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111 reviews

Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.5

Brooklyn by Colm Tóibín

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

Funny Story by Emily Henry

emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

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

5.0

Emily Henry knocked it out of the park with this one man.

Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher

adventurous medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

3.5

The Best Way to Bury Your Husband by Alexia Casale

emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

She Started It by Sian Gilbert

mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

Spells for Forgetting by Adrienne Young

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

4.5

Lost half a star because it took way too long to get any real answers. I felt like a starving orphan begging for the tiniest morsel of information to be fed to me. Also the writing sometimes felt like a little too much in a way that felt almost clunky at times. Like you didn't need all these words to get across how these people felt. But it turned out to be a really fun mystery, and I really enjoyed it overall.

Two Twisted Crowns by Rachel Gillig

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

Solito by Javier Zamora

challenging emotional tense medium-paced

4.0

Brooklyn by Tracy Brown

slow-paced

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

3.0