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Asunder by Kerstin Hall

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tense medium-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

4.0

It’s hard to rate this book because it’s so weird and quite confusing. The world is SO interesting like I was immediately interested even while being so confused. The gods and mythology Hall created was fascinating. I loved Karys and Ferain - their relationship as bound companions and how they learned about each other made you fall in love with them. 

The ending left me wanting more. I need more. This can’t be the end. 
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Love in Bloom by Lucy Eden

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emotional funny 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? Yes

5.0

Absolutely loved this book. Lucy Eden wrote a complex romance with serious themes that will make you laugh out loud. The twist and secrets are really fun to uncover and there is a depth to this that h loved. A must read! 
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Lost and Lassoed by Lyla Sage

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

4.0

I have to admit I love Gus and Teddy. 
Grave Matter by Karina Halle

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

4.5

This book blew me away. It’s dark academia and creepy fungi and unrealizable narrators and hot swoony but mysteriously creepy doctors. There is power imbalance and murder and it’s so freaking creepy. 
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An Academy for Liars by Alexis Henderson

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challenging dark emotional 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? Yes

5.0

I truly don't know what to say about this book. It's unbelievably inventive and I haven't stopped thinking about it. Alexis writes from the heart. She writes from a deep and twisted place that brings books that will challenge you and your way of thinking. The depth of this book, what it means to persuade someone; what it means to own someone's body and mind and how doing that could corrupt. Absolutely power corrupts absolutely. This book is so traumatic and messed up and I loved every second of it. You are in for a ride. 
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Magic Rises by Ilona Andrews

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

5.0

I love this series so much and the graphic audio books are just so good
The House at Watch Hill by Karen Marie Moning

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

4.0

This is classic KMM for me - a first book where there is so many layers, so much build up, so much confusion. Things that won't pan out until book 3 are in here. Random interactions and interludes are going to be critical but now just add to the confusion. Y'all I am INTO IT. It is so fun to me to highlight things and think - will this come back into play later? It felt very Fever series KMM - young girl loses someone/something (in this it's her mom), travels to a new place to get answers, and is surrounded by mysterious people, hot men, and power. 

I can't wait for Zo's power to be revealed. 

And that ENDING OMG I SCREAMED. I can't wait for book 2! 
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Lightning in Her Hands by Raquel Vasquez Gilliland

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emotional inspiring 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? Yes

5.0

Witch Of Wild Things was one of my favorite romances last year and I couldn’t wait to get my hands on Teal’s book. Thank you @raquelvasquezgilliland_poet and @berkleyromance for my early copy - I hope you know how much I adore you.

Teal is a tough woman - in WOWT it’s kind of hard to like her. I love an “unlikeable heroine” though because many women deemed unlikeable just aren’t operating within the standards set by society and the patriarchy. Teal isn’t unlikeable to me at all. She’s broken - literally and magically. And this book heals her. Helps her recognize her strengths, the barriers she erected, and the deep sense of abandonment she feels after her mother left and took a piece of Teal with her.

This is a book is Teal healing her inner child. Healing her relationship with herself so she can build better relationships with others. And finding love in her childhood best friend who has loved her forever (Carter 🥹🥹🥹). This book is utterly beautiful. It’s magical and so deeply sad. The relationships that Sage, Teal, and Sky continue to build back conversation by conversation in this book is poignant - that just like plants, relationships need to be loved, cared for, valued. I also loved seeing Grandma Alma who is now my new favorite character because I love a sassy and grumpy grandma.

Raquel - I will read anything you write. Thank you for gifting us with this gorgeous story.
Immortal Dark by Tigest Girma

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dark mysterious 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? Yes

4.75

Wow. I absolutely loved this book. The beginning is slow but stick with it - it is dark and filled with trauma and grief and twists and turns. There is a lushness to Girma’s language - so much so that you might want to skim but don’t bedside every word is important. 

Kidan is a wonderfully violent and truly messed up character and I loved her. The unlikely friendship with her, GK, Slen, and Yusef gave some levity while also bringing so much trauma. 

And Susenyos??????? HOT AND MURDEROUS. 

The ending? WOW. I’m just speechless. I loved it. 
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Magic Breaks by Ilona Andrews

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

5.0

Love this series so much