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The Dagger and the Flame by Catherine Doyle

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

I just finished this book and I honestly really enjoyed it. The author did a good job of building the world and the characters in it. While part of me wishes it was a stand alone novel but as I sit here and think more on it I hope in the next book they reveal more about Lark’s life and motivations. The way I took Lark’s character in the beginning was this charismatic funny guy who had to take this job in order to provide for his family. He was good at it but not something he truly wanted but by the end of the book I realized he’s just a mini Dufart in training. He wants power and I have to wonder would he kill Ransom, Nadia or his family the moment they got in his way. In his last moments we see a hint of that he doesn’t want Sera to be a problem for him down the line and ruin his business but he also doesn’t was Ransom to become too emotionally tied to her like Dufart was to Sera and her mother. And I know he’s dead now but I really want Ransom to really think about how his friends aren’t who they appear to be. He got some of that in this novel but I want to see it marinate in the next one as he’s alone trying to run the Daggers. I have so many more thought but I need to stop this review is becoming too long and more like a think piece haha

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Spider Woman's Web: Traditional Native American Tales about Women's Power by Susan Hazen-Hammond
Did not finish book. Stopped at 2%.

It’s sounding more like a self help book then a collection of native stories

The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Every content warning applies

The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

As much as I enjoyed this book the author is still a horrible person. This book was lent to me otherwise I wouldn’t have read it and I highly encourage everyone to avoid giving him any of your money. I hope his victims get the justice they deserve and Neil steps on a pile of Lego’s. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Infidelity, Suicide, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

A Home for the Holidays by Taylor Hahn

emotional hopeful fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Love, Holly by Emily Stone

emotional 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? It's complicated

2.0

What the hell did I read

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Infertility, Miscarriage, Car accident, and Death of parent

Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston

emotional hopeful medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

a lot of death due to a hurricane. tea cake starts hallucinating due to having rabies and becomes violent.

Dinner for Vampires: Life on a Cult TV Show by Bethany Joy Lenz

dark emotional informative tense medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Religious bigotry, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Madwoman by Chelsea Bieker

dark emotional 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

3.0

The last fifty pages ruined what they spent the novel building 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Stardust by Neil Gaiman

adventurous fast-paced

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

3.5

Would be so much better if it wasn’t written by this author

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Slavery, Blood, and Murder