”

“𝘓𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯, 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘦. 𝘐𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘴𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘧 𝘭𝘢𝘬𝘦—𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵, 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘯𝘵—𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘩 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳, 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴.”

𝚃𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚔 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚝𝚘 𝙹𝚎𝚊𝚗 𝙼𝚎𝚕𝚝𝚣𝚎𝚛, 𝙷𝚊𝚛𝚕𝚎𝚚𝚞𝚒𝚗 𝚃𝚛𝚊𝚍𝚎 𝙿𝚞𝚋𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙽𝚎𝚝𝚐𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚢 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚊 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚎𝙰𝚁𝙲. 𝙰𝚕𝚕 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚘𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚛𝚎𝚟𝚒𝚎𝚠 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚖𝚢 𝚘𝚠𝚗.

Embers in the Outfield by Stefanie Castro

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective sad 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

4.0

🔥𝔸ℝℂ ℝ𝕖𝕧𝕚𝕖𝕨🔥

📖: Embers in the Outfield

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️{4}

🌶️🌶️🌶️🫑

𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐰, 𝟖/𝟐𝟗/𝟐𝟒!

This is the first book in Stefanie’s new Boston Embers series. It was so cute and SO smutty! The banter was excellent and the emotional connection River and Kennedy ended up sharing was so sweet! I love the little pranks they play on each other too! Kennedy may be a boss in her professional world as the president of a baseball team, but River is most definitely the boss in the bedroom 👀🤭 A heads up though if things about 9/11 trigger you.. proceed with caution. Cannot wait for the next in this series and to read Stefanie's other series!

Kennedy and River meet after their friends get together and really do not get off on the right foot. Ten years later and they’re both attending their friend’s wedding when things take a turn. They make an arrangement in order to 𝚜𝚌𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚌𝚑 𝚊𝚗 𝚒𝚝𝚌𝚑, but nothing more. And feelings and sex never get mixed up so I’m sure that will go fine right?

𝓡𝓮𝓪𝓭 𝓲𝓯 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓵𝓸𝓿𝓮:

🔥dual pov

🔥fireman MMC

🔥enemies to lovers

🔥strong FMC

🔥banter

🔥found family

𝓕𝓪𝓿𝓸𝓻𝓲𝓽𝓮 𝓺𝓾𝓸𝓽𝓮𝓼:

“..𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘓𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘪𝘮𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘶𝘨𝘭𝘺.”

“𝘠𝘰𝘶’𝘷𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘦, 𝘒𝘦𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘥𝘺. 𝘐 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘦.”

“𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵? 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘺 𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘯? 𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶. 𝘐𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘳𝘩𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘮 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘐 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶.“

“𝘓𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘪𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘭, 𝘢𝘴 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶’𝘷𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘵. 𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘢 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦, 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘧 𝘪𝘵 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘴 𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳. 𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘤𝘭𝘦 𝘢 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳. 𝘉𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴, 𝘺𝘰𝘶’𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘠𝘰𝘶’𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘭 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩.”

𝚃𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚔 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚝𝚘 𝚂𝚝𝚎𝚏𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙰𝚞𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚛 𝙰𝚐𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚢 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚊 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚎𝙰𝚁𝙲. 𝙰𝚕𝚕 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚘𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚛𝚎𝚟𝚒𝚎𝚠 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚖𝚢 𝚘𝚠𝚗.

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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

5.0

The Veiled Kingdom by Holly Renee

challenging emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0