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36 reviews

Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

3.5

I feel like this book was the introduction to something amazing!!!! so excited to read the rest of the saga, this was super interesting and entertaining. I loved Juliette but i did not LOVEEE Adam, Kenji is just the best love him. It gets 3.5 because i know the rest would be better and because its just introduction to the saga.

Better Than the Movies by Lynn Painter

emotional funny fast-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? It's complicated

4.0

This was really cute! Loved all the romcom quotes 10/10 
Liz and Wes are super cute, and I totally fell in love with them. 

The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

adventurous emotional 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

context: achilles feet

The Blood of Olympus by Rick Riordan

adventurous challenging emotional funny 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

4.0

I think this is not the best uncle Rick book, but it was a really nice end to a saga the even if it was not as good as the original i really enjoied. I love  all the protagonicim that Nico had, and him and Will were so cute i loved how Rick set them up, love their whole dynamic, grummpy-sunshine is just superior, i also loved Nico and Reyna, Reyna is a badass and im in love with her. Jason is my boy i love how he treats Nico and they have a super cute brother dynamic. Percy and Annabeth immaculate as always i adored the final scene with Nico and also love the Athens kiss. I really liked Frank and Hazel they are probably my fav new addition + Jason, but i feel like they weren't as much in these book. I never really liked Piper i just feel like Rick wasted a great opportunity in making a strong, girly, aphrodite daughter heroin, kind of like Selena (RIP) but like better at combat, i just think it was a wasted opportunity to show that you don't have to be like anti-girly to be a strong female character and insteed of giving her more development Rick just worked in her and Jason. Leo was fine i don't really care about him and Calypso, but i think his "sacrifice" was really noble and a great thing for his character arc. The fight with the Gods and Giants was cool but really short, I whish that we could have seen more of Camp Halfblood and i loved the hunters appearence it is always good to see Thalia.
Overall great book super enjoyable and ofc it has the percy jackson jenesequa that we all love.
Percy Jackson you will always be famous.

The Hawthorne Legacy by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

adventurous funny mysterious 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? It's complicated

I'm loving this saga, i adore the characters (xander is the best hawthrone) major knives out vibes and SHORT CHAPTERS!!! It's just AMAZING and i can't wait to read the final gambit.

EMILY IS THE DEVIL IM CONVINCED, I HAVE NEVER BEEN MORE ANNOYED BY ANY CHARACTER AND IF YOU CONCIDER THAT SHE IS DEAD IT'S KIND OF A BIG DEAL.

The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

adventurous funny mysterious tense 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? No

The characters are CHEF KISS!!! Im in love with all the brothers, Avery and Libby i can marry all of them.
I think i like Jamenson more but like GRAYSON! I seriously don't know.
The mystery is great and the Hawthrone family is super interesting and i really love the dynamic.
Xander is my new comfort character.

Emily is seriously annoying, i don't fucking care abot her whole history with the family let her burn in hell alone for God's sake. Rebecca>>>

Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo

medium-paced

5.0

It's been three days and i'm still crying. Not just because of what happened but because i can't belive that i won't be reading this 6 characters all together again, i genuinely believe that i have never loved a group of fictional character as much as i love the crows, each one of them was so unique and so well developed that it hurts that i finished the books.

NOOOOO MATTHIAS, WE WERE ALL SUPOSED TO MAKE IT!!!! IM A MESS, WHY LEIGH? WHY?
Im heartbroken but moving on his character development was one of the best ones i've read he changed so much for good and i started this books not really liking him but i ended up loving him so so much. Im also super proud of Wylan he grew up so so much and is a really strong guy that had a horrible dad, also him and Jesper are aaaaa! Im teling you that i scream my lungs out when they finally kiss, also Jesper is an Icon and so is Nina, my girl, i just love her so so much and her and Matthias were my favorite old married couple, they were my parents, but besides Matthias she's a one of the strongest female characters that i read and i love her personality, i wish i were like her. Now Inej, what can i said of Inej, i just love her to pieces she is my favorite character of all time and i relate to her sooo much, her development was amazing but at the same time she always stand and defended what she believed it was the right thing to do and i love how she is so attached to her culture and her Gods. Kaz is just so brilliant is terrifying, dude does not sleep, he has a super intersting and heartbreaking back story and so does Inej and i think that the fact that they are willing to overcome all that trauma for each other is one of the gratest thing i've read. THAT FINAL SCENE HAD ME CRYNG, i just adore them and he is so in love with her and she is too, they are just AAAAAAA!!! LIKE, IS MY TIE STRAIGHT!!?? ARE YOU KIDIDNG ME. I died, i just, this books deserves the stars.

Virgenes Suicidas by Jeffrey Eugenides

mysterious sad tense slow-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? Yes

2.5

This was disgusting to read.

Girl Made of Stars by Ashley Herring Blake

dark emotional inspiring sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Im really glad i read this book. It was a really heartbreaking reading but also really hopeful. 
I think that even tho it touches very sensitive topics is written in a way that young readers can perfectly understand and reflect what happens. It written very  beautifully and all the time I wanted to cry from impotence.

 

A History of Wild Places by Shea Ernshaw

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

A really dark mystery that i loved, i was not really into reading by the time i read this but i really wished i had because it was a really good mystery and i definitly did not saw the end coming. Definitly will re-read!!!