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You Said I Was Your Favorite by Monica Murphy

adventurous challenging emotional lighthearted relaxing sad tense fast-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

4.5

Untethered Sky by Fonda Lee

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective relaxing sad fast-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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Animal death

Moderate: Child death, Death, Gore, Grief, Death of parent, and Abandonment

Minor: Miscarriage

Contract Bound by Elle Mae

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense 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? Yes

5.0

Wash Day Diaries by Jamila Rowser

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

This One Summer by Mariko Tamaki

adventurous challenging emotional funny reflective 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? Yes

3.0

this one was weird honestly 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Miscarriage

A Million Kisses in Your Lifetime by Monica Murphy

adventurous challenging emotional funny lighthearted reflective tense 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

Was this book good? No. Do I encourage anyone to recreate the lollipop scene? Absolutely not, (but also that scene wasn’t as bad as I thought it’d be. I don’t know, I’ve read more questionable sex scenes in the past before. Have y'all read Tentacle Entanglement by Siggy Shade, now that shit is fucking bizarre and makes the lollipop scene so tame). Were there questionable scenes? Definitely. Did I still enjoy it and was a fucking mess during the entire time? Yes.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, and Sexual content

Moderate: Bullying, Misogyny, Pedophilia, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Bullying, Drug use, Miscarriage, Sexism, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

The Roommate Risk by Talia Hibbert

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cursing, and Alcohol

Minor: Death of parent, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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? Yes

3.25

Seven Days in June by Tia Williams

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Tentacle Entanglement by Siggy Shade

adventurous dark funny fast-paced

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

2.0