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All Your Perfects by Colleen Hoover

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dark emotional sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Boyfriend Graham is wonderful, amazing, a solid book boyfriend
Husband Graham  awful, horrible, immature and not a great husband. 
I guess that fits with showing how couples grow and change over time and how it isn't always for the best. This does not have a HEA and everyone should check the triggers going into this book. 
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Yagi the Bookshop Goat by Fumi Furukawa

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funny lighthearted 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? It's complicated
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A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

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

3.0

I understand why this series took off, its easy to read, great world building but that's it. It's not the fairy erotica everyone says it is. But reading this in 2022 - nothing ground breaking or new. 
Could've been an normal beauty and the beast retelling but the author has other plans towards the end. 
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Mooncakes by Suzanne Walker

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2.0

There was a lot going on for just one volume. I wish this world and our characters were more fleshed out. Or some plot points were removed to give the main page time. 
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Surrender by Rilzy Adams

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funny lighthearted fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

Hot and smutty <3 One of the best novella's Ive read this year. Perfect right person, wrong time. Adult romance! 
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The Memory Thief by Jodi Lynn Anderson

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

3.0

I loved the witch hunter storyline. I can't wait to see what comes from this series. It touches some strong topics like parent / child relationships, neglect, growing friendships and just getting older. 
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Baby & the Late Night Howlers by Kathryn Moon

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lighthearted fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? N/A
  • Strong character development? N/A
  • Loveable characters? N/A
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.0

Pure smut. A nice intro to the Omega verse and one of my favorite reverse harem. 
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Kingdom of the Wicked by Kerri Maniscalco

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

3.0

The longer I sit with this, the more I realize I don't remember anything about this book. I did have a good time trying to figure out the mystery.  I will be reading book two and three and I hope Wrath and Emilia's relationship get more developed because it was not giving the tension at all. I think Wrath was modeled after Ryhs from ACTOAR 
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Heartstopper Volume 1 by Alice Oseman

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emotional funny inspiring lighthearted fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.0

QUEER. 
If you want a wholesome, sweet, coming of age story this is were you can start. The story gets more intense as you read the volumes but it deals with real life topics for young adults. 
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Fangs by Sarah Andersen

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funny lighthearted fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? N/A
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.0

When the vampire chooses the werewolf and not the human. A good funny time.