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Manacled by SenLinYu

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense slow-paced

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Taken by Aries by L.A. Monteiro

fast-paced

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

3.0

 You need a quick and fun read? You should pick this up.

It was short, spicy and fun.

It wasn`t the best writing ever but for such a short monster novella it had all the elements of an introduction to a much bigger world and stories and most importantly sets the questions for "what next?"

I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily. 

Lovely Bad Things by Trisha Wolfe

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

The Pool Boy by Nikki Sloane

emotional lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.0

Let It Be Me by Kait Nolan

emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

4.0

Behind Closed Doors by B.A. Paris

challenging dark emotional 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? It's complicated

4.5

When She's Ready by Ruby Dixon

emotional lighthearted fast-paced

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

3.0

Give Me More by Sara Cate

challenging emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Let's Not be Friends by Phoebe MacLeod

lighthearted fast-paced

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

2.5

 "Hallmark" meets "dear diary".
This is the best way I could describe this novel.

The idea was there but the plot was diluted with so many descriptive everyday moments that were not essential for the storyline.
A woman gets cheated and this is a story about her growing as a confident person and her journey to happiness, simple as that.
The story would read so much better if it were a novella. The balance of the plot is off, we get to see more of the man who cheated on her than the man that she ends up with. Sorry, but I don't want to repeatedly go through how much of a jerk her ex-husband is, I got it from the first moment he was caught in the act. Then, there was the problem with the guy she ended up with. I didn't care about him at all, he was uninteresting and I think that only happened because of the imbalance of the storyline I mentioned previously. There was just not enough time for him to shine, to develop some personality.

The writing was fine, and it was easy to read, but at one point it felt dragged out and the side characters didn't make the story better.
I would maybe call this a literary fiction, a novel of a woman finding her true self and happiness, but even for that it needs a bit more depth. This was not a romance novel, finding someone to share your days with - yes, romance - no. For this to be a romance we need much more romantic emotions from the love interest. Instead, she was the one giving him support to make some decisions in his life and all we saw was his insecurities, the only thing that connected them was that both of them were divorced.

By the end, I was happy for her but it all felt a bit dragged.

I received this novel as an dARC via NetGally. This is my honest opinion. 

Possession by Lainey Davis

emotional lighthearted fast-paced

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

3.0