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236 reviews

Last Call at the Local by Sarah Grunder Ruiz

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lighthearted slow-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

3.25

Overall I really enjoyed this book!
 However it felt like every 45 pages (or less) there needed to be a beat taken to explain adhd or ocd. And as someone who has knowledge and experience with them it felt forced and really annoying. I'm a little to chronically online for this mental health representation. It was like a 101 lesson on an illness I've experienced first hand AND have several friends and family that also experience. 

I loved loved loved the chemistry between Jack and Raine! And all the side characters were a delight!!!
Eight Perfect Hours by Lia Louis

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

4.0

This Time Next Year by Sophie Cousens

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hopeful lighthearted slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

The Ex Talk by Rachel Lynn Solomon

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4.0

Love on the Brain by Ali Hazelwood

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funny inspiring lighthearted
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Loveable characters? Yes

4.75

Ali Hazelwood has done it again! 
This one wasn't my favorite of hers yet I was still sucked in (even sneaking a few sentences of reading while at work because I couldn't  put it down) 
Bee was a little too much of manic pixie dream girl personality but she still had me giggling and kicking my feet

5 stars would read again
Every Time You Hear That Song by Jenna Voris

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  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

Just For the Summer by Abby Jimenez

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

5.0

Note to self. Never read a book that takes place in Minnesota.
I have family in Wahkon and picturing the map of it made me critical.  No one is driving from wahkon to Rochester every week. I wouldn't even drive my Minneapolis to Rochester every week and wahkon is 2 hours FARTHER north.

Otherwise the most perfect book ever.

Note to audiobook narrator: we don't say Ant in Minnesota.  We say Aunt
The Quantum Weirdness of the Almost-Kiss by Amy Noelle Parks

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

4.0