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If There Be Thorns by V.C. Andrews

challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Incest, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, and Fire/Fire injury

Petals on the Wind by V.C. Andrews

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Car accident, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Abandonment

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

dark hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Death, Genocide, Suicide, Violence, Antisemitism, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcohol

Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume

funny hopeful 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? Yes

4.25

Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree

hopeful lighthearted relaxing fast-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

So cozy! 

The Midnight Feast by Lucy Foley

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Drug use, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Classism

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, and Cultural appropriation

Love by Night: A Book of Poetry by S. K. Williams
Did not finish book. Stopped at 8%.

I read the first 2 pages and was skeptical but kept going. By page 7 I was annoyed. These "poems" read like a high-school students journal. Im sure they are important to the author but they felt so uninspired and juvenile. Read until page 15 to give it a chance. But poetry needs to move me. I was only moved to shut this book and move on. Plus side. The art and esthetic were pretty...

The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

Very soild mystery! Love Foley's use of multiple unreliabl  narrators. Very clever.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Drug use, Infertility, Stalking, Murder, and Toxic friendship

The United States of Cryptids: A Tour of American Myths and Monsters by J.W. Ocker

adventurous funny informative lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

4.5

Really interesting look at not just cryptids and their stories but how the intertwine with USA culture and identity.

It's OK That You're Not OK: Meeting Grief and Loss in a Culture That Doesn't Understand by Megan Devine

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad slow-paced

4.5